ActSys

By CagedTech in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 71
First Seen: March 2, 2015
Last Seen: May 3, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ActSys is adware that may show a variety of random pop-up advertisements on the PC while the computer user is surfing the Internet. ActSys can enter Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers. When ActSys invades the computer system, it may start showing annoying pop-up advertisements while the PC user is surfing shopping-related websites, social networking or some other popular websites. If the PC user clicks on any pop-up advertisements delivered by ActSys, he may get unwillingly redirected to dubious websites. ActSys may enter the PC through bundled freeware. Computer users may avoid downloading ActSys if they are careful while installing other freeware and unchecking all options that offer to install additional unidentified programs.ActSys may grab details about the computer user's browsing habits. ActSys may then transmit this data to third parties for marketing purposes.

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