Threat Database Adware BasementDuster Ads

BasementDuster Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 100 % (High)
Infected Computers: 8
First Seen: November 24, 2015
Last Seen: June 12, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The BasementDuster program from BD Inc. may be found to accompany free video codecs and media players. The BasementDuster program is offered to PC users as a tool to improve the visual quality of movies they play on their computers. However, BasementDuster is adware, and its primary objective is to show video commercials, banners, pop-up windows, coupons and promotions in your Internet browser. Security experts note that the BasementDuster adware may introduce several runtime DLLs into your system and link them to Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox to facilitate its operations. Moreover, the BasementDuster adware may alter the limit of the Web cache size on your PC and clutter your hard drive. Needless to say, the BasementDuster adware may decrease the overall performance of an infected computer and crash its Internet browser.

The BasementDuster adware functions similarly to NetNucleous and Mega Browse and might use JavaScript to inject inline ads and ad-boxes on your favorite websites to make you click on a minimum of ten to twenty ads per day. Security experts add that the BasementDuster adware may block ads by unlisted advertisers and change your start page to a sponsored online store. The BasementDuster adware may use pop-under windows to welcome users to install recommended programs like Beamrise Toolbar and SlickSignet that may slow down your PC. The BasementDuster adware may collect information like your IP address and software configuration to help advertisers deliver promotional materials that you may be interested in. You can remove the BasementDuster adware by using a trustworthy anti-spyware instrument that can prevent adware applications from running on your system.

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