BrandProfiles.com

BrandProfiles.com is a domain that may be associated with pop-up advertisements, browser redirects and a variety of other symptoms on affected Web browsers. Different symptoms associated with BrandProfiles.com (such as system performance issues, numerous advertisements and browser redirects) may be used as part of several marketing techniques. BrandProfiles.com redirects and pop-ups may occur on most popular Web browsers that are used on the Windows operating system. These include Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. If you are experiencing BrandProfiles.com redirects or pop-ups, this usually means that a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is present on your computer. Malware analysts strongly advise the immediate removal of all PUPs associated with BrandProfiles.com.

Why Marketers Cause BrandProfiles.com Pop-up Windows and Redirects

The main reason for BrandProfiles.com redirects and pop-ups is to generate revenue from advertising and from various marketing tactics. BrandProfiles.com redirects may occur whenever a computer user tries to access another website, especially after carrying out a search on a search engine like Google or Yahoo. BrandProfiles.com advertisements may also be inserted as in-text advertisements or added links to websites that normally would not contain them. All of these tactics allow those responsible for BrandProfiles.com to profit in the following ways:

• Browser hijackers and adware associated with BrandProfiles.com may redirect computer users to BrandProfiles.com and various Web pages that are associated with BrandProfiles.com. These repeated redirects drive traffic to these websites, increasing their page ranking on Google and other search engine and leading to increased advertising profits.
• BrandProfiles.com may also be associated with unwanted components designed to tell marketers the kinds of websites you visit and details about your general Web browser habits. These components may also relay information about your Web browser and operating system. This information may be used to generate the advertisements that are delivered by BrandProfiles.com adware or sold to a third party for marketing research purposes.
• BrandProfiles.com advertisements and websites directly associated with BrandProfiles.com also contain various types of advertisements and affiliate marketing links that allow generation of revenue directly.