Browser Shop
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| Threat Level: | 80 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 11 |
| First Seen: | October 13, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | February 18, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Browser Shop, or Ads by Browser Shop, is an advertising platform that promotes PUPs, dating services and dubious medicinal merchandise. Although this kinds of advertisements are not threatening by themselves, if the computer users click on it, they may be redirected to unsafe websites or allow other adware and PUPs to be installed on their machines. There are several computer users that have reported that they didn't install Browser Shop on their computers, so they are unsure about where Browser Shop come from. Browser Shop may have been installed on the affected computer by a technique named 'bundling' that consists in adding the adware instalator to the installation of a freeware. Browser Shop's advertisements are very intrusive, in addition to its bad habit of collecting relevant information and send it to third parties. Computer user should be very attentive when downloading free programs from the Internet, to avoid been plagued by PUPs such as Browser Shop. Removal of Browser Shop is most definitive when performed by a malware removal tool.
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