Threat Database Adware Ads by Easy Current News Access

Ads by Easy Current News Access

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 12,240
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 1,991
First Seen: November 30, 2015
Last Seen: September 2, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Easy Current News Access browser extension that is found at Easycurrentnewsaccess.com and many freeware installers is adware. Security authorities reveal that the Easy Current News Access adware is developed by Informer Technologies, Inc. as the continuation of the My Current News XP Toolbar. Additionally, the Easy Current News Access adware may incorporate features that we have seen in DesktopNews and Easy Radio Access Toolbar. The Easy Current News Access adware may be promoted to users as a better alternative to GNews and Weather from Extensionfactory.com that is cross-compatible as well. However, the Easy Current News Access adware does not encrypts its connections to the Internet and may be exposed to man-in-the-middle attacks. Users that are infected with the Easy Current News Access adware may be vulnerable to Malpack and Fobber. As stated above, the main functionality of the Easy Current News Access adware is to show advertisements. Web surfers may notice that there are many banners and floating ad-boxes by Easy Current News Access that may be placed on pages they visit most often.

The ads by Easy Current News Access may provide a wide range of products that include clothing, phones, laptops, jewelry and books initially. With time, the Easy Current News Access adware may personalise its suggestions by reading your browsing history, software configuration and recording your search terms on Google, Bing and Yahoo. Browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox may have their settings changed by the Easy Current News Access adware. You may notice that the Easy Current News Access adware might change your search aggregator and start page to Maxwebsearch.com, which is associated with a browser hijacker. Moreover, the Easy Current News Access adware may display news from untrustworthy news outlets and welcome you to share them with friends and family via social media. You might find the Easy Current News Access adware listed in your 'Control Panel' as Easy Current News Access Toolbar but an uninstaller may not be provided, and you may not find its installation folder. Fortunately, you can use a reliable anti-malware utility that can scan your Windows Registry and hard drive for traces of the Easy Current News Access adware and purge it from your machine.

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Ads by Easy Current News Access may call the following URLs:

search.easycurrentnewsaccess.com

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