Threat Database Adware GamesRockit Ads

GamesRockit Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 2,363
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 16,610
First Seen: September 15, 2015
Last Seen: September 21, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The GamesRockit software is developed by EpicPlay LLC as a tool to help PC users join the gaming community at GamesRockit.com that is dedicated to Adobe Flash Games in the Arcade genre. The premium games at GamesRockit.com are offered for free to users that have installed the GamesRockit software on their computers, and you may want to know that it is adware. The GamesRockit adware is used by EpicPlay LLC to earn affiliate revenue from showing ads in the Web browsers of infected users. Security investigators note that the GamesRockit adware might display in-image ads, banners, pop-up and pop-under windows loaded with marketing content. Moreover, your computer resource may be hijacked by the GamesRockit adware to aid cloud computing tasks carried out by EpicPlay LLC. The GamesRockit adware is very similar to Arcade Twist and Arcade Yum and may use tracking cookies, Web data, geo-IP localization and read your software configuration to load customized marketing offers in your Interment client. Security investigators underline that the ads by GamesRockit might lead users to visit compromised websites and urge them to install fake software updates from sites like Instantpcupdate.info and JavaPlayer.info. You may want to seek the help of a credible anti-spyware application to remove the GamesRockit adware from your computer securely.

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