Threat Database Adware Google Rewards Center

Google Rewards Center

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 55
First Seen: September 23, 2016
Last Seen: December 4, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Google Rewards Center is an adware that may be installed on a PC as a browser extension. The Google Rewards Center displays a fake message claiming the user has won a prize. The message will be displayed to Chrome users. The supposed prize is an iPhone 6S, but to win it the computer user needs to fill up a query. Besides the misleading message about the prize, Google Rewards Center may embed annoying advertisements on numerous websites or insert hyperlinks on random words randomly. Whenever the computer user clicks somewhere on the website, Google Rewards Center may open a pop-up window and display the fake message or advertisements. Google Rewards Center may run in the background and may grab information about the PC user's surfing habits, search queries, preferences, etc. surreptitiously. Computer users that didn't install the Google Rewards Center voluntarily and wanted to know how it got access to their machines should find the answer on the bundling method, which consists of adding a program to the installation of free software. When this occurs, and the computer user doesn't pay attention to the details pertinent to the installation of the program they are downloading, it is very common that they allow the entrance of an unwanted application unknowingly. Therefore, no matter how the Google Rewards Center has entered your PC, the best way to get rid of it is by using a malware removal tool.

URLs

Google Rewards Center may call the following URLs:

u30ss.xyz

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