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Security analysts have received complaints involving My-uq.com pop-ups and disruptive advertisements associated with the My-uq.com domain. Typically, the presence of My-uq.com pop-up messages indicate that the computer is infected with adware. My-uq.com pop-ups may impact the most used Web browsers available, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Since My-uq.com pop-ups and other symptoms associated with My-uq.com may be extremely irritating, many computer users mistakenly believe that My-uq.com is associated with other threats. In fact, adware associated with My-uq.com is regarded as a Potentially Unwanted Program. This classification is reserved to components that present many of the same characteristics of threats but are not as destructive or difficult to remove from the affected computer.

The Purpose of My-uq.com Pop-Up Advertisements

The main purpose of My-uq.com pop-up advertisements is to expose computer users to marketing material and websites containing numerous advertisements. Clicking on a My-uq.com pop-up leads the computer user to a sponsored website that generates money for the marketers behind these types of schemes. Apart from generating revenue from advertisements, forcing computer users to visit websites linked to My-uq.com results in raising My-uq.com's page ranking and traffic numbers. PUPs associated with My-uq.com may gather information about your computer's settings and your browsing habits. This information is relayed by My-uq.com to a third party. From there, this information may be used to deliver additional advertisements via My-uq.com or sold for marketing research.

PUPs linked to My-uq.com are typically bundled with low quality freeware. Computer users can usually opt out of installing these types of PUPs by paying attention during the installation of a freeware application. It is also important to avoid installing any suspicious Web browser toolbars and always use a reliable security program that is fully up-to-date to protect your computer.