PsdCheckEr

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 4,103
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 5,632
First Seen: April 22, 2014
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PsdCheckEr is a Potentially Unwanted Program. PsdCheckEr may also be known as PsdCheckeR with a version that numbers may be 4.0 or 5.0. Regardless of the 'version' of PsdCheckEr installed on your computer, the effect on your PC will be the same. PsdCheckEr is potentially threatening because PsdCheckEr may be installed without the computer users' knowledge. Once installed, PsdCheckEr is designed to display pop-up advertisements and expose computer users to advertising material such as banners or other forms of advertisements. The main purpose of this is to profit from advertisement revenue at the expense of computer users. PsdCheckEr may also compromise the computer users' security because PsdCheckEr tracks the affected computer user's activities for use in marketing research. If PsdCheckEr is installed on your Web browser, PC security researchers strongly advise removing PsdCheckEr using suitable removal methods. Failure to do so may expose your computer to more harmful types of content.

PsdCheckEr Main Duty is to Generate Benefits for Its Creators

In the process of profiting from advertisement revenue, PsdCheckEr may cause numerous performance issues on affected Web browsers. Some known problems that may be associated with PsdCheckEr are:

  • PsdCheckEr may create performance issues on affected Web browsers, causing them to slow down, freeze or crash.
  • PsdCheckEr may make changes to the affected Web browser. PsdCheckEr is installed as a Web browser add-on, extension or plug-in for the three most commonly used Web browsers on Windows (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome). Once installed, PsdCheckEr may change the affected Web browser's homepage, default search engine or other settings in order to expose computer users to advertising material and make the affected Web browser more vulnerable to other PUPs or threats.
  • The most common symptom related to PsdCheckEr is the appearance of unwanted advertisements on the affected Web browser. These may include irritating pop-up messages or banner advertisements inserted into websites viewed on the affected Web browser. PsdCheckEr may also replace advertisements contained on websites viewed by the computer user with its own advertising material.

URLs

PsdCheckEr may call the following URLs:

.financeflick.com
https://financeflick.com/products/search/

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