Threat Database Adware Shopping Deals Ads

Shopping Deals Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 351
First Seen: July 22, 2015
Last Seen: November 14, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Shopping Deals software is another product of adware developers who promote it as a tool that can save you money on online shops like Amazon and eBay. The Shopping Deals adware is dispersed with the help of free software bundles and can be seen under the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' option. The Shopping Deals adware functions similarly to AdBand and YouShopping and will take advantage of its browser integration by using tracking cookies, DOM storage data and reading your bookmarks. The Shopping Deals adware may use banners, video ads, pop-up windows and floating ad-boxes to show marketing offers and generate pay-per-click revenue for its developers. Adware like Shopping Deals is often found to promote rogue applications like Antivirus Antimalware 2011 and RegistryCleanFix that can cause severe system errors and display fake security alerts. The Shopping Deals adware may redirect users to insecure online resources and replace the native ads on websites you visit with links to online shops with a bad reputation. Moreover, the Shopping Deals adware may add a task in the Windows Task Manager and update its core automatically. The Shopping Deals adware may install a browser hijacker related to Searchdynamic.net as an upgrade to its features. The Shopping Deals adware may place its files in the hidden Temp folder to evade detection and user might want to seek the help of a reliable anti-malware application to clean their PC.

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