TightShoppers
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| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 2 |
| First Seen: | December 1, 2015 |
| Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
There are some pretty expensive TVs, computers and smartphones on Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy that many online shoppers would love to buy with a discount. Adware developers take advantage of online shoppers of that sort and promote the Tight Shoppers browser helper that is supposed to help users save money. Tight Shoppers can be found on Tightshoppers.com and free software packages offered on suspicious software distribution platforms. However, Tight Shoppers is adware, and its primary goal is to generate affiliate marketing revenue for its developers. Security experts remind users that the advertisements generated by the Tight Shoppers adware may feature links to untrusted e-commerce portals and provide users with coupons, discounts, and vouchers for overpriced goods. Moreover, the Tight Shoppers adware may redirect users to harmful domains, and phishing pages were careless users may input their login credentials.
The Tight Shoppers adware functions similarly to Qualitink and RandomPrice and may affect the behavior of Web browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The Tight Shoppers adware may disable installed ad-blockers and turn off the pop-up blocking mechanism of your browser to facilitate its operations. Security experts report that the Tight Shoppers adware may invite users to install badware like Shield Plus Cleaner Utility and Reverse Page that may slow down your computer. The Tight Shoppers adware may use ActionScript to load video commercials on YouTube and Vimeo that users may not be able to skip and experience browser redirects. Also, Tight Shoppers may use JavaScript to embed a timer on pop-up windows and floating ad-boxes o obstruct users from closing its advertisements immediately. You should address infections with adware like Tight Shoppers by using a credible anti-malware solution.
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Directories
TightShoppers may create the following directory or directories:
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\beolekpdalambjckjpmejnndpfdnflgp |
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