Totopweb.com

By CagedTech in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 4
First Seen: November 28, 2016
Last Seen: January 9, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Totopweb.com may be promoted as a useful start page on ads generated by adware. Computer users that are infected with a browser hijacker may load Totopweb.com as their homepage and default new tab page. The Totopweb.com domain is a clone of Jogostempo.com, Aqovd.com and QQovd.com. Free software developers may incorporate the browser hijacker associated with Totopweb.com into their products to benefit from pay-per-install revenue. The Totopweb.com portal is designed to record the visitor's actions on the page and generate tailor-suited advertisements. Totopweb.com offers links to shopping sites like Etsy, Costco, Amazon, BestBuy and AliExpress. The owners of Totopweb.com claim marketing revenue every time a visitor clicks on links and ads on the portal.

The bad reputation of Totopweb.com is due to browser hijacking software being used to reroute Web traffic to the site and several other reasons. Web filtering services report that the Totopweb.com portal lacks firewalls and encryption, which is disturbing. Your keyboard input at Totopweb.com is likely to be shared with third parties, and you should be careful what you type in the search field at the top of the page. Additionally, using the quick links at Totopweb.com to social medias like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram may trigger transitional page commercials, and you may be welcomed to link your profile to an advertiser's platform. We advise caution when you are presented with ads hosted on Totopweb.com and affiliated pages. AV vendors have detected riskware that is being deployed from the 85.195.78.66 IP address where Totopweb.com is registered. Alerts that include HTML:Script-inf, Win32/Trojan.Script.fa2, Adware.Agent.QLR (B) and PUP.Optional.YangLiwei may be displayed on your screen when you open Totopweb.com. You might want to use a credible anti-malware scanner to remove programs linked to Totopweb.com safely.

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