Dep.findmapping.net

The Dep.findmapping.net URL has been associated with several types of Potentially Unwanted Programs. These types of PUPs may take the form of a Web browser add-on or extension for the most popular Web browsers on the Windows operating system. PUPs associated with Dep.findmapping.net may affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. These types of PUPs may have characteristics of both adware and browser hijackers because they are designed to display advertisements from the Dep.findmapping.net platform and because they may hijack the victim's Web browser and force it to visit Dep.findmapping.net and various sponsored websites repeatedly. One of the initial symptoms that alarm computer users in relation to Dep.findmapping.net is that their Web browser settings may have been changed. One of the most common complaints is that the affected Web browser's homepage and default search engine is changed to Dep.findmapping.net. PUPs associated with Dep.findmapping.net are seldom threatening, despite causing threat-like symptoms and can usually be removed completely using normal software removal methods.

PUPs Associated with Dep.findmapping.net may be Used to Generate Advertisement Revenue

The main purpose of Dep.findmapping.net and content associated with Dep.findmapping.net is to generate advertisement revenue. This may be accomplished through several ways that may include the following:

• Browser hijackers associated with Dep.findmapping.net may force computer users to visit Dep.findmapping.net and sponsored websites repeatedly. This increases these websites' page ranking and traffic, which in turn results in higher advertisement revenues and more sponsorships and advertisers.
• Computer users have complained that these kinds of PUPs insert all kinds of advertisements into the affected Web browser, interrupting the victim's activity with pop-up and other types of advertisements.
• PUPs associated with Dep.findmapping.net may gather information about your habits of browsing and providing it to a third party for marketing research and a variety of other actions.