Threat Database Adware Disco Games Ads

Disco Games Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 30
First Seen: August 18, 2015
Last Seen: December 30, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Disco Games browser extension may be offered to you as a bonus app to a freeware bundle that can allow you to play high-quality disco, rock and punk games in your browser, but it is adware. Security experts classify the Disco Games extension as adware because its primary goal is to show an abundance of ads in your Internet browser regardless of their legitimacy and earn affiliate revenue for its creators. The ads by the Disco Games adware are not safe and users could be redirected to harmful domains like 4filler.com and Mstechsupport.info where your cyber safety is at risk. Moreover, the Disco Games adware may perform occasional browser redirects to untrusted software distribution platforms and urge you to install software like Accelimize and Bizrate that may hog up your system resources and slow down your PC. The Disco Games adware is known to use tracking cookies, web beacons, and DOM storage data to load customized marketing content in the Internet browser of infected users. The Disco Games adware may link an executable DLL file via a registry to your browser to conduct its operations. You may not see the Disco Games adware listed on your 'Programs and Features' panel and its manual removal could prove to be a hassle. Users that are infected with the Disco Games adware may notice floating ad-boxes and banners by Disco Games on every page they visit. The Disco Games adware can obstruct your Internet activities and may load video ads on YouTube, which may be very irritating for some users. Therefore, you might want to use a reputable anti-spyware solution to eradicate the Disco Games adware from your machine.

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