Threat Database Adware Free Download Finder Ads

Free Download Finder Ads

By CagedTech in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 14,587
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 132
First Seen: December 5, 2015
Last Seen: August 24, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Free Download Finder software is promoted as a cleverly made browser extension that lets users change their search engine with the click of a button. Also, they can use a custom search engine to look for download locations of books, movies, music and apps. Security experts warn that the Free Download Finder extension is an adware that may change your default search provider to Ask.com and open new tabs in your browser to show promotional materials. The Free Download Finder adware is very similar to Media Finder and may use pop-up and pop-under windows to load marketing materials. The Free Download Finder adware may affect Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox and prevent users from setting up another search engine for their omnibar, search scope, and search field. Computer users that installed the Free Download Finder adware to find downloads for keywords they input on Ask.com, Google, Yahoo and Bing should note that its primary goal is to generate ads and earn pay-per-click revenue for its creators.

The Free Download Finder adware may use JavaScript to set timers on the ads it loads and prevent users from closing ad-boxes, banners, and pop-up windows until at least twenty seconds are past. Additionally, the Free Download Finder adware might collect usage statistics like your browsing history, browser type, time spent online and IP address to provide marketers with data for developing better marketing strategies. Users that do not want to take part in someone's marketing development without being paid to do it may want to remove the Free Download Finder adware as soon as possible. The activities of the Free Download Finder adware may irritate many users, and you could use a trustworthy anti-spyware instrument to delete its binary.

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Directories

Free Download Finder Ads may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Free Download Finder
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Free Download Finder

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