Threat Database Adware Great Deals

Great Deals

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 13,191
Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 2,568
First Seen: April 15, 2015
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Great Deals program is promoted as a shopping assistant in freeware bundles under the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' option and users may be interested to install it. However, the Great Deals program is perceived by security analysts as adware because it functions as an advertising engine that uses tracking cookies and reads your Internet history to display related ads. The Great Deals adware may use an add-on a plugin, a browser extension, and a Browser Helper Object to show ad boxes, banners, and contextual commercials during your online session. The developers of the Great Deals adware use it to earn pay-per-click revenue, and your safety is of no concern to them. The Great Deals adware may feature links to potentially harmful web locations where vulnerabilities in your web client could be exploited, and your clicks are at your risk. Additionally, the Great Deals adware can cover your browser surface and obstruct your online activities. Security analysts remind users that they can employ the services of a reliable anti-spyware utility to purge the Great Deals adware from their system.

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