Threat Database Adware Marketing Text Ads

Marketing Text Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 114
First Seen: March 31, 2016
Last Seen: May 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

In-text advertisements are a way of site owners to promote service and products that are related to their content, and that may be helpful. However, in-text advertisements might be injected by a third-party application on the visitor's PC and more often than not that may be caused by adware. Security analysts alert that the Marketing Text adware is specialized in injecting in-text ads and displaying pop-ups with interactive promotions powered by the Adobe Flash animation. The Marketing Text adware may be offered to users as a shopping companion and search optimizer for online stores like Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and Alibaba. The Marketing Text adware may be delivered to users via free software bundles. It is important to note that the primary objective of the Marketing Text adware is to generate maximum affiliate marketing revenue, and Marketing Text may cover your desktop with numerous advertisements. Security analysts report that the Marketing Text adware is similar to Newzio and Microengine and may run as a portable program from the hidden AppData folder on the system drive.

The commercials from Marketing Text may feature the slogan 'Powered by{{markeiting_text}}' and appear on your new tab page and every page you open with Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Additionally, the Marketing Text adware may welcome users to provide their email addresses and phone numbers to receive real-time updates on upcoming promotions, discounts and coupons. You should not provide your personal contact details to the Marketing Text to avoid spam mail and phishing messages. The Marketing Text adware may use executable DLL files to alter the way your Web browser renders pages and load insecure content. The Marketing Text adware may attach a browser plug-in to avoid being blocked by ad blocking extensions. By being integrated into your browser, the Marketing Text may prove elusive to uninstall, and users may experience browser crashes while attempting to delete the Marketing Text adware manually. Fortunately, you could install a trusted anti-spyware instrument to take care of the Marketing Text adware and prevent security problems.

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