Threat Database Adware Movies Tab Ads

Movies Tab Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 14,591
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 783
First Seen: January 6, 2016
Last Seen: August 6, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Movies Tab software is promoted as a browser enhancer that movie fans might come to love. The Movies Tab software is similar in functionality to Video Buzz and might customize your new tab page to provide quick links to user reviews on Rottentomatoes.com and Metacritic.com. Additionally, the Movies Tab browser enhancer might change your homepage to Blpsearch.com and set it as your default search provider. The Movies Tab application may be compatible with Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox and you might install it with a freeware installer unknowingly. The Movies Tab software is published under the GNU General Public License and does not have a publicly known publisher that you could commend.

Moreover, the Movies Tab application is an adware, and it is obvious why its publisher may wish to remain anonymous. Security investigators report that the Movies Tab adware is designed to push marketing materials in the Web browser of unsuspecting users. The Movies Tab adware may display pop-up and pop-under windows as well as redirect your searches to Blpsearch.com and record your search terms to load customized marketing content. The search engine on Blpsearch.com is a customized version of Yahoo that is tailored to serve advertisers that may use your search terms to promote related products.

It might not be possible to conduct a fruitful research with Blpsearch.com and the ads by Movies Tab may be in the way most of the time you spent online. The Movies Tab adware may intrude on your privacy and may want to access your social media feed to post commercials related to the movie trailers you watch on YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion. Security investigators advise users not to grant the Movies Tab adware access to their social media accounts to avoid online identity theft. Also, the Movies Tab adware may redirect users to insecure Web pages and expose them to cyber threats like FakeLock and Barfraud. It is best to address the Movies Tab adware by using a trusted anti-malware suite to purge the corrupted binary on your computer.

URLs

Movies Tab Ads may call the following URLs:

www.theappzworld.com

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