Threat Database Adware Playback Ads

Playback Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 5
First Seen: May 6, 2016
Last Seen: July 4, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Playback application may enter your PC as a drive-by installation of a freeware program. Playback is promoted as an application that can help computer users play videos and listen to music in an easier way. This may seem to be a nice feature to computer users that like to spend their free time enjoying this kind of entertainment, but you should know that Playback may inject numerous advertisements in your Web browser and lead you to suspicious websites. By installing the Playback adware on your PC, you may be presented with links to unsafe online content and your browsing history and bookmarks could be collected and used by Playback to provide you with personalized commercials.

Adware such as the Playback may utilize toolbars, plugins, add-ons, Browser Helper Objects and browser extensions to accomplish its intent. Moreover, the Playback adware may launch a background service and a task in Windows Task Scheduler to collect information like your typed URLs and search terms. Security experts add that the Playback adware may use several types of cookies (Flash, HTTP and session cookies) to store and send data about your online habits to advertisers. Computer users affected by the Playback adware might notice unpleasant browser activities and a reduced PC's performance.Computer users should remove the Playback adware from their OSs by using an anti-malware solution that can boost their cyber defenses and prevent the entrance of similar parasites.

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