Pricora Ads

There have been numerous reports of Pricora Ads been used to generate revenue by interrupting computer users trying to browse the Web. Pricora Ads may be both pop-up advertisements and in-text advertisements that highlight certain words. When the computer user's mouse passes over the highlighted word, a pop-up window appears with an advertisement. Pricora Ads advertisements may affect Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. If your Web browser is displaying Pricora Ads, this is an indicator of a PUP, or Potentially Unwanted Program on your computer. To stop Pricora Ads, security analysts strongly recommend that their associated PUP infection is removed at once.

Why Pricora Ads is on Your Computer

Pricora Ads is specifically used to generate revenue. Using Pricora Ads, marketers may increase the Web traffic and page ranking for their questionable websites, generate advertising revenue directly from displaying advertisements on affected computer systems and monitor computer users' online activities for marketing research purposes. Pricora Ads advertisements are not associated with viruses, Trojans, or other threats. PUPs like those associated with Pricora Ads may not be unreliable and may be removed in a way that is simpler than when dealing with other kind of threats. However, symptoms associated with Pricora Ads may be just as irritating as many threats, disrupting normal activities by redirecting the affected Web browser or displaying constant Pricora Ads on the victim's computer.

It May Be Better if Pricora Ads and Its Related PUPs are Kept Away from Your Machine

Since Pricora Ads generally indicate that a PUP infection is present on the affected computer, the best way to stop Pricora Ads is to remove the PUP associated with them at once. PUPs associated with Pricora Ads generally may take the form of Web browser toolbars or extensions. These may be removed using the Windows Control Panel or your Web browser's own plug-in manager. Uninstalling these PUPs may not be enough to stop Pricora Ads; components associated with Pricora Ads may remain behind once the PUP is uninstalled. Because of this, security analysts recommend the use of a strong anti-malware program to scan the affected computer in search for unwanted components associated with these types of unwanted advertising material.