Threat Database Adware Tools Plus

Tools Plus

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 11
First Seen: April 14, 2017
Last Seen: February 11, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Tools Plus is an adware that may display numerous, unwanted pop-up advertisements on the user's machine while the computer user is surfing the Internet. The Tools Plus can affect the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome Web browsers. When the Tools Plus invades the computer, it may start showing annoying pop-up advertisements while the PC user is surfing a social networking or shopping on related websites, or some other popular websites. If the computer users visit any of the pop-up advertisements delivered by the Tools Plus, they may get diverted to dubious websites unwillingly.

The main aim of the Tools Plus may be to make money from increased traffic of suspicious advertisements-related websites and clicks on relevant advertisements. The Tools Plus may access the PC packaged with other free applications. Computer users may evade the downloading of the Tools Plus if they are watchful while setting up a freeware and unchecking all options that offer to install additional unidentified programs. However, many computer users may skip the installation steps simply because of a rush. The Tools Plus may grab details about the computer user's browsing routine. The Tools Plus may then transmit this data to the third parties and use it for a variety of marketing associated purposes. PC users should uninstall all adware that might be causing the annoying advertisements.

URLs

Tools Plus may call the following URLs:

tools-plus.apps-repo.net

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