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Yts.mx is one of the torrent websites available on the Web. Its primary function is to act as an intermediary in a Peer-to-Peer exchange of files. As most websites of this type, a large portion of the content is copyrighted and is being shared illicitly. Although some malware threats can be injected into the torrented files, such an occurrence is far from common. That in no way means that visiting Yts.mx is without significant security risks.
The website has been discovered to use rogue advertising networks to delivered unwanted, misleading and manipulative advertisements to any visitor. Indeed, by employing various deceptive social-engineering tactics, these advertisements could try to convince users to download numerous Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPS) or try to peddle fake software updates carrying disruptive malware threats.
Having a PUP installed on your system is enough of a reason for concern. Suppose the particular application is of the adware-type. In that case, it could start causing unexpected redirects to third-party websites, generate unsolicited advertisements, pop-ups, banners, or even inject hyperlinks into the text of visited websites. Another large subset of PUPs falls into the browser hijacker category. These applications are tasked to take over certain browser settings to generate artificial traffic towards a promoted address, usually a fake search engine. While having the homepage, new page tab, and the default search engine changed to some unknown address is enough of a reason to remove the application in question, users also should keep in mind that browser hijackers almost always also possess data-harvesting capabilities. Information such as browsing and search history, clicked URLs, IP address, geolocation and Internet provider are oftentimes logged and exfiltrated. However, some browser hijackers try to dig deeper and gain access to far sensitive information such as credit or debit card details.
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