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Buzz-it Virus

What is buzz-it?

The Buzz-it browser add-on claims to enhance the Internet browsing experience by offering related articles, slideshows, and videos as users surf their favourite websites. While such functionality may seem legitimate, this browser extension is categorized as adware or a potentially unwanted application.

This plugin adds no real value and generates intrusive third party ads including sponsored links (in-text ads), coupons, shopping comparison, content suggestions, banner, and pop-up ads. Clicking ads shown by Buzz-it can lead to high-risk malware infections.

   
Search maven Ads

What is search maven?

Created by SuperWeb LLC, Search maven is a potentially unwanted application claiming to improve the quality of users' Internet browsing experience by enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and adding other useful functionality. While the Search Maven plugin might seem legitimate, it is considered to be adware.

Search maven employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to install on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome) without users' permission.

Following successful infiltration, Search maven generates various intrusive online advertisements including banner, search, text-link, transitional, interstitial, and full page ads.

Furthermore, this rogue browser add-on tracks users' Internet browsing activity by recording various hardware and software information including IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, search queries, URLs visited, pages viewed, and other similar information.

   
SugarSearch Virus

What is SugarSearch?

Developed by SuperWeb LLC, SugarSearch is a rogue browser add-on claiming to enhance users' Internet browsing experience by enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and adding other useful functionality. Although SugarSearch may seem a legitimate browser extension, users should be aware that it is considered to be a potentially unwanted application or adware.

SugarSearch employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional applications together with the chosen software) to install on Internet browsers without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, SugarSearch generates various intrusive online advertisements including transitional, interstitial, text-link, banner, search, and full page ads.

   
Ads by Rock Turner

What is Rock Turner?

Created by SuperWeb LLC, the Rock Turner rogue browser extension claims to improve users' Internet browsing experience by displaying websites containing related content, enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and adding other useful functionality. Rock Turner may seem a legitimate browser add-on, however, it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application or adware.

Rock Turner uses a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to install on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration, Rock Turner monitors users' Internet browsing activity by recording various software and hardware information such as URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries entered, IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, and other similar information.

Furthermore, this potentially unwanted browser add-on generates various intrusive online advertisements including text-link, banner, search, transitional, interstitial, and full page ads.

   
SiteSimple Ads

What is SiteSimple?

Developed by SuperWeb LLC, SiteSimple is a potentially unwanted browser extension claiming to improve users' Internet browsing experience by displaying website trust ratings, enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and adding other useful functionality.

Although this may seem a legitimate browser extension, be aware that it is considered to be adware. The SiteSimple plugin employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional applications along with chosen software) to install on Internet browsers without users' permission.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, this rogue browser add-on generates various intrusive online advertisements such as interstitial, transitional, text-link, search, banner, and full page ads.

   
Start.qone8.com Browser Hijacker

What is Qone8?

The Qone8.com website is promoted using free software downloads. Internet users often refer to this site as a browser hijacker or the Qone8 virus. These negative associations are made since computer users' Internet browser settings are commonly changed without their consent.

Qone8.com is similar to legitimate search engines such as Google, Yahoo, or Bing, however, using this site for your daily Internet searches is not recommended. The site may display deceptive sponsored search results and ads, which may lead to serious security and privacy issues.

Note that Qone8.com is not related to computer viruses, however, browser redirects to this site are a consequence of not paying close enough attention during the download and installation phase of free software.

   
Raving reyven Ads

What is reyven?

Created by SuperWeb LLC, Raving reyven is a rogue browser extension claiming to enhance users' Internet browsing experience by displaying website trust ratings, enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and adding other useful functionality.

While Raving reyven may seem a legitimate browser add-on, computer users should be aware that it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application or adware. Raving reyven employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to install on users' Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) without a permission.

Following successful infiltration, Raving reyven generates various intrusive online advertisements including interstitial, transitional, search, text-link, banner, and full page ads.

Furthermore, this potentially unwanted application continually monitors users' Internet browsing activity by recording diverse software and hardware information including IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, and URLs visited,

   
Traxxen Virus

What is Traxxen?

Developed by SuperWeb LLC, Traxxen is a potentially unwanted application claiming to improve the quality of users' Internet browsing experience by enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and adding other useful functionality. Although Traxxen may seem a legitimate browser extension, users should be aware that it is considered to be adware.

This extension uses a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional applications together with chosen software) to install on Internet browsers without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, Traxxen monitors users' Internet browsing activity by recording diverse software and hardware information such as URLs visited, search queries entered, pages viewed, IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, and other similar information.

In addition, this rogue browser plug-in generates various intrusive online advertisements including search, banner, text-link, interstitial, transitional, and full page ads.

   
Ads by TowerTilt

What is TowerTilt?

The TowerTilt browser extension claims to improve the quality of users' Internet browsing experience by displaying website trust ratings, websites containing related content, enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and adding other functionality. TowerTilt was developed by SuperWeb LLC and is optimized for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.

On initial inspection, this may seem a legitimate add-on, however, TowerTilt is categorized as a potentially unwanted application or adware. This rogue browser extension uses a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional applications together with the chosen software) to install on browsers without users' permission.

Following successful infiltration, TowerTilt generates various intrusive online advertisement such as text-link, banner, search, transitional, interstitial, and full page ads.

   
SearchFoot Ads

What is SearchFoot?

Developed by SuperWeb LLC, SearchFoot is a potentially unwanted application claiming to improve the Internet browsing experience by enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and adding other useful functionality. Although SearchFoot may seem legitimate, users should be aware that it is considered to be adware.

This potentially unwanted add-on uses a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to install on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome) without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration, SearchFoot monitors users' Internet browsing activity by recording various hardware and software information such as IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, search queries, pages viewed, URLs visited, and other similar information.

Furthermore, this rogue browser plug-in generates various intrusive online advertisement including interstitial, transitional, search, banner, text-link, and full page ads.

   

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