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VirtualCharacterSearch Adware

What is VirtualCharacterSearch?

VirtualCharacterSearch is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) which functions not only as adware but also as a browser hijacker. Therefore, it serves advertisements and changes certain browser settings to promote the address of a fake search engine.

It might also be designed to gather browsing data and other information. VirtualCharacterSearch is classified as a PUA because, in most cases, users download and install these apps inadvertently. VirtualCharacterSearch is distributed through a fake installer that supposedly installs Adobe Flash Player.

   
Ytdownload.net Ads

What is ytdownload[.]net?

ytdownload[.]net is an untrusted website offering YouTube video conversion to MP3 and MP4 file download services. This site infringes copyright laws and uses rogue advertising networks. Therefore, when ytdownload[.]net is visited and/or used, it causes redirects to various dubious and even malicious web pages.

   
News06.biz Ads

What is news06[.]biz?

news06[.]biz is a rogue website, sharing many similarities with opertisticolk.clubatharori.netlokpresearch.club and thousands of others. Sites of this type present visitors with dubious content and/or redirect them to other untrusted or even possibly malicious web pages.

Most users access these websites inadvertently, as they are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or by Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already infiltrated into their devices. This software does not need express user consent to be installed onto systems.

PUAs operate by causing redirects, running intrusive ad campaigns and collecting browsing-related information.

   
Bifidavity.club Ads

What is bifidavity[.]club?

bifidavity[.]club is the address of an untrusted website which, once visited, opens other pages of this kind or loads dubious content. There are many websites similar to bifidavity[.]club online. Some examples are cloystercdn[.]com, meetclick[.]biz and tiktok-news[.]com.

Typically, users do not visit them intentionally - they are opened through deceptive advertisements, dubious web pages, or by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
BubblePDF Browser Hijacker

What is BubblePDF?

BubblePDF promotes fake search engine addresses (hp.bubblepdf.com and find.bubblepdf.com) by changing certain browser settings. It can also access data on the system. Generally, users do not download or install browser hijackers intentionally and, for this reason, apps such as BubblePDF are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
FinSpy Spyware (Mac)

What is FinSpy?

FinSpy is spyware used to log keystrokes, record audio via microphones and video via webcams, execute remote shell commands, and extract system information and other data. Therefore, cyber criminals can use this spyware for spying, stealing data and remotely controlling infected computers.

   
Lookmini Browser Hijacker

What is Lookmini?

Lookmini is rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. Following successful infiltration, it makes modifications to browser settings to promote tailsearch.com (a fake search engine). Additionally, this browser hijacker monitors users' browsing activity. Due to the dubious methods used to proliferate Lookmini, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

   
TypeConsole Adware (Mac)

What is TypeConsole?

TypeConsole is an adware-type application that possesses browser hijacker characteristics. It runs intrusive advertisement campaigns and makes alterations to browser settings to promote bogus search engines. TypeConsole promotes 0yrvtrh.com on Safari browsers and search.dominantmethod.com on Google Chrome browsers.

Additionally, most adware-type apps and browser hijackers have data tracking capabilities, which are employed to monitor users' browsing habits. Due to the dubious techniques used to proliferate TypeConsole, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

   
Search.dominantmethod.com Redirect (Mac)

What is search.dominantmethod.com?

search.dominantmethod.com is the address of a fake search engine. These addresses often appear in browser settings after inadvertent installation of a browser hijacker or adware. Note that, in most cases, users download and install apps of this type unintentionally and, therefore, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
Opertisticolk.club Ads

What is the opertisticolk[.]club website?

Sharing similarities with lokpresearch.clubcloystercdn.commeetclick.biz and countless others, opertisticolk[.]club is a rogue web page. Visitors to it are presented with dubious content and/or are redirected to other bogus or possibly malicious sites.

Few users access opertisticolk[.]club or similar sites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already installed on the system. This software does not need express user permission to infiltrate devices, and hence users may be unaware of its presence.

PUAs cause redirects, run intrusive ad campaigns and collect browsing-related information.

   

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