Your Mac becomes slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you are redirected to dubious websites.ĭeceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake Flash Player installers, torrent file downloads. This application belongs to Adload malware family.
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Threat Summary: NameĪvast (MacOS:Adload-AG ), Combo Cleaner (Gen.13), ESET-NOD32 (A Variant Of OSX/), Kaspersky (Not-a-virus:HEUR:), Full List ( VirusTotal) To summarize, the presence of unwanted apps on devices can result in system infections, serious privacy issues, financial losses, and even identity theft. The gathered information (e.g., browsing and search engine histories, personally identifiable details, etc.) is then shared with and/or sold to third-parties. What is more, PUAs typically have data tracking abilities. This software also uses persistence-ensuring tactics to prevent browser recovery. Most illegitimate search engines cannot generate search results, so they redirect to Yahoo, Bing, Google, and other genuine ones.
Hijacker software achieves this by assigning their search engine addresses as browsers' default, and their homepage and new tab/window URLs. Furthermore, some intrusive ads can stealthily download/install software (e.g., PUAs) - when clicked.īrowser hijackers cause redirects to fake search engines when new browser tabs/windows are opened and search queries are typed into the URL bar. They endorse sale-oriented, untrustworthy, scam, and even malicious sites. This software can display various intrusive advertisements, e.g., pop-ups, coupons, surveys, banners, full-page, etc. Due to the questionable techniques used to spread TaskBoard, it is also classified as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application).Īdware enables the placement of third-party graphical content on visited websites and/or other interfaces. TaskBoard is an adware-type app with browser hijacker abilities.
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