About Yahoo Powered Ads
Yahoo Powered Ads refers to ads shown by a browser hijackers/adware that has set Yahoo as your homepage, new tabs and search engine. While Yahoo is a completely legitimate search engine, users have reported that they get redirected to the site whenever they try to perform a search. If this is happening and you do not recall settings…
What is Igfxtray?
Igfxtray is a legitimate process that belongs to Intel Corporation. It stands for Intel Graphics System Tray Helper Icon. It’s part of Graphics Media Accelerator Driver, and displays an icon that allows you to access Intel Graphics configuration. You likely noticed it running in your Task Manager and are now wondering what it is. It’s unlikely to cause any…
What is “Amazon Rewards Event” scam
“Amazon Rewards Event” scam refers to a scam that claims you have been selected to take part in a giveaway and have the opportunity to win a prize. These giveaway scams are very common and often use big company names like Amazon, Google and Facebook to lure people in. They usually claim that users are rewarded for…
What is Traffic Junky
Traffic Junky is a legitimate advertising service that many sites use to generate revenue. However, it’s also often misused by adware. This is not exactly unusual because many advertising services are misused this way. Users who have adware installed on their computers encounter a lot of ads by Traffic Junky, and thus start referring to it as Traffic Junky virus.…
What is Limetorrent.info
Limetorrent.info is a torrent website that allows users to download copyrighted content for free. Torrenting is a popular way to watching movies and TV series, as well as getting expensive programs without paying anything. Those sites are technically illegal, as it downloading copyrighted content from them. However, that does not stop them from being incredibly popular. Law enforcement regularly…
What is Zoom virus
Zoom virus refers to all kinds of unwanted programs, malware and scams being spread on Zoom, a video communications platform. People working from home because of the the COVID-19 pandemic means programs like Zoom have become more popular. And with so many active Zoom users, it’s a great opportunity for cyber crooks to promote their scams and distribute…
What is Your IP has Won (1) Google Gift?
Your IP has Won (1) Google Gift pop-up that appears on your screen while your browse the Internet is an obvious scam meant to trick users into sharing their personal information with unreliable third parties. It claims that every Thursday a random IP address is selected as a winner of valuable gift (worth…
About Taboola Ads
Taboola Ads refers to adware generated ads that use misuse Taboola services to generate revenue. Taboola is a legitimate advertising service that websites can use to display ads for revenue. However, as is often the case with advertising services, it is misused by adware. So when users encounter Taboola Ads a lot, they mistakenly refer to them as Taboola virus. However,…