Tag Archives: advertising

Ads not by this site (Removal Guide)

Ads not by this site (Removal Guide)

If you are seeing pop-ups and ads from Ads not by this site when you use Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome, then your computer is infected with adware or other potentially unwanted programs. This kind of adware related software is designed specifically to make money with pop-ups, unwanted ads and sponsored links. Ads not by this site is basically not a advertising network, but cyber criminals are using it… Read More »

PUP.Loadtubes – Removal Instructions

PUP.Loadtubes

PUP.Loadtubes is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP/PUA), which will display malicious and annoying advertisements, pop-up ads  and sponsored links on especially Youtube and other websites that you are visiting with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. PUP.Loadtubes is browser plugin that is bundled with free software like, video recording, streaming and converters also free download-managers for YouTube are packed with the PUP.Loadtubes adware. Once installed and when you will watch a… Read More »

Ad.Xtendmedia – removal instructions

Ad.Xtendmedia - Removal Guide

Ad.Xtendmedia is an advertising platform, which is used by adware and other Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP/PUA) to display popup ads from ad.xtendmedia.com within Internt Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. This adware infection is especially designed to make money. It generates a lot of web traffic, collects sales leads for other doubtful websites, and will display advertisements, redirects  and sponsored links within your web browsers. Once this malware is installed on a… Read More »

What is Adware?

What is Adware

Adware is the general term applied to Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP/PUA) that will display unwanted pop-ups, advertisements, audio ads  or re-direct your search results to promotional and sponosred (malicious) web sites. Adware is frequently built into freeware or shareware programs: if you download a freeware program that is packed by a wrapper the adware or bundeld programms will be installed on your system without your knowledge or consent. Sometimes a Trojan Horse… Read More »