If unwanted ads appear or redirects to to shady pages happen often, then we recommend to check the list of apps that are installed on a browser. Especially the ones that are displayed on shady pages. Additionally, we recommend to avoid clicking intrusive advertisements.
To be more precise, unwanted downloads or installations can be avoided by dismissing offers to install (or download) additionally included apps before completing all setup's steps. Furthermore, we advise not to leave 'Custom', 'Advanced' or other similar settings of any download or installation setup unchecked. The best and safest way to download them is by using official websites. It is not recommended to download or install any software of files via third party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks like eMule, torrent clients, untrustworthy websites, third party installers, and so on. Internet browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), displaying of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites, loss of private information. Your Mac became slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you get redirected to shady websites.ĭeceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake flash player installers, torrent file downloads. These are the two main reasons why none of the apps of this type should be installed on a browser or operating system. Moreover, their developers usually send them to other people (potentially cyber criminals) who misuse them to generate revenue. Another reason to uninstall adware is information tracking: apps of this type often are designed to gather details about their users, for example, their IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited websites, etc. Typically, it is impossible not to notice such ads because they are get displayed on all (or most) visited pages and conceal their contents.
In most cases people who click them get redirected to untrustworthy and/or deceptive websites or these ads run scripts that download (or even install) some PUA or potentially malicious app. Examples of advertisements that adware displays are various banners, pop-ups, coupons, surveys, and so on.