Adware

Chromium is browser similar to Google Chrome. It is built on open source platform called Chromium. Many adware developers use it to develop Chrome-like browsers and install them using "bundle" along with free programs. Chromium sets itself as default browser for internet surfing and replaces Google Chrome icons on the desktop and pinned icons on taskbar. Users sometimes do not recognize the change.

Snap Media Player is advertising application for Mac developed by New Media Holdings. The player itself is not dangerous, but useless as it doesn't provide functionality other than MacOS preinstalled apps. However, its installer is based on the InstallCore advertising platform. During installation, you will be offered to download different third-party programs. For example, Avira, Facebook (fake), Booking (fake), CleanMyMac, and others. Some of these programs are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUA) because they were not developed by companies, that own brands (Facebook app, Booking app).

Spreediscount.com is advertising website, that is used by malefactors to display pop-ups and create redirects in Safari or Chrome browsers on MacOS or iOS. Usually, pop-up from Spreediscount.com imitates Amazon storefront page, with messages like: "You've won a free Iphone X!", "You are lucky today". This scam page offers $1000 Gift Card, iPhone X or Samsung S9 for completing simple survey. Of course, in the end all that user gets is malicious download. Those ads can be result of Mac/iPhone/iPad infection, or they can appear on some infected websites you visit.

Ad-Aware Secure Search is browser extension that can be installed in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. It modifies newtab, homepage and search engine settings to defaultsearch.co, that redirects to lavasoft.gosearchresults.com. Unfortunately, these websites provide bad results and filled with sponsored ads. Users are unable to alter those settings until removal of Ad-Aware Secure Search extension. However, even after complete elimination users see remnants in browsers, because settings remain unchanged. Although, Ad-Aware is vendor of security solutions, such alliance with advertising companies may only have bad influence on overall computer security and users privacy.

Trovi.com by Conduit Ltd is very wide-spread browser search hijacker that infects Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer. It originates from Israel. Trovi.com infiltrates into browsers and replaces default search, homepage to http://www.trovi.com, http:/labs.trovi.com, http://search.trovi.com.

Chrominio Message Center is annoying badware, that is hiddenly installed in Windows and shows different variations of pop-ups. This pop-ups contain following messages and promote Chromium browser. Chromium is built on the same platform as Google Chrome, they look similar, and many users can get confused. Malefactors use this to substitute Chrome on users computers with Chromium filled with adware, pre-installed malicious extension and unwanted search engines. Chrominio Message Center is intermediary program, but it can bring major problems.

If your computer started acting weird and you see All-Radio 4.27 Portable program installed on your computer, this is cause for action. According to malware research, this, at first sight, harmless utility is, in fact, Pandora box opened on your computer. It infects your PC with a rootkit, a miner, a clipboard hijacker, a spammer, and information stealing trojan. Among first actions, we recommend changing passwords in any logged-in accounts from other safe machine. After this make backup of sensitive files, photos, documents, e-mails. After this you can use malware removal software.

Prime Updater or PrimUp! or PrimeUpd is misleading application, that pretends to be software updater, but in fact delivers ads and pop-ups in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It has basic functionality to detect and download browser and flash updates (although browser offer own updates themselves and Adobe has official updater). However, such trivial functional is given by a great price. Prime Updater gets access to browser settings, can download and install not only updates but also advertising browser extensions and runs on startup.