Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page

If you accidentally install various adware applications, you might one day notice a doubtful alert called Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page. According to it, the user has to prove he is a human being and not a robot or else the warning will use the computer’s resources to mine cryptocurrency called Monero to “recover server costs incurred by bot traffic.” Naturally, less experienced users may not realize what is happening or even think they could have actually done something wrong. Unfortunately, if the threat is left unattended it might continue to mine the mention cryptocurrency, and as a result of high computer’s resources usage, the device could become somewhat slow. Therefore, if you notice such alert, you should get rid of it as fast as possible. The instructions located a bit below may help users with this task. As for more information about Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page we recommend reading the rest of the article.

To begin with, after researching this threat our researchers decided to categorize it as adware server even though it might look similar to a fake alert. They say the warning is more like a survey, as it asks to submit information (in this case code) and does not urge the user to contact anyone, purchase anything, etc., like most of the fictitious notifications created to scam the user. Instead, Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page claims it detected bot traffic and asks the user to prove he is not a robot. To achieve this, the user is asked to enter the provided code into the blank box. Our researchers say if you do so the threat may redirect you to google.com. After the redirection, it is entirely possible it will not go away and continue mining Monero in the background.

Moreover, as said earlier, it is most likely that the adware server enters the system with some adware application. It means if you noticed the Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page alert on your browser, there could be various unreliable applications on your system. Our researchers say users often install adware, potentially unwanted programs, browser hijacker, and other similar unreliable applications unknowingly. For instance, one of the most usual causes is bundled software installers found on various untrustworthy file-sharing web pages. To be more precise, the unwanted applications might slip in unnoticed if the user rushes the installation process and does not pick advancer or custom settings; in such case, all bundled tools could be added without asking any permission. To avoid such mistakes in the future, our researchers say users should stay away from unreliable file-sharing web pages, always choose advanced installation settings, and invest a couple of minutes in researching the chosen tool before installing it, so you would be sure it can be trusted.

Provided the user installs adware related to the Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page warning, soon enough he should be redirected to a website called recycloped.com. It is the website that should load the suspicious alert belonging to this threat. The biggest problem is while it mines Monero it might use a lot of the system's resources which could put a significant strain on the device’s processor. Needless to say, it could not only make the computer work much slower than before but also damage it. Thus, as we mentioned earlier it is best if you take care of Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page as soon as possible.

Users who wish to get rid of the suspicious alert manually could follow the instructions located a bit below this article. They will show how to reset the affected browser or even close it via Task Manager in case it gets stuck. However, keep it in mind this will not erase the adware applications that might be hiding on the system. This is why we would recommend eliminating Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page with a reliable antimalware tool instead. Then you could perform a full system scan. During it, the tool would detect all possible threats, and you could delete them at once with a single mouse click.

Eliminate Your Device Is Showing Suspicious Surfing Behaviour Page

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
2. Choose Task Manager.
3. Go to Processes and look for your browser’s process.
4. Select it and click End Task.
5. Close the Task Manager.

Reset the affected browser

Internet Explorer

1. Tap Alt+X and open Internet Options.
2. Open the Advanced tab and click Reset.
3. Choose Delete personal settings.
4. Select Reset again and tap Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the Help icon.
2. Choose Troubleshooting information.
3. Select Refresh Firefox.
4. Click Refresh Firefox again and press Finish.

Google Chrome

1. Tap Alt+F and go to Settings.
2. Scroll below and choose Advanced.
3. Slide down again and press Reset.
4. Click the Reset button.