Adware.FearAds

Adware.FearAds is an example of an Adware application.

This software is not to be mistaken with a virus or a Trojan application, Adware.FearAds is actually regarded by many experts as a \"potentially unwanted program\" (PUP).

PUPs are applications that a security, or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of and, in most instances, may feel the need to remove.

PUPs are often made by a legitimate corporate entity for some beneficial purpose, but they alter the security state of the computer on which they are installed, and may even compromise the privacy of the infected system.

Adware.FearAds, just like most adware applications, is a program that tracks the computer system user’s Internet activities and displays rebate messages for certain affiliated websites. Adware.FearAds is also sometimes referred to as a Browser Helper Object Toolbar (BHO), as it tends to pop up unsolicited advertisement, continually – as well as tends to ‘hijack’ the user’s homepage, replacing it with one of its affiliated websites.

Adware.FearAds tends to display the following behavioral properties:

• The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
• Executes a Process
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Writes to another Process\'s Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Adware.FearAds has been known to be added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
• Adware.FearAds is capable of being created as a process on disk
• Adware.FearAds may be executed as a Process
• Adware.FearAds has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs

Adware.FearAds also tends to facilitate the delivery of advertising content to the system user and in some cases may gather information from the user\'s computer, including information related to Internet browser usage and other computer habits.

Adware.FearAds may monopolize the computer system’s resources and is largely responsible for the countless pop-up advertisements the user will be bombarded with.

To avoid any unneeded risks of damage to your computer system, it is highly recommended to make use of a reliable and legitimate anti-spyware application, to remove Adware.FearAds and all its components from the infected computer system.

Although this type of program is not always malicious, it has been known to perform suspicious activity such as monitoring the user’s internet behavior, forwarding that along (with information regarding the other programs on your computer) to third-party sources.

The main focus of adware is to display targeted advertisements based on your personal interest, and Adware.FearAds is no exception.

If your computer has been infected with this malicious software, it is recommended that you remove it immediately.

The most important thing to remember when it comes to this PC parasite, Adware.FearAds, is to remove it as soon as it has been detected on a computer system.