ActiveDiscount is an adware that attaches itself to every browser installed in your computer at the time of the infection. This unwanted program presents itself as a browser extension, however the truth is quite different, because it’s a completely separate software whose only mission is to show enormous amounts of unwanted ads. Such ads are usually tagged as Ad by ActiveDiscount.
ActiveDiscount was created to generate profits for its developer and to increase the traffic of certain sponsored websites by redirecting your browsing towards them. Besides showing those ads, ActiveDiscount can also suggest you to install malicious tools. Among such tools we often find scareware, meaning even more problems for your computer. You can see below an example of what we just explained, in this case Ad by ActiveDiscount offers the download and install of the unwanted program reimage repair:
Ad by ActiveDiscount gets into your computer after you download or install some software or tool you found online. In other words, you install Ads by ActiveDiscount yourself without even noticing it. It’s usually attached to several different setup programs. This is why you must always read carefully and thoroughly the conditions and optional offers of anything you have downloaded on the net.
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