DiscountBomb is the kind of program we should wish to avoid at all costs. It belongs to the adware category, which offers no advantage for our computers. DiscountBomb shows a large number of ads while we browse the internet. Such ads are usually tagged as: “Ads by DiscountBomb”, “Powered by DiscountBomb” or something similar. This particular adware shows ads where it tells you that your computer has been infected, or they can tell you that you’re the winner of a fabulous prize… however the case, we strongly suggest you never to click on these ads, they will be a good thing for you. Here’s an example of an ad shown by “Ads by DiscountBomb“ that has attached itself to a keyword found in the website visited:
Besides being incredibly annoying, DiscountBomb can also be a real threat to your computer’s privacy and security.
A great deal of advertising companies offer great reward to software developers for the creation of these unwanted programs. A Google recent study showed that more than 5% of its visitors is infected by a malicious program… a worrying statistic given the fact that they ruin the users browsing experience and even worse they can quickly turn into the source of many security issues.
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