FavDownloads was designed for improving the visibility of certain Internet websites and is technically an advertising program. Some see this kind of program as a Trojan horse because of the way it takes your computer hostage and changes its settings. When you’re facing this kind of infection, you’ll be exposed to numerous advertising pages that usually come from unsecured websites, no matter the browser you’re using (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or even Mozilla Firefox).
FavDownloads can also:
- Deactivate your computer’s firewall so that it can then access your registries and change their settings.
- Reset your web browser’s default settings by letting other add-ons get installed.
- Redirect you to malicious web pages (which can make it easy for other malicious programs to infect your computer).
- Install other unwanted programs such as toolbars.
- Slow down your applications, disrupting your browsing experience.
An infection by such a program usually happens during the installation of software that isn’t certified (software for downloading streaming videos, PDF files, etc.), or when you visit malicious websites. FavDownloads can get installed by third-party programs.