fuq.com is a website offering porn videos, that has the annoying habit of opening up on its own accord whenever we’re using our computer. Actually fuq.com uses the same techniques used by browser hijackers, meaning attaching itself to an install process that will install it without you knowing it.
fuq.com uses these techniques so they can artificially increase the visits on their website, plus it gives them the perfect opportunity to show as many ads as they want, often as annoying pop-ups opening up everywhere. It’s not easy to get rid of fuq.com because it will install itself deeply into our browsers.
fuq.com is then installed by a browser hijacker, making it also a potentially unwanted program (PUP).
These kind of programs (adware or PUP), often legal, usually need some kind of approval from the user to be installed on their computers. Here are some tips you can follow to avoid having programs installed that you don’t actually want:
- Only download from secure and trustworthy websites.
- Search enough information online.
- Read comments from other users about what you want to download.
- Scan all downloaded files with a security tool.
- Make sure to read and understand all terms and conditions of use.