Hello, esteemed TurkHackTeam Family, today we will briefly explain to you what adware is. If you want to learn what kind of dangers it poses, let's move on to our topic.
AdWare (Adware)
Adware is one of the most headache-inducing types of malware today. It does no harm to the device or the user, but it is extremely annoying and disturbing. Attackers who create such software may make you download something when you click on the ad, or they may aim to make money by redirecting you to the clicking site when you click on the ad. And they usually do this. They get data from sites and companies that sell cookies and choose the production according to what the users are interested in. Since the most used browser today is Google Chrome, most antiviruses are written and marketed in a way that Google Chrome can run.
If the adware that has infected the system on your device is not infected as an extension, it has probably added itself to the system startup. Thus, it automatically starts itself every time the system is turned on and every time you play a game, watch a movie, hang out in the forum, etc. It comes across you and disturbs you. One of the problems I have heard in real life is that I have heard complaints such as "Silly sites appear in front of us when nothing is happening, but we did not enter them" and most likely you have an adware (may not always be) virus. If it is an extension, you can delete it. Or if it is an application, you can disable it from the startup settings section.
How do we know if there is Adware on our device?
| If you are seeing an unusual number of ads and pop-ups in the browser you are using.
| If the home page of the browser you are using has changed without your knowledge.
| If you are automatically redirected to sites you do not want to go to...
| If the browser you are using suddenly becomes unexpectedly slow.
| If you cannot close some ads and when you try to close them, you are directed to unwanted sites.
| If you see new add-ons or extensions in the browser you use.
These are the symptoms of adware virus. If you are experiencing things like this, you probably have adware software on your computer and in this case it is recommended to clean it with an antivirus.
Why are adware classified as viruses?
When we examine it structurally, it seems that the adware virus does not cause any harm, but it is actually a big trump card for malicious attackers. It will either try to collect information from you through social engineering. Or it will try to defraud you with the method we call phishing. Viruses are generally known as software that always runs in the background. But among the types of viruses, there is only one virus that reveals itself, and that is the adware virus.
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How can we protect ourselves from Adware Software?
We have talked so much about adware software, but how do we protect ourselves from them?
Important Issue: First of all, I should mention that we should not give our personal information to every site, so how do we do this:
Let's say there is a site where you do not want to give your personal information. Let's say www.example.com on our site, this site is from us.
Our IP address, e-mail address, name, surname, age
First of all, before entering the site, we install and open a VPN Service, so we enter the site so that they cannot collect our IP address information [This is difficult for you to be anonymous. If you have done such a thing on a company or government site, your real IP address will be transmitted to the VPN service for a certain fee or lawsuit.
As for e-mail, we need to type tempmail in the browser we use, it gives you a disposable e-mail, we can use it.
As for name, surname and age, we can make up something random and enter it.
So what good will doing these do for us?
Doing these will reduce or make it impossible for adware attackers to collect information from you while making their software, so they cannot serve you ads from different places according to your wishes, and you will not fall into the trap of downloading these adware software.
Let's get to our main issue, how will we be protected?
You can use a VPN Service.
Never forget to install antivirus software.
Do not download or click on links you do not know.
Update all your software on time.
How does this virus get what we want?
This part, which many people ask and wonder about, advertises according to our wishes. This issue is very simple, the same method as on Google and other sites is valid here. Platforms such as Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram sell our advertising data, and other companies sell our advertising data to someone else. Thus, the attacker looks at this data and attracts your attention by sending you ads accordingly. and leads you to phishing.
This article was translated from my own article @Blueteamforse and most of it was translated into English with my own efforts. I translated the parts I could not find with AI and Google Translate.
That's all, thank you for reading. Hope to see you on other topics.
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