Altfarm.mediaplex Adware

Altfarm.mediaplex Adware is a browser add-on that displays advertisements from the Mediaplex MOJO platform. While not all advertisements from Altfarm.mediaplex Adware may be dangerous to your PC, Altfarm.mediaplex Adware's advertisements occasionally include drive-by-downloads of malicious software and an excessive use of tracking cookies (files that monitor your basic Web-browsing habits). If your browser displays advertisements from Mediaplex incessantly, an Altfarm.mediaplex Adware infection is likely to be the cause, and you should use anti-malware software as needed to remove Altfarm.mediaplex Adware and its browser changes immediately.

Altfarm.mediaplex Adware: Raising a New Crop of Advertising Pop-Ups... with Your Browser as the Farm

While an ordinary farm makes use of privately-owned land to grow its crops, Altfarm.mediaplex Adware uses any vulnerable browser that Altfarm.mediaplex Adware can affect and usually is installed through methods that don't require your consent. Altfarm.mediaplex Adware usually implements its adware attacks through Web page injections that modify the content of a site as Altfarm.mediaplex Adware is loaded into your browser, with the results being additional links and advertising banners to third parties. SpywareRemove.com malware experts also note that prolonged Altfarm.mediaplex Adware attacks may result in poor Web browser performance and difficulty accessing real website content – since Altfarm.mediaplex Adware's advertisements often are designed to expand on top of the normal content, blocking it from view.

While adware that displays advertisements without your permission are a very regular occurrence on the Web, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have spotted two separate issues related to Altfarm.mediaplex Adware that make Altfarm.mediaplex Adware stand out from the adware pack:

• Altfarm.mediaplex Adware often uses tracking cookies, which keep track of which sites you visit and the duration of these visits. These issues usually are not security hazards but can be considered invasions of privacy. In some cases, they and related tracking methods also may be implemented in misleading ways (such as implying that you've won a prize based on information that's been gathered about your Web-browsing history).
• While cookies are only a minor concern, malware experts also have found significant recurring cases of PC threats being distributed through Altfarm.mediaplex Adware's advertisements. Typical examples of attacks that may exploit Altfarm.mediaplex Adware's capabilities include fake software updates, rogue system scanners that install fraudulent security products and phishing attacks that attempt to compromise confidential information through misleading requests.

Trimming Altfarm.mediaplex Adware Back Down to Where It Belongs

Since extended contact with Altfarm.mediaplex Adware's content may result in exposure to malicious Web content that may infect your computer or cause other forms of harm, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend especially fast and stringent reactions to Altfarm.mediaplex Adware, even more so than would be recommended for other types of adware-based PC threats. Since Altfarm.mediaplex Adware often installs itself without any obvious means of uninstallation but, at the same time, does not have any egregious defenses against security software, anti-malware programs should be able to remove Altfarm.mediaplex Adware without any major issues.

Contact with Altfarm.mediaplex Adware's advertisements always should be considered a potential infection vector until your anti-malware software can verify differently. While some malicious advertisements require your consent to install their payloads, SpywareRemove.com malware experts are quick to point out others (such as exploit kits like Blackhole Exploit Kit) that may infect your PC without any additional interaction on your part.