Adware.BrowserIO
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Short bio
Adware.BrowserIO is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a large family of installers that install many kinds of adware and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) on Windows systems.
Type of infection
Adware.BrowserIO is usually installed by users themselves due to aggressive and misleading advertising because they are promoted as useful additional browser extensions for a specific subject (f.e. file converters).
Malicious behavior
If Adware.BrowserIO has been run users may notice various methods of browser hijackes like:
- changed startpage
- changed newtab
- search hijacks
Protection
Malwarebytes blocks Adware.BrowserIO
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Adware.BrowserIO without further user interaction.
- Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
- Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
- Click on the Get started button.
- Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
- Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
- Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.