Dealnj

Posted by Lisa Blanc on January 20, 2016

What is Dealnj?

Dealnj advertises itself as a “light-weight browser extension” that finds the best deals and shows them for users when they shop at online stores. The program claims that it does that for only one reason – to save money for you; however, we do not think that it is true because ad-supported programs are primarily created to drive traffic to different web pages and generate money for the publisher. Dealnj supports newer versions of Windows OS and even MAC OS X, Linux, and Chrome OS. Therefore, we are sure that it is targeted at thousands of computer users. As Dealnj claims to be an amazing shopping helper, there are many users who download and install this piece of software because they believe its promises blindly. Of course, Dealnj might enter systems without asking permission as well. Either way, it would be best to remove Dealnj from the system. Luckily, Dealnj will disappear from your PC after you find and eliminate all the extensions it adds to the browsers. Before you do that, read through this article. test test test

How does Dealnj act?

Even though Dealnj pretends to be a really beneficial application, research has shown that this program is only going to show various commercial advertisements and coupons only because its main job is to generate traffic to other web pages. Specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that the content of ads depends on the web page a user is browsing on and, of course, his/her place of residence, for example, users living in the United Kingdom might see ads from viking-direct.co.uk and banggood.com domains, whereas users from the United States might start seeing commercial advertisements from target.com, 4allvitamins.com, and verizonwireless.com. In fact, we do not recommend clicking on any advertisements Dealnj is responsible for no matter what form they have (e.g. banners, pop-ups, interstitial ads, in-text ads, etc.) because they might still expose you to potential threats. If you wonder how this might happen, you should know that not all the ads lead to good web pages. Unfortunately, it is not so easy to say whether you see good or bad advertisements on your screen because they all look rather similar.

After Dealnj is installed on the system and creates the icliakeeeonnadlkinkjbcdhbhijecej folder in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions, it immediately starts doing all kinds of activities. Unfortunately, Dealnj not only shows commercial advertisements, but might also gather details about users and their activities on the web. Our researchers have checked the Privacy Policy and now it is clear for them that Dealnj might gather such details as IP address, browser, OS, and other technical details. In addition, it is interested in browsing habits and preferences. Even though it is said in the Privacy Policy that Dealnj will not disclose or transfer any details to third-parties, we cannot guarantee that for you. In order to ensure the safety of your privacy, you should uninstall Dealnj as soon as possible.

As Dealnj is a rather prevalent program, researchers have also checked how it is distributed. It has been observed that hundreds of users download and install Dealnj from its official website dealnj.co; however, this program is also distributed in software bundles. Users tend to download them from third-party web pages primarily. It is clear that Dealnj is the most prevalent in India, Pakistan, Thailand, Brazil, and the United states. Therefore, we believe that this ad-supported program is spread together with other programs in these countries. Of course, it is also possible to download and install Dealnj from the Chrome Web Store as well. It is not so easy to recognize undesirable software and prevent it from slithering onto the computer. Therefore, it would be smart to install a security tool and surf the Internet more cautiously.

How to delete Dealnj?

We are sure that you will not see Dealnj on your system anymore after you delete its extensions from the Google Chrome browser. This will not be difficult to do; however, you should still follow instructions provided below this article. Another thing that you can do in order to erase it is to scan the system with an automatic malware remover, such as SpyHunter. It will erase Dealnj for you within seconds, and it will protect your system from future harm.