Object Browser Ads

Posted by Lisa Blanc on January 2, 2014

What is Object Browser Ads?

Object Browser Ads is an adware application that functions as a browser plugin. It falls under the category of potentially unwanted programs, because it is not 100% safe. Rather than becoming a threat by itself, Object Browser Ads might be exploited by malicious third parties to display corrupted content. After all, the main purpose of the application (supposedly) is to display various advertisements related to your online shopping habits. However, that alone shows that Object Browser Ads might collect personally non-identifiable data and if you are a security-minded user, you are advised to remove Object Browser Ads from your computer along with any other related application.

Where does Object Browser Ads come from?

Object Browser Ads is developed by Goobzo Ltd and is part of a group of adware applications that display coupons and discount offers. In a sense, Object Browser Ads is very similar to Savings Vault, Safe Saver and other browser add-ons from the same group. Consequently, Object Browser Ads is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. So if you get this application installed onto your computer, you will most probably see a lot of commercial ads being displayed disregarding which browser you usually use. test test

One of the main reasons why users are strongly recommended to remove Object Browser Ads is that it gets installed silently. It means that Object Browser Ads does not exactly inform you about the oncoming installation as it usually comes bundled with other freeware. For example, it is known to come packed with YTdownloader or Jollywallet shareware applications. Therefore, if you are about to install a free of charge application download from a third party website, make sure that it is not bundled with other potentially unwanted freeware.

What does Object Browser Ads do?

As one can probably tell, Object Browser Ads is there to display commercial advertisements. They are provided in a shape of discount offers and coupons whenever you access a popular online shopping website. The ads are part of pay-per-click system that can be employed by third parties to increase their website traffic. It means that you can never know whether you will really land on a safe website if you click the purchase suggestions provided by Object Browser Ads. Naturally, the application does not intend to infect you with malware, but it cannot do much as it cannot be responsible for the third party content displayed in the ads. Hence, in order to protect yourself from potential threats you should remove Object Browser Ads immediately.

How to remove Object Browser Ads?

Although this application installs silently, it still creates an entry on the list of installed programs. It means that you can remove Object Browser Ads manually via Control Panel. Nevertheless, it is still recommended to run a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner as there might be other potentially dangerous programs installed on your computer. Do not forget that unwanted shareware usually come in packs!