Discover Treasure

Posted by Lisa Blanc on October 23, 2015

What is Discover Treasure?

Discover Treasure is an adware program that will spam you with commercial advertisements whenever you browse the web. The program itself does not try to infect you with malware, but clicking on the ads could result in a redirection to an unfamiliar (and potentially harmful!) website.

You are probably reading this description because you want to find out how you can remove Discover Treasure, right? For the manual removal instructions, simply scroll down to the bottom and follow the guidelines you find. However, you should not forget to check your system for other unwanted programs because Discover Treasure may be one of the many unwanted applications on-board. test test test

Where does Discover Treasure come from?

You will find a lot of articles about this adware program saying that it infects your system using the “evil methods of deception.” However, we would like to point out that adware programs are not as malicious as you might think. One of the main reasons they succeed in entering target systems is the fact that users are just not careful enough when they surf the net.

For instance, there is no way to download Discover Treasure from discovertreasurenow.com. The official website is just an empty shell that is supposed to make you think the program is reliable (if you happen to open it accidentally). This feature is common to all the adware programs based on the Injekt engine. Discover Treasure follows the footsteps of Gravity Space, Blazer Deals, Wander Burst, High Stairs, and many other applications in the group.

You most probably installed Discover Treasure accidentally when this program came bundled with some freeware application. Have you downloaded any program from a file sharing site recently? If the answer is “yes,” then we have the source of Discover Treasure distribution.

What does Discover Treasure do?

Let us not linger on the supposed positive features of this application because there are none. Whatever treasures it should help you discover, you should not be swayed by them because this promotional tagline is nothing but a scam.

The real reason this program runs on your computer is money. Although Discover Treasure will not steal your banking credentials, it will try to generate financial profit via third-party advertising. You will see a lot of pop-up ads on your screen, and if you click them, you will land on an affiliated website, thus, increasing its traffic. With the traffic increase, you help the people behind Discover Treasure make money via the pay-per-click system.

It does not look like something dangerous at first, but it is important to note that Discover Treasure does not care what links are embedded into its ads. So, if cyber criminals decide to take advantage of this application and use it for malicious content promotion, you would be only one click away from a malware infection.

How do I remove Discover Treasure?

Do not take your chances and delete Discover Treasure from your system immediately. As mentioned in the first paragraph, you can uninstall the application manually by following the instructions below. However, if you want to ensure that your system remains protected against similar intruders, you should seriously consider investing in a licensed antispyware program. For any recommendations or other security tips, you can always leave us a comment.