Popdown Steps

Posted by Max Lehmann on September 28, 2015

What is Popdown Steps?

Popdown Steps is a totally useless program that may only have one function and that is to display third-party ads on your screen while you are browsing the web. Although this program promotes itself as a “savior” that can eliminate pop-up advertisements, in reality, it does the opposite. Since this adware is not beneficial for you and may put your virtual security at risk, we recommend that you remove Popdown Steps from your computer as soon as you can. The more you hesitate, the more chance you give to cyber criminals to lure you onto their corrupted websites. We believe you would like to protect your computer and your files, and that is exactly why we are here to share with you what our malware researchers have found out regarding this adware infection. test

Where does Popdown Steps come from?

This adware application comes from the so-called Lyrics family. It has an unprofessional-looking and practically non-functioning webpage at mydata.searchero.info. Apart from a few bits of information what Popdown Steps claims about itself, you cannot find anything else – not even a legal document. Apart from that, you cannot even download the software since all you will get instead is an error page. Does this sound like a reliable program? What if we told you that this adware can be found distributed in infected bundles, i.e., in free software packages that contain malware infections? If you install such a bundle, it is quite likely that you realize it shortly since adware and browser hijacker applications, which are the most common to travel together, are rather obvious once they activate; you cannot miss them. The best you can do if you infected your computer with such a bunch of malware threats is that you delete Popdown Steps along with all the other potentially related infections.

What does Popdown Steps do?

Popdown Steps poses as a useful application that takes care of pop-up ads so that they do not annoy you or put you in danger by exposing you to unsafe content. However, the truth is that this adware may do exactly what it claims to “fight” against: It may spam your computer screen with commercials. These ads may be very disruptive and kill your whole web surfing routine, but they may also be dangerous in a sense. What if you land on a website that is run by criminals, by simply clicking on an ad? What if you get scammed? What if your bank account gets drained just because you get tricked into revealing your banking details on a fake online shopping site? Even if only one of these “what if” situations become true, you will be in trouble. If you want to avoid that, you should not think twice, you should remove Popdown Steps right away.

How do I remove Popdown Steps?

If you have got to this point, we believe that you are ready to act, and act quickly. So it will come as great news that you can easily eliminate Popdown Steps. If you are unfamiliar with uninstalling applications via Control Panel, please use our instructions below this article. If you want to save yourself the headache malware infections can cause for you, not to mention the security issues, we advise you to be more careful with what kind of websites you visit and choose as the source of freeware downloads. With a bit of alertness, you can do a lot to protect your computer from being infected.