What is Tables?
Tables is a new browser extension that may show up on your system without your remembering installing it. This stealthy program can pose as a legitimate extension and start displaying questionable third-party commercial advertisements as well as redirect you to questionable websites. For these reasons, it may pose a threat to your virtual security and has been categorized as an adware program by our malware researchers at anti-spyware-101.com. Leaving this adware on board could introduce you to malicious content while browsing the net and you could end up with more infections or being scammed by cyber criminals. Losing data from your computer and money from your account might be two of the possible outcomes of engaging with content this malware infection may show you. Therefore, we suggest that you remove Tables from the affected browsers right away. But before we share with you how you can do that, let us tell you more about this infection and how you could prevent similar attacks from happening.
Where does Tables come from?
Our malware researchers say that this questionable extension does not even have an official webpage where you could find information about it or a button to click to download it directly. Clearly, this is a suspicious situation and leaves us no questions about its reliability. So you might wonder how this adware is distributed then. Well, no surprise to us but this infection can be found in free software bundles. You should know that there are two main types of bundles: The legitimate ones and the malicious ones. Legitimate bundles are spread by "real" software developers who only promote proper third-party programs to be able to support their free program developing. However, malicious software installers can also be packed with legitimate free software and potentially unwanted programs to infect unsuspecting computer users. The latter is obviously the way of cyber criminals. This is why you should stick to official websites when it comes to downloading software and updates.
One click on the wrong third-party content or a download button on a shady file-sharing website and you could easily drop a bunch of adware programs, browser hijackers, Trojans, and more bundled together for more serious damage. You may not believe that you would visit suspicious websites, such as torrent and freeware pages, knowingly but this may happen even accidentally. It is enough for you to click on a search result hyperlink that comes from an unreliable search website or a browser hijacker. As a matter of fact, even reputable search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Bing) may present to you potentially harmful websites as search results because cyber criminals know exactly how to operate their fake file-sharing pages in order for them to show up among the first results when unsuspecting users search the web for certain keywords. This obviously means that you always need to be alert when surfing the web if your PC is not protected by an up-to-date anti-malware program. Since there is a good chance that your system could be infected with multiple threats, we advise you to delete Tables and all other threats you may be able to detect. In fact, you should use a trustworthy malware scanner to identify all the questionable programs on your PC if you take your virtual security seriously.
How does Tables work?
This risky browser extension can infect two of your major browsers: Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. For some reason, this infection seems to use the Chrome ID of an authentic browser extension ("fngmhnnpilhplaeedifhccceomclgfbg") called EditThisCookie; therefore, you need to be cautious which one you remove if both are in your list. The main goal of this adware application is clearly to provide you with third-party advertisements and expose you to promoted websites. However, unfortunately, these could be unreliable or downright malicious in nature. Our specialists have found that this adware connects to an ad server ("go.oclasrv.com/afu.php?zoneid=") to display its questionable ads. Also, this infection may cause redirections so you may find yourself on shady websites on new tabs or in new browser windows. We would like to warn you that clicking on any advertisement or website this adware expose you to would be a big mistake as you could let additional malware infections onto your system. What is worse is that you could be tricked by cyber criminals on fake websites, such as online shops, and you may share your precious credit card details and these criminals could steal your money. Of course, if you reveal your personal data, crooks can also misuse it and commit online frauds. If you would like to save yourself from such serious headaches, you should not hesitate to remove Tables.
How do I delete Tables?
As we have already mentioned, this adware infection affects two of your browsers, so you need to take care of those by removing the malicious browser extension. If you need assistance with this, you can use our guide we have shared below this article. The whole process should not take more than a minute or two even if you are not an IT expert. Nevertheless, you may not want to go after all the possible threats on your own. Therefore, we suggest that you find a reliable malware removal application that can automatically detect and erase all known malware infections. Of course, it also pays to become a more cautious web surfer.
Remove Tables from your browsers
Mozilla Firefox
- Tap Alt+T to open the menu.
- Go to Add-ons.
- Choose the Tables extension and click Remove.
- Restart your browser.
Google Chrome
- Tap Alt+F to open the menu.
- Select More tools and then select Extensions.
- Locate the Tables extension and click on the trash can to the right.
- Click Remove on the pop-up and restart your browser.
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