What is Youfreenews.net?
Youfreenews.net is an adware server that is active since 1st of May, 2017. This server hosts commercial advertisements that are annoying and potentially dangerous as they can redirect you to various promoted websites that can feature malware. Apart from that, the ads appear constantly and hinder the browsing experience. This particular adware server is distributed malicious software bundles that can inject it into your browser secretly. Therefore, you should remove it from your PC as it is installed on your PC by stealth. For more information, please read this whole article as it contains information about its distribution methods, dissemination, and so on.
Where does Youfreenews.net come from?
The origins of this adware server are unknown. All our malware analysts managed to find is that Youfreenews.net targets Russian-speaking users as its ads are mainly in Russian. Therefore, this server was probably developed by Russian developers. As far as the distribution channels are concerned, researchers say that it is distributed using Installmonstr/Installmonster (Install Monster) software bundles. The bundles are known to feature all kinds of software that inlcude Webcompanion, SpaceSoundSecure, Install Web Bar, MediaPlayAir, The Desktop Weather, and many others. The file name of the installer of the bundle can be FFPsetup.exe, FlashPlayerPro.exeJava, MaxTorrent.exe, install_flashplayer11x32_mssa_aaa_aih.exe, t5235.torrent.exe, and Plugin.exe. Furthermore, during the installation, the bundle tries to establish a connection with tmserver-1.com, word-model.top, cdn.telomor1.com, naum.klerose.ru, and opticisopositive.link. As you can see, the bundle can feature various potentially unwanted programs that are not malicious per se, but rather unreliable or simply useless. Now let us take a look at the functionality of Youfreenews.net
What does Youfreenews.net do?
Malware analysts say that this adware server can be injected into your PC as a startup object to start alongside Microsoft Windows. However, it can also be added as a scheduled task that will open each hour. Researchers have also found that this adware server has many variations whose domain names are traff1.ru, traff-1.ru, atraff1.ru, atraff-1.ru, traff2.ru, atraff-4.ru, and many others. The advertisements are in the Russian language mainly. However, in some cases the server can load English language ads as well. The promoted content includes various potentially unwanted programs such as toolbars by Mindspark Interactive, as well as fast credits, various shady surveys, and so on. These ads can pose a threat to your computer’s security or seek to exploit your curiosity. Therefore, we regard this adware server as inherently unreliable and outright malicious due to the methods used to distribute it. Therefore, we recommend that you get rid of it from your PC as soon as you can.
How do I remove Youfreenews.net?
In closing, Youfreenews.net is a highly unreliable adware server that can subject you to all kinds of unreliable content that can jeopardize your computer’s security and your privacy. Furthermore, this adware server is disseminated via malicious software bundles that have been set to inject it secretly, without your knowledge or consent. Therefore, you ought to remove Youfreenews.net from your Pc as soon as possible. We suggest using SpyHunter’s free scanning feature to detect this infection and then going to the location of the malware and deleting its files manually.
Removal Guide
- Go to your web browser.
- Visit http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/download-sph
- Download SpyHunter-Installer.exe and run it.
- Launch the program and click Scan Computer Now!
- Save the file path of the malicious files from the scan results.
- Press Windows+E keys.
- Enter the file paths in File Explorer’s address box and hit Enter.
- Find and right-click the malicious files and then click Delete.
- Empty the Recycle Bin.
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