SugarSearch Ads

Posted by Sarah Stewart on April 3, 2014

What is SugarSearch Ads?

If you are experiencing a constant onslaught of pop-up ads you might have SugarSearch Ads installed on your computer. It is an adware application that belongs to the SuperWeb family of browser extensions. The types of advertisements that you seen on your screen depends on your overall web browsing habits, as SugarSearch Ads collects such data and then process it in order to provide you with familiar content. Such tactics is employed by a wide number of adware applications and even search engines and it is not illegal. However, when it comes to adware, it raises some security concerns, so in order to avoid potential risks it is for the best to remove SugarSearch Ads.

Where do SugarSearch Ads come from?

Just like with the rest of applications by SuperWeb LLC (like Cling Clang or Laflurla) SugarSearch Ads are also distributed together with freeware. It may have its own home page, but chances are that the download link over there does not work, and the main distribution method for SugarSearch Ads is bundled downloads.

It is actually a very convenient method, because for the most part users are not too attentive when they install new programs on their PCs (perhaps they trust random sources too much), and as a result, SugarSearch Ads get installed on a target computer automatically.

What do SugarSearch Ads do?

Needless to say, that the main thing this adware application does is displaying commercial advertisements. It usually displays various coupon ads and discount offers, and consequently, it seems that SugarSearch Ads can really help you save money on your purchases online.

However, do not be so hasty as to trust SugarSearch Ads completely. Do not forget that adware applications seldom review the content of their pop-ups – all the links and advertisements on the coupon ads and discount offers are embedded there by third parties, so SugarSearch Ads cannot be responsible for whatever happens when you click them.

How to remove SugarSearch Ads?

The problem is that almost anyone can embed their content on SugarSearch Ads as long as they know how to. So, the application could not be blamed even if you get exposed to malware-related websites by clicking the ads all the time. Thus, you need to consider all the possible options and remove SugarSearch Ads from the computer, before anything bad happens.

You can uninstall the application manually via Control Panel, but that, however, does not insure that all the potentially unwanted files and programs will be removed from the PC. To check whether there are more unwanted applications on your computer, run a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner. If any unwanted applications are detected, invest in a licensed computer security tool and remove all the potential threats automatically.