2016年3月5日星期六

What is Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner?

Many of the world’s leading malware researchers issued a warning regarding the Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner – after a thorough investigation, our security researchers came to the conclusion that Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner should be classified as a dangerous adware and/or a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Furthermore, it seems that the Ads by Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner are caused by a malicious browser extension and even though the Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner claims to provide many useful & handy security and optimization features for the Window’s registry database, it seems that the Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner is just another ad-supported software application, which will use all the malicious tricks it is capable of, just to make a bit more cash for its developers by showing sponsor ads. This malicious application is usually distributed via some questionable or even dangerous software bundles, configured to install it using stealth or silent installation mode, in order to hide any additional install from the users. Once installed the Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner will start showing you lots of intrusive ads on almost every websites you visit. The adware will start collecting various private browsing data like browsing history, web searches, account credentials, tracking cookies as well as other sensitive private information and then it will either sale or share the collected data with other 3rd party company, which will later use the data for their own marketing purposes. The Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner has been classified as a PUP by the majority of the reputable security experts, mainly because of its distribution method – software bundling and because of its suspicious behavior on the users’ computers. Our security experts concluded that the Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner uses a malicious browser extension, capable of injecting ads into almost every webpage you visit, which could lead to modification of the website’s design and content – especially, regarding search results by the major web search engines! Please note, that the Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner is capable of modifying windows registry database and browsers’ settings, making the recovery much harder. If you start getting various web ads, claiming that they are – “By Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner”, “Ads by Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner”, “Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner Ads”, “Powered by Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner”, “Brought by Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner” or “Brought to you by Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner” – you should consider your computer infected and our malware experts strongly recommend you to run a full system malware scan on your PC using an up-to-date, reputable & reliable anti-malware software, just like the SpyHunter 4. Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner appears to work fine with all the well-known browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Generally, users that have it installed on their systems might experience various pop-up or pop-under ads, coupon boxes, banners, search suggestion windows, link advertisements or other commercials, displayed on popular web pages. The victim should consider, that the search results are compromised as well, most likely overloaded with spam and other third-party advertising.

Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner is usually bundled with some other free ad-supported software products and is being installed by default, when the user accepts the EULA, while performing an express/recommended installation of that software bundle. The possible distribution of Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner varies, but is not limited to – installing third-party toolbars, free software products, video editing software, codecs, downloading e-mail attachments, clicking on ads or banners etc..

The main purpose of Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner is to generate as much traffic as possible to certain domains, which could easily be monetized via one of the many online marketing platforms. Please note, that the creators of such or similar adware or malware would collect information that might be used to track your browsing habits, however often they collect much more then your web search history. Zolta Pro Registry Cleaner may use cookies and other relevant techniques, that might be used to collect private data like account information, username, passwords, financial information including credit card and bank account numbers etc. That’s why this malware infection should not be left unattended, and needs to be terminated immediately, as it is a serious threat to your private data and online security.

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