For this week’s PUP Friday post, we’re going to take a look at Safesoft Protector, a variant belonging to the TechSnab family.
An overview on TechSnab
Like any potentially unwanted program, TechSnab usually arrives on a system bundled with free, third-party Windows applications. It installs itself as a browser add-on or extension on Firefox and Chrome (respectively), and as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) on Internet Explorer. Users can only find out that their systems are affected once they begin seeing a number of marked ads in the form of pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, in-text, pre- and post-video ads, coupons and “special deal” offers (among others) on websites they normally wouldn’t see. These are usually marked saying “TechSnab Ads”, “Brought to you by TechSnab”, “Brought by TechSnab”, “Ads by TechSnab”, “Powered by TechSnab”, or “You’ve received a premium offer from TechSnab”.
TechSnab also alters the user’s browser settings. It may also drop other add-ons and extensions that may manipulate search engine results.
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