This application belongs to Adload malware family. Threat Summary: NameĪvast (MacOS:Adload-AG ), Combo Cleaner (Gen.13), ESET-NOD32 (A Variant Of OSX/), Kaspersky (Not-a-virus:HEUR:), Full List ( VirusTotal)
Search engines promoted through apps like FreshBasic are not trustworthy. It forces users to browse the Internet with a search engine that could display results containing links to untrustworthy websites. Those ads could open pages using scare tactics to trick visitors into downloading PUAs, providing credit card details (or other personal information), paying money for unnecessary software, services, and so on.Īlso, FreshBasic changes the default search engine, homepage, and new tab URL to a fake search engine. Thus, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).įreshBasic generates advertisements (pop-ups, coupons, banners, surveys, or other ads) that could open deceptive pages. Most users download and install apps like FreshBasic unintentionally. Aside from displaying advertisements, this adware can also change a web browser's settings (it hijacks a browser). FreshBasic is a type of software that bombards users with advertisements.
