What is Slickcart.net?
Slickcart.net is an insecure website associated with infections including Adware / PUP, Browser Hijacker and Spyware. In recent period, Slickcart.net has become a headache for more and more PC users for the terrible performance and security issues it causes. Our research team found that most of victims were infected by Slickcart.net virus after installing some free programs or updating software on third party sites. In fact, it’s common that PC threats are distributed through free download files. Lots of files-sharing websites have a partnership with affiliate network, in which the advertisers pack their sponsored products into freeware installer, thus they can easily earn ads commissions by dropping adware or rogueware such as Slickcart.net into users PC without permission. Once loaded, Slickcart.net injects codes on web browsers such as Microsoft Edge, IE, Chrome and Firefox, thus every time you open browsers to visit websites and click links on them, Slickcart.net can pop up and reroute you to its website and other sponsored websites that try to sell you something. Even though you have tools such as Adblock, Slickcart.net can still bypass to harass you with tons of banner ads, coupons, text ads and popups ads, which may cause security risks to your PC and privacy if you click on them. Our security lab strongly suggest every users not to click links or ads generated by Slickcart.net, and take action to get rid of the virus as quickly as possible.
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