What is Krab Web?
Krab Web might look as useful application at first sight, but it’s just another malicious application that you should not keep installed on your computer. Once inside, it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. This way your computer can get infected or you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money. If you have noticed advertisements labeled with phrase “Ads by Krab Web” or “Brought to you by Krab Web” on any of your web browsers – your computer is definitely infected and you need to take care of that.
To remove this malware fast and effortless, we recommend you to download trustworthy anti-malware application, such as SpyHunter, Malwarebytes or StopZilla and scan your computer with it. It will automatically detect and eliminate the threat just in a few seconds. If your computer is infected with some other similar viruses, it will detect and delete them too. You can use other anti-malware software of your choice as well.
However, if for some reasons you don’t want to download any additional anti-maware applications, you can perform this manually. This process requires some specific knowledge, therefore we have developed a step-by-step malware removal guide to assist you. You can find it under this article. Follow all steps carefully and you will be able to remove Krab Web for good.
If you have faced some difficulties during the removal or using anti-malware software, you can contact us in the comments section below and we will do our best to help you. In case you would like to learn more about specific features of Krab Web, please continue reading this article.
About Krab Web
Even though it’s described as useful application that will help you to save both your time and money when shopping online by providing you with various links, coupons and deals, this is not true. You won’t save your time nor your money due to this app.
All those deals and offers by Krab Web come in annoying manner of web advertisement. Those advertisements can be displayed in all kinds of forms, including pop-up, pop-under, in-text, contextual and banner advertisements. New tab or even window with advertisement can be opened on your web browser as well. Those ads usually appear on e-commerce websites such as eBay or Amazon and offers you to purchase some particular goods or services at appealing price rate. We don’t recommend to click on any of those advertisements. Usually those offers are fake, it’s just a trick to win your attention.
If you do click on one of those ads displayed by Krab Web, you will be immediately redirected to other websites that may be owned by cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or in case you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your money.
It works as browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or even Safari. Once installed, it will collect your personal information, such as browsing history, search queries, top visited sites or even your IP and email address. They adjust those advertisements according to collected data and make them even more relevant and attractive to users this way, so chances that you will click on one of them rise. And that’s the main goal of Krab Web because they get paid for every click you make.
Distribution Methods of Krab Web
You can get infected with Krab Web by downloading and installing free software from the Internet. For instance, when you download and install some freebie from unreliable website, there is a chance that Krab Web will be installed alongside without you even being aware of that. So if you want to avoid this, you need to pay close attention to the installation process of freebies.
Never skip any steps (don’t click ‘next’ and ‘agree’ buttons without reading all terms and conditions first) and always opt out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible. Reading all terms and conditions would be considered wise as well. Look for various checkboxes that can be already checked for you. In case it’s too late and your computer is already infected, wait no more and take needed actions to get rid of it.
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