Adware Generic r.KF is a type of adware designed by hackers to show various ads to PC users, with the purpose of gaining great profits via the advertising revenue. It also transmits malicious codes to the targeted computers and performs other harmful activities. In most cases, your computer gets infected with this adware because of your carelessness while surfing on the internet. This adware can target computers with different types of Windows operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Once installed, this adware will change your internet settings and redirect you to some unknown websites while you are surfing the net with the affected browsers. It may utilize your network to transmit your personal information it has collected to a specific server, and also receive various ads from the advertisers to display them on your browsers, which causes a slow and unstable network connection. Besides, Adware Generic r.KF will change your search engine to its own without any consent and won’t allow you to change it back to your favorite one. It also displays a number of pop-up ads on your browsers, which may disturb your browsing activities. If you notice the ads popped up on your browsers, you may be surprised to find that most of them are associated with your search habits or search terms. It means that this adware is able to monitor your Web activities and collect your private information stealthily. To protect your computer and private information, it is highly recommended that you remove Adware Generic r.KF quickly.
Symptoms of the Adware Infection
1. A pile of advertisements are displayed on your PC when you use the computer to surf the Internet.
2. Default browser homepage and search engine are changed to new ones without any consent.
3. Other toolbars, plug-ins or extensions appear on your browsers and you are sure that you have never installed them onto your browsers.
4. Browsers runs out of control and you are always forced to visit some websites irrelevant to your requests.
5. The network connection becomes slow, and the system performance is degraded.
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