What is SalesChecker?

What is SalesChecker?

SalesChecker is yet another malicious application that is listed as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) and an adware. Even though developers of this software promise that it is a useful tool, that will help you to save both your time and money when shopping online by providing you with various coupons, deals and commercial offers, this is not true. SalesChecker will not save your time or money because it is ad supported and sponsored by the third parties which means it will display popups that are not necessary the best online offers. Ads by SalesChecker usually show up on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon and offer you to purchase some particular goods at a better price rate. This is not true as well and you should not believe that, because those ads come from the third parties and most of the time are fake. The problem with SalesChecker is that in order to gain more revenue the owners of it allow completely everyone to advertise using their advertising network. That being said, various cyber criminals, such as developers of malware or scammers are free to promote their services or goods on SalesChecker and this puts you into a real danger of getting infected with a dangerous virus or being scammed. This is why you should not click on those ads delivered by SalesChecker. However, if you do so, you will be immediately redirected to the third parties’ websites that may be infected by cyber criminals and that may result in your OS being attacked by malware or you getting scammed.

SalesChecker works as a browser add-on, that can be added to all most popular web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It works perfectly on all versions of Windows OS, from Windows XP to Windows 8.1. As you can see, this malicious and unwanted application is not available on Mac, so Apple lovers can be relaxed at least for now. Not only those ads by SalesChecker are fake and malicious, they are also annoying. Whenever you browse the Internet using your favorite web browser, SalesChecker will display ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text or banner ads. If your computer is infected with SalesChecker, it will start automatically every time you use your computer. Whenever you open your web browser, a new tab will be opened by SalesChecker.

If you visit its official website at www.saleschecker.info, take a look at the Privacy Policy. There you will find a line that states

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, postal address and phone number (“Personal Information”). Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
In other words this means that your personal data will be collected and transferred to the third parties. They adjust their ads according to the given information, make them more relevant and attractive based on your web browsing habits. The main goal of SalesChecker is to make you click on those ads, because the creators of this application get paid for every click. They generate web traffic and collect sales leads.

Perhaps you noticed, that there is no download button at www.saleschecker.info. That’s because this malware is distributed bundled with other free software that can be found on the Internet. I.e. when you download and install some freebie from a suspicious looking website, there is a chance that SalesChecker will get added alongside. To avoid this happening, you should be very attentive during the installation of such a free software. Do not skip any steps (don’t just click on the “next” and “agree” buttons before reading the whole thing first) and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible. This will allow you to see all available options. Look for various check boxes as they can be already checked for you. Usually they are displayed in a very small font and that makes them almost invisible. If you see that some additional software or toolbars that you are not aware of are being installed alongside – do not allow it, as it can possibly be a malware. If it is too late and your computer is already infected, we highly recommend scanning it with a trustworthy anti-malware, such as Spyhunter or malwarebytes. It will detect the threat and remove it automatically. Moreover, one of these applications will protect your computer from similar threats in the future as well. If you are not into downloading some additional software and want to perform this all by yourself, you can do it by following our step-by-step SalesChecker removal guide given below.