Desktop Dock is an adware program, that displays pop-up ads and advertisements on web pages that you visit. These advertisements will be shown as boxes containing various coupons that are available, as underlined keywords, pop-up ads or advertising banners.
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What is Desktop Dock?
Desktop Dock is advertised as a program that will connect you to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other website via their desktop widget. Though this may sound like a useful service, the Desktop Dock program can be intrusive and will display ads whether you want them to or not.
When installed, the Desktop Dock browser extension will display advertising banners, pop-up advertisements and in-text ads, stating that they are brought to you by “Desktop Dock”.
These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products, all so the Desktop Dock publisher can generate pay-per-click revenue.
When infected with Desktop Dock the common symptoms include:
Advertising banners are injected with the web pages that you are visiting.
Random web page text is turned into hyperlinks.
Browser popups appear which recommend fake updates or other software.
Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user’s knowledge.
How did got Desktop Dock on my computer?
Desktop Dock is an adware program that is commonly bundled with other free programs that you download off of the Internet.
Unfortunately, some free downloads do not adequately disclose that other software will also be installed and you may find that you have installed Desktop Dock without your knowledge. Desktop Dock is typically added when you install another free software that had bundled into their installation this adware program. Most commonly Desktop Dock is bundled within the installers from Cnet, Softonic or other similar custom third-party installers.
You should always pay attention when installing software because often, a software installer includes optional installs, such as this Desktop Dock adware. Be very careful what you agree to install.
Always opt for the custom installation and deselect anything that is not familiar, especially optional software that you never wanted to download and install in the first place.
It goes without saying that you should not install software that you don’t trust.
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