National Consumer Center Scam

National Consumer Center

National Consumer Center is a program that belongs to the category of adware. If you’ve already come in contact with it, it is probably obvious to you by now where it gets its name from. An adware’s sole purpose is to generate large amounts of advertisements for you to click on. Now, despite it being  intrusive, it shouldn’t be confused with viruses and other malware. The latter is sure to cause quite some harm to your computer and is a serious threat, whereas the former is more of an annoyance.

This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t remove it and let it stay on your PC, mind you. Even though adware is not a direct danger to your system and files, it still has the potential of causing problems and we will explain more about this further on in this article. Below are the steps towards the complete removal of National Consumer Center from your computer and also a few simple tips to prevent getting infected again.

Is National Consumer Center A “Scam”?

Well, we covered the fact that it’s an adware. Programs of that type operate on a Pay per click basis, which generates revenue for the adware developers from your clicking on the said ads. That being said, their job is more or less done, once they’ve manage to tempt you into clicking on something. They don’t really care whether or not the pop-up or re-directed page or newly opened one corresponds to what you were initially interested in seeing. So with this in mind, it’s best to abstain from clicking any of those attractive banners that you are probably seeing all over the webpages you visit. There is also the probability of landing on some harmful website, which has viruses and other threats lurking on it.

So, as if that weren’t reason enough to uninstall National Consumer Center “Scam” from your PC, here’s some for you – more worrying than the last. Due to the nature of its activity, it’s in the creators’ best interest that you are genuinely taken by the ads they’re flooding you with. Even if it’s just a little, but enough to get that precious, money-making click. So what they do in order to make sure that the offers are appealing to you is gather all of your browsing data. This would include information like your search queries, the websites you visit, ID identifications and more. The data is then analyzed and used in order to optimize the bombardment of virtual advertising material. This leads us to the main point: the above details are then very often sold on to third parties, who may do with them as they please. And as you might guess, things might get very ugly if any of that information is misused. One thing must be made clear though – although many people address National Consumer Center as a scam, this is not a computer virus. This is something entirely different. A there is no official confirmation that this is indeed a “scam”, something that implies unsavory intents. What we can confirm is that this program strongly resembles Adware applications.

How did National Consumer Center get into my computer?

In most cases, the adware was probably bundled in together with some other software. The sneaky developers do this, because the majority of people in their right mind won’t go about voluntarily seeking to bring National Consumer Center into their lives. Therefore, they package it with something you would want and would go out of your way to download from somewhere. Then, once you run setup of the program in question, you will most likely choose the ‘default’ option and will thus be allowing what hidden adware there is to integrate with your browser (Chrome, Mozilla, IE).

For this reason it is of paramount importance that you are:

1. Careful with the websites you choose to download things from,
2. Always opting for the custom or advance installation settings, so you can see what else is bundled into the software AND decide whether or not you want them.

Open-source download sites are the primary location for adware and other such nuisances to be found. This is why we highly recommend users to stay away from those as much as possible and only use trusted download sources. Here is where we should also mention that you can contract National Consumer Center or other adware from the aforementioned advertisements, which adds to why you shouldn’t be clicking on them.

Follow the below instructions to remove National Consumer Center and in conclusion we’d like to summarize the simple measures that will keep your computer safe in the future:

• At all times have a working antivirus program and run virus checks frequently;
• Stay off suspicious websites;
• Always choose advanced setup when installing something;
• Check your browser from time to time for unwanted add-ons.

SUMMARY:

Name	National Consumer Center
Type	Adware
Detection Tool

National Consumer Center “Scam” Removal

You are dealing with a malware infection that can restore itself unless you remove its core files. We are sending you to another page with a removal guide that gets regularly updated. It covers in-depth instructions on how to:
1. Locate and scan malicious processes in your task manager.
2. Identify in your Control panel any programs installed with the malware, and how to remove them. Search Marquis is a high-profile hijacker that gets installed with a lot of malware.
3. How to clean up and reset your browser to its original settings without the malware returning. You can find the removal guide here.

For mobile devices refer to these guides instead: Android, iPhone