What is Zoom Downloader? - How Can I Remove Zoom Downloader?

What is Zoom Downloader?

Zoom Downloader is yet another application listed as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Even though developers of this adware promise that it is an useful tool that will help you to save both your time and money, this is not true. It should provide you with various coupons, commercial offers and deals when shopping online, but all those coupons are fake and you should not believe them. Most of the time they appear on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon and offers you to purchase some particular goods at a better price rate. Zoom Downloader is ad-supported system and therefore all those ads come from third parties. It is not a secret that this advertising network is widely used by various cyber criminals and scammers to promote their products and services. That’s why it is not recommended to click on those ads. However, if you do so, you will be immediately redirected to third parties website and that may result in your computer being infected. It 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. Furthermore, Zoom Downloader will collect your personal information, such as browsing history, search queries, IP address and Top visited sites. This information later on will be transferred to third parties. They adjust their ads according to the given data and make them more engaging to you this way. The main goal of Zoom Downloader is to make you click on those ads because they make money by generating web traffic and collecting sales leads. Even though Zoom Downloader is not a dangerous virus that can cause a lot of problems itself, it can lead you to some more serious cyber security problems, therefore it needs to be removed as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the bigger is the chance that some other malware will be installed as well.

If you don’t remember installing Zoom Downloader, that’s absolutely normal, because this adware is traveling bundled with other free applications and is installed behind your back. I.e. when you install some freebie downloaded from the Internet, there is a chance that Zoom Downloader will be installed alongside without you even being aware of it. If you want to stay clean from this malicious application, you should be very careful during the installation of free software downloaded from a websites with questionable reputation. When running the installation wizard, read everything very carefully – do not skip any steps (don’t just click “next” and “proceed” without reading the whole thing first). If possible, opt out for a custom or advanced install mode. This will allow you to get an access to all available options. If you see that some additional software that you are not aware of is being installed alongside – do not allow it. In case it is too late and your computer is infected with Zoom Downloader, you should get rid of it immediately. For this purpose we recommend to scan your PC with a trustworthy anti-malware, such as Spyhunter or malwarebytes. It will detect and remove the virus automatically. If you prefer to perform this manually, you can do it by following our step-by-step Zoom Downloader removal guide given below.