Lyrics Fan

Posted by Lisa Blanc on October 11, 2013

What is Lyrics Fan?

Lyrics Fan is an adware application that could prove to be more dangerous than useful. It is installed on a target system as a browser add-on that can turn your YouTube video watching into Karaoke sessions. However, despite the fact that Lyrics Fan might look like an entertaining extension, various security risks associated with the application should be enough to convince you that you need to remove Lyrics Fan from your computer as soon as possible. At the same time, the presence of Lyrics Fan on your system may point to a number of other potential threats, so do run a full system scan if need be.

Where does Lyrics Fan come from?

This adware application is often installed on a computer automatically, because it is commonly added into the setup of other freeware applications. This extension is supported by a variety of programs, so you may download Lyrics Fan at a number of websites that distribute freeware. For example, Lyrics Fan is known to be related to Ad.yieldmanager, Xtendmedia, Jollywallet Adware and other adware platforms that spam users with pop-ups and slow down their computers.

Even if you have installed the program with intension to put lyrics subtitles on your YouTube videos, you clearly could have done better. Lyrics Fan should not be allowed to remain on your PC, because it exposes system vulnerabilities to third parties.

What does Lyrics Fan do?

Since this adware application is related to a number of other adware platforms, it is obviously responsible for displaying various commercial pop-ups while you browse the Internet. These commercial ads may appear not only in pop-ups, but also in new windows, new tabs, in-text links and so on.

Do not forget that Lyrics Fan is not responsible for whatever content is embedded in the aforementioned ads, so even malevolent third parties could make use of the extension to display their own malicious content to you. Once single click on such an ad, and you would be redirected to a corrupted website that distributes malware.

How to remove Lyrics Fan?

Luckily, unlike a great number of other adware programs, Lyrics Fan DOES have an entry in Windows Control Panel, which makes it a lot easier to remove the application from your computer. Nevertheless, manual removal cannot guarantee that your computer is absolutely safe, so it would be for the best to run a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner. The scanner will detect any unwanted files and you will be able to remove them on your own, or you could invest in a powerful antimalware tool and remove all the dangerous infections from your computer automatically. It is up to you how to safeguard your PC against dangerous threats.