Monthly Archives: February 2015 - Page 3

Websearch.coolwebsearch.info

Posted by on February 23, 2015 No comments
Websearch.coolwebsearch.info

Websearch.coolwebsearch.info is the home page you start seeing when a browser hijacker enters your computer. The moment you notice this change, do everything in your power to remove Websearch.coolwebsearch.info from your system. Why? Because this browser hijacker has not come to your machine to enhance your browsing experience. On the contrary, its main goal is to limit your surfing possibilities and direct you wherever it wants you to go. Websearch.coolwebsearch.info might be the first step in seizing your computer and establishing the access for additional malware to enter your machine. Read more »

Visual Discovery ads

Posted by on February 23, 2015 No comments

Clicking on Visual Discovery ads is not something Anti-Spyware-101.com adware analysts recommend. Even though it is highly unlikely that you would face serious risks every time you clicked on these advertisements, it is possible that you could be routed to unreliable sites and tricked into doing something risky. Just like FlashBeat and tens of other similar advertisement-supported programs created by Superfish, Visual Discovery is programmed to display advertisements whenever you browse the web. If you do not remove Visual Discovery ads, you can expect banner and pop-ups with the tag “Powered by Visual Discovery” to show up on your Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox browsers. Unfortunately, you need to delete Visual Discovery ads not only to stop the irritating pop-ups, but to eliminate security risks that come with them. Read more »

Lenovo superfish vulnerability

Posted by on February 23, 2015 No comments
Lenovo superfish vulnerability

Superfish adware is one of the many applications out there that one wouldn’t want on her computer. So naturally, you would avoid these kinds of programs in the wild, but what happens when they are pre-loaded into your laptop’s setup? This is what happened with Lenovo laptops that had Superfish software pre-loaded, and it opened vulnerability on the said computers that would have allowed hackers to steal user’s credit card number information and other personal data. Needless to say, users had to scramble to remove Superfish software from their computers in order to avoid potential identity thefts. Read more »

Omniboxes virus

Posted by on February 23, 2015 2 comments
Omniboxes virus

Keep seeing Omniboxes.com as your home page and the default search engine? We are sorry to inform you, but your computer has been infected with Omniboxes virus; technically it is categorized as a browser hijacker, a type of malware which is dangerous enough to get concerned about your computer security. Read this article if you want to learn how to remove Omniboxes virus and restore your Internet browser before your system has been attacked by cyber criminals. Browser hijackers are notorious for being complicated to delete because they have a tendency to modify the Target line. However, we are sure you will not run into any difficulties if you follow the removal guide below. Read more »

EasyPDFCombine Toolbar

Posted by on February 23, 2015 No comments
EasyPDFCombine Toolbar

You should not keep EasyPDFCombine Toolbar even if it promises to help you merge separate PDF files and convert them into different formats. You should especially remove it if it has been added to your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox without your permission. You will definitely not miss this product of Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc because it is not as useful as it claims to be. In fact, it is unclear whether it is really going to act as it promises. Therefore, we believe that it would be smart to remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar and install another reliable browser plugin. It is not a problem if you do not know how to delete EasyPDFCombine Toolbar because we will help you to do that. In order to get more information about the removal of this software, make sure that you read through this article. Read more »

Search.protectedio.com

Posted by on February 23, 2015 No comments
Search.protectedio.com

Computer users who find Search.protectedio.com installed as the home page of their Internet Explorer browsers without permission must recognize this seemingly reliable search tool as a malicious threat. In cases like this one, you cannot ignore the fact that something has been done without your notice and acknowledgment, because this is a sign of illegal, malicious activity. Our expert malware researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com suggest that all users should remove Search.protectedio.com. Do you understand why the removal of this threat is so important? Even though Search.protectedio.com does not look much different from legitimate search engines, there is no doubt that this browser hijacker has not been created just to help you browse the web. Read the report to find out why you need to delete the hijacker and what security issues you might come across. Read more »

Websearch.searchisfun.info

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments
Websearch.searchisfun.info

The browser hijacker Websearch.searchisfun.info could corrupt your browsers without your permission, or you could download it on your browsers yourself without realizing the dangers related to this unreliable search engine. During the research and analysis, Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers immediately recognized Websearch.searchisfun.info as yet another Websearch Hijacker, because its interface is identical to the interfaces if Websearch.look-for-it.info, Websearch.searchplazanow.info, and tons of other Websearch Hijackers. Even though you can find individual removal guides for these threats on our site, you can also refer to this removal guide. After all, the steps that you need to take to remove Websearch.searchisfun.info are the same that you would take when deleting the clones of this hijacker. Read more »

IntelliTerm

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments
IntelliTerm

Created by Delaware LLC, IntelliTerm is an adware application that provides additional information whenever you highlight the text with your cursor during your Internet activities. Remove IntelliTerm as it might not turn out to be as integral to your Internet experience as its developers want you to believe. Though this application may provide you with additional information like links to Wikipedia articles, Bing search results, translation suggestions, and a thesaurus, which are displayed in an in-page window, you will not find this tool useful enough to compromise the security of your system. Read more »

CursorMania Toolbar

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments
CursorMania Toolbar

CursorMania Toolbar is an add-on for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox browsers. This add-on has been developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, and Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers are well familiar with this company. We have already reported EasyPDFCombine Toolbar, MarineAquarium Toolbar, RetroGamer Toolbar, and tens of other Mindspark applications that thousands of users try to remove from their computers. Luckily, it is not difficult to remove CursorMania Toolbar or any of its clones. All you have to do is uninstall the program from your PC and delete the browser extensions. If you are only interested in the removal of CursorMania Toolbar, you can scroll down to the manual removal instructions below the article. Of course, you should read this report first to learn more about the toolbar and the search tools installed with it. Read more »

Best Youtube Downloader

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments
Best Youtube Downloader

Best Youtube Downloader promises to help computer users to download YouTube videos in such formats as FLV, MP4, and WebM. It really seems to be a useful program; however, we think that you should remove it for the sake of your computer’s security. It has been found out that this program is a potentially unwanted application, which means that it can perform undesirable activities. If you notice ads on your screen or this program starts performing other unreliable activities, make sure that you remove it as soon as possible. You can delete Best Youtube Downloader via Control Panel; however, if you still have questions associated with the removal of this undesirable program, you should continue reading this article. Read more »