Monthly Archives: February 2016 - Page 5

CaptureItPlus is open source software that allows you to capture computers’ screen in various modes (Active window, fixed region, etc.). It is a useful application, but recently it has been injected with malware in an attempt to extort valuable information from users. The main reason for this scheme is to gain access to user’s bank account. Therefore, it is very important to learn how it works and how to protect yourself, because it might happen to you. If you have the CaptureItPlus version with a modified source code, you should use our removal instructions below the article and delete it immediately. Read more »

Potentially unwanted programs are among the most annoying ones out there on the web. This is so because they often are right in the middle, meaning that they exhibit some valuable features and some suspicious one as well. Our research team has recently categorized a program known as CharityEngine this way due to its questionable functionality. We highly recommend staying away from this program as the dubious features obviously outweigh the valuable ones, which are actually rather questionable as well. You might come across claims stating that this piece of software has been developed for a great cause – to help various charities collect money in an easier manner. While it might sound great at first, you should know that in reality such claims are mostly used as a marketing strategy to lure unsuspecting users into obtaining this potentially unwanted program. In fact, our malware experts advise, every user that has this suspicious program running on their PC, to remove it in order to avoid any potentially dangerous outcomes that you might face by running CharityEngine on your computer. Read more »

Most probably you can guess what AllPCOptimizer offers you as an application because of its telltale name. As a matter of fact, it would be more revealing for us to say what it “claims” to offer. Obviously, there must be something shady about this software that it has ended up on our website. Due to the suspicious traits it showed while our researchers tested this program quite thoroughly, it has been categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). This simply means that this software means no direct danger to your computer, although it might cause certain virtual security issues indirectly. Inexperienced computer users may have and keep a number of such applications on their computers without ever realizing the potential risks. Unfortunately, PUPs do not only take up unnecessary space on your hard drive, but they may also present some kinds of system security problems to you. Since the presence of this PUP on your computer may be due to malware infections, we believe that its intentions may not be the best either. Read more »