It is not a surprise Y2Go was categorized as a potentially unwanted program as it might collect various personal and anonymous information related to the user’s browsing habits or submitted on visited web pages. What’s more, our researchers Anti-spyware-101.com would like to warn users that the application could enter the system without them realizing it, although most likely with their help. If you wish to know more details about this potentially unwanted program we recommend reading the full article; it will explain to you how the threat could be distributed and how it may work after entering the system. After reading the text, we would also encourage you to eliminate Y2Go for safety precautions. If you decide to use our advice, we can offer the deletion instructions placed below the report. Read more »
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My Games Classics New Tab
My Games Classics New Tab is an application targeted at frequent online gamers as its developers present it to be a tool that allows you to play your favorite Flash-based games right within your browser's tabs. It sure sounds like a program that would be fun to have. Quite a few users download and install it expecting it to function just like that. Read more »
My Tropical Beach New Tab
My Tropical Beach New Tab might seem like a tool you would like to have active on your PC since it is advertised as a tool that should improve your online experience. According to various claims, it should allow you to customize your new tab page and homepage for a friendlier web browsing experience. While it might seem like a great tool, you should know that it actually functions in an opposite manner. Our malware researchers have discovered that this questionable program can trigger changes within your web browser's settings without any notification or authorization whatsoever. In turn your online experience will be affected in a negative manner. Due to all of this, our research team has classified this suspicious application as one more potentially unwanted program, which should not be active on your PC. To understand why its removal is crucial, make sure to read the rest of this report. Below we provide a detailed removal guide will help you delete My Tropical Beach New Tab in a quick and easy manner. Read more »
Private Search Plus
Have you downloaded Private Search Plus thinking that it could offer beneficial services? If you have, you might have been tricked because this potentially unwanted program is not exactly reliable or useful. Although its services might appear to be attractive, it is most likely that it was created to do something else than you might think. For example, this PUP should help you browse the web more privately, but it is more likely that it was created to record information and promote third-party content. If you have already made the decision to delete Private Search Plus, you are on the right track. If you have no idea whether or not you should remove this potentially unwanted program, you need to continue reading. This article was created by Anti-spyware-101.com malware experts working in an internal lab. The PUP was thoroughly tested, and the information in this report discusses the findings. If any questions come up while you are reading, add them to the comments section below so that our research team could assist you. Read more »
Search.searchicc.com
Search.searchicc.com is a browser hijacker that travels together with a browser extension called iCoupon Clipper. Our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com advise users to be extra careful with the software, because by installing it you may allow the application to automatically modify your browser settings or download and install updates. What’s more, it looks like Search.searchicc.com could be showing modified search results that may include potentially dangerous third-party advertisements. Therefore, using it as your default search engine might be a bad idea. For the sake of the system, it might be best to replace it with a more reliable alternative as soon as possible. If you decide to do so, you should firstly erase the browser hijacker; the instructions located at the end of the text will show you how to achieve it. Read more »
Fastoplayer Ads
Fastoplayer Ads are irritating commercial advertisements users might start seeing on their screens after installing Fastoplayer, which is promoted on its official source Fastoplayer.com as “the fastest player you will ever use.” This player is based on an open-source player Media player classic, so it does not surprise us at all that users find Fastoplayer quite useful. In the opinion of researchers, users should go to uninstall this player no matter they have downloaded it from its official website, or it has found a different way to enter their systems. It should not be kept installed on users’ computers because of all these ads it displays. This is the only way to eliminate them, but this should be done not only because they are irritating. It is a must to get rid of them all to be able to surf the web safely and securely. Without a doubt, advertisements coming from adware programs are not as dangerous as malicious applications, but they might still expose users to potential threats, so it must be your top priority to make those advertisements gone. Continue reading to find out why it is so important to do that. Read more »
Privacy Search Plus
Privacy Search Plus is an extension that you can download onto Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers. The users of both web browsers can acquire the add-on from its official download page, privacysearchplus.com, but Google Chrome users can also acquire it from the Chrome app store. At the time of research, the Chrome extension was used by over 16,000 users, and that is a huge number for a tool that does not seem to offer highly beneficial services. According to our research, the add-on is growing in numbers pretty fast, and so it is believed that its installer is spread via software bundles. Have you downloaded the suspicious tool using a third-party installer? If you have, the chances are that you chose to try it out because it was free, or you installed it by accident. Whatever the case might be, Anti-Spyware-101.com malware research team advises removing Privacy Search Plus, and you can read all about that in this report. Read more »
SearchesSpace.com
SearchesSpace.com is a new browser hijacker belonging to the wide ELEX family. It has fallen into this category not only because it is based on the same template as other hijackers from this family, but also because it tends to show up on users’ Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers without permission. We have to upset you by saying that there is no doubt that this browser hijacker has entered your computer if SearchesSpace.com is launched for you each time you open your default browser. Unlike other browser hijackers our specialists have analyzed, it does not replace default search providers or New Tab URLs. It only sets itself as a homepage. There are users who notice that their preferred homepages are gone, but there are also users who do not pay much attention to a new website they see. Most likely, you belong to the first group of people if you are reading this article. Specialists at anti-spyware-101.com only have one piece of advice for those users – they say that this page should be replaced with a legitimate search provider because, although it pretends to be a trustworthy search engine, it will not improve the web searching experience in any way. Read more »
Salsa Ransomware
If Salsa Ransomware manages to infiltrate your system, you can probably lose all your personal files in this malicious attack when you do not have a backup. We keep emphasizing the importance of regularly saving your files to a cloud storage place or a portable disk. As a matter of fact, it is safer if you backup your files onto a drive that is only connected to your PC while you are transferring data because some of the ransomware infections are capable of stealing information from you and access your cloud accounts to take your files hostage there, too. Of course, you are offered a way out if you are ready to pay a certain amount to have your files automatically decrypted. But there is never any guarantee that you will really get the decryption key, a tool, or your files will just “magically” decipher themselves. Since this is a dangerous threat to your computer and your personal files, we recommend that you remove Salsa Ransomware immediately after you are informed of its devastating job. Read more »
File Security Protected Ransomware
File Security Protected Ransomware, also known as Fake WindowsUpdater Ransomware, is a computer infection that you, without a doubt, do not want to find on your computer. It is because this infection is one of those threats which encrypt files after the successful entrance thus making it impossible to access a lot of different files. Although File Security Protected Ransomware has been developed to encrypt users’ files and make users pay money for the “private key”, users who encounter it these days might find their files intact, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com say. It is because the C&C server of this ransomware infection is down, and it only launches a window with a ransom note but does not lock any files. This might change soon, so delete File Security Protected Ransomware as soon as possible if you ever detect it on your computer. Since this ransomware-type infection is not as sophisticated as some other popular threats, e.g. Btcware Ransomware, Kirk Ransomware, and Karmen Ransomware, it should not be a problem to delete it, but, of course, we recommend reading this article first before taking action. Read more »
