Monthly Archives: September 2014 - Page 6

If you have detected PriceFountain on your system, you should better delete this program as soon as possible because it might start doing different kinds of undesirable activities. As the researchers of anti-spyware-101.com have found out, PriceFountain will display various commercial advertisements on your screen; thus, it is impossible not to notice its presence. Unfortunately, it seems that all these commercials will disrupt your browsing session; thus, we advise to get rid of them as soon as possible. Actually, it is not very easy because PriceFountain is compatible with all the most popular browsers, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. As you can see, ads will not disappear from your screen even if you change the browser. The most effective method to get rid of them is, of course, to delete the program responsible for their presence. Thus, you should definitely hurry to erase PriceFountain. Read more »

Fun4IM is a free browser add-on that adds no functionality to your browsers because the program is no longer active. Fun4IM used to provide computer users with various emoticons, winks, and animated characters so that they can customize their instant messages and emails. The program used to be compatible with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox and is also known to be bundled with freeware. One of the programs that are bundled with Fun4IM is the Searchqu toolbar, which hijacks Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. The toolbar changes the home page of the browsers, and these changes are made without the user’s permission, which we regard as privacy violation and encourage you to take it into consideration. If you want to use the computer and browse the Internet as usual, remove Fun4IM and the toolbar from the computer as soon as you can you. Read more »

DiscountPlace is an adware application that enters your computer with the intention to make easy money. It is not a dangerous computer infection, but you should not keep it on the PC because it could be exploited by cybercriminals for malware distribution purposes. If this application happens to be installed on your system, you are strongly recommended to remove DiscountPlace immediately. The application is not useful at all, and it could lead to serious computer security issues, so the sooner you get rid of DiscountPlace, the better. Please keep on reading this description to find out more about it. Read more »

Walletbee is a computer application developed by DealPly Technologies Ltd. Even though the company is best known for the DealPly adware, our researchers have discovered that this particular application mimics less known but equally as suspicious applications PriceFountain, PennyBee, and Offerblvd. If any of these programs are running on the operating system, we recommend that you delete them right away. If you do not disable these applications, you may have to deal with different unreliable offers and advertisements. If you do not know how to remove Walletbee or the associated infections, we suggest reading our report. It was conducted using the recent analysis of the disturbing adware. Read more »

SurfKeepIt is a browser add-on that displays obtrusive pop-up advertisements while you are browsing commercial and non-commercial websites. SurfKeepIt displays coupons, web banners, and other advertisements while you are using Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. If you have the Google Chrome browser, you have to activate the program because it is disabled by the browsers once installed. SurfKeepIt provides you with third-party advertisements; hence, it is categorized as adware. SurfKeepIt can be removed from certain security programs, and if you want to know what anti-malware program you should use, move down to the last section. Read more »

ShopDiscounts is a browser add-on that accompanies you on every website and provides with various commercial and non-commercial offers. The program is compatible with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome; however, the latter browser disables this program once it is installed. ShopDiscounts displays coupons, web banners, pop-ups, and other advertisements to enhance your shopping experience, but, if you have ShopDiscounts on your computer, you have probably noticed that the program displays pop-ups that have nothing to do with your search terms and interests. It is so because ShopDiscounts displays third-party advertisements. Our malware researchers have categorized this browser add-on as adware and recommend that you remove it from the computer as soon as you can. Read more »