Monthly Archives: October 2015 - Page 9

Big-Bonus

Big-Bonus

What do you know about Big-Bonus? You must not know much if you have installed this program onto your own operating system and web browsers. This suspicious app is known as an unreliable ad-supported program, and it has two tasks: spy on you and introduce you to unpredictable third-party ads. Was this program installed onto your operating system without permission? Although highly unlikely, illicit infiltration should be the greatest motive to get rid of this adware. According to our research at the Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab, users usually install the suspicious, ad-supported program eagerly because they believe that it can help compare “deals, discounts, and promotions” associated with online shopping sites. Does this program work? If it did, we would not discuss the removal of Big-Bonus. Read more »

MoreForLess

MoreForLess

Numerous applications are claiming to help you with your shopping online. MoreForLess is one of such programs. On its official websites, you are greeted with statements claiming that this tool will provide numerous discount deals, coupons, and great offers to help you reduce the amount of money that you would spend shopping online. At first it might seem like a tool worthy of having. Unfortunately, it has been found out that this program is nothing more than yet another adware program that causes various disruptions while you are surfing the web. Such clever marketing techniques trick unsuspecting Internet users into downloading and installing a program that does not work in the way it should. In this article, we provide our findings regarding the functionality of MoreForLess and expose its unusual features. Make sure to use the detailed removal guide that we provide below to get rid of this intrusive adware program once and for all. Read more »

Test iNet Speed Toolbar

Test iNet Speed Toolbar

Test iNet Speed Toolbar is an unnecessary browser extension that is supposed to allow you to check your Internet speed as its name suggests; however, our malware specialists have found that this toolbar may cause certain security issues. Therefore, it has been categorized as a bad toolbar. In fact, this is nothing new to our research team since this extension comes from the notorious Mindspark toolbar family. It seems like there is a new toolbar every day that tries to promote itself as a useful tool, but, instead of being beneficial, they might pose a threat to your virtual security. It is also very likely that you do not even know when you installed this bad toolbar since it may have simply sneaked onto your computer alongside other malware programs. Therefore, the pure presence of this toolbar in your browsers may indicate that there are other infections you should be aware of, too. All in all, we believe that you should remove Test iNet Speed Toolbar as soon as possible in order to secure your PC. Read more »

Ourwebsearch.com

Ourwebsearch.com

Even though Ourwebsearch.com looks like a perfect search engine that can enable users to search for the information in several different categories (e.g. news, images, and videos), it is still known to be a browser hijacker. In other words, you will start seeing it on your browsers even if you do not download it themselves. Ourwebsearch.com will appear on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, so there is no doubt that you will see that your homepage and search engine have been changed after you open any of these browsers. If this hijacker has already made the changes, you should not wait any longer and get rid of Ourwebsearch.com. After doing that, you will be able to set another homepage and search provider instead of it. Read more »

Dynamic Updater

Dynamic Updater

Dynamic Updater is a mysterious program with a vague functionality, but under our researchers’ “microscope” it proved to be an unreliable and questionable program. Therefore, it has been categorized as a potentially unwanted program, a PUP. This software has no use for you whatsoever. As a matter of fact, there are more question marks surrounding this PUP than the clear points. Since everything is suspicious about this browser extension starting with its “promotion,” we suggest that you remove Dynamic Updater before it may expose you to unreliable web content. Although we cannot say that this PUP means a dangerous threat to your operating system, we do not think that a useless and questionable program should be on your computer if you care about your virtual security. Please read our full report to find out about the suspicious details about this infection. Read more »

Bingo Master

Bingo Master

Our researchers have recently analyzed yet another browser extension and have come to the conclusion that Bingo Master is an adware program that you ought to remove due to its malicious capabilities. This program's sole purpose is to flood your browser with commercial third-party advertisements that come from largely unknown advertisers. Please do not be confused, this program is not set to help you, but help its creators make more money from advertising. Moreover, we want to make you aware that some of this program’s advertisements may be unreliable as in some cases it may promote malicious software, such as adware. So do not hesitate, delete Bingo Master as soon as the opportunity arises. Read more »

Tesla Browser

Tesla Browser

Although it might be difficult to believe, some web browsers are more unreliable than others. Tesla Browser, for example, is quite unreliable because it can replace Google Chrome and install a suspicious browser extension. This strange, potentially unwanted program (PUP) is published by ROSTPAY Ltd, and it can be downloaded from teslabrowser.com. Needless to say, we do not recommend acquiring this program. Of course, it is most likely that you are reading this report after having installed the PUP. Hopefully, you did not install it along with other programs because, in that case, you might have to worry about other infections. Get more information about this, as well as the removal of Tesla Browser in this report. Read more »

VAFGames

VAFGames

VAFGames is a questionable application that has been roaming the web lately. On its official website this program it is advertised as a tool that should provide you with tons of different flash-based online games. If you are an avid player of flash-based games, it might seem like an excellent tool to have. Unfortunately, our research team has come across a few questionable and suspicious features, which were the main reasons this tool has been categorized as a potentially unwanted program. In reality statements claiming how great this program is are a marketing technique that vendors of it use to fool unsuspecting users into downloading and installing this suspicious program. We highly advise you to remove VAFGames as there are no actually good reasons to keep it active on your operating system. Do so by following the removal instructions that we provide below. Read more »

Tohotweb.com

Tohotweb.com

You should not use Tohotweb.com search engine in any case. If you see that this engine is set as your default one and your homepage is changed as well, it means that the Tohotweb.com browser hijacker has taken control over your browser. It is created by the same persons who are responsible for other hijackers, such as Top8844.com, Jogostempo.com, and 123rede.com. All of them are quite hard to get rid of. But do not panic as we have prepared a thorough guide that will help to remove the browser hijacker from your system. Read more »

eFast

eFast

If you are bored with your old, predictable web browsers, you might look for an alternative, and eFast is one of them. This suspicious browser was built using the Chromium engine, which is why it resembles Google Chrome. If this popular, widely used browser was installed onto your PC prior to installing the one created by Clara-Labs (CLARALABSOFTWARE), it will be disabled automatically. Our researchers here at Anti-Spyware-101.com have found that the suspicious, potentially unwanted program can eliminate the shortcuts to Chrome found on your desktop and start menu. On top of that, the strange Chromium-based browser might be set as the default browser. Needless to say, you should remove eFast as soon as you realize that this program has way too many privileges and not enough beneficial services. Read more »