Monthly Archives: November 2015

PC Guard 360

PC Guard 360

There are many users who believe that PC Guard 360 is a useful program. Unfortunately, we have to upset them by saying that PC Guard 360 is a potentially unwanted program that acts in a suspicious way. We agree that it looks useful at first sight and its promises look real; however, we are also sure that it will not act exactly as it claims to. According to the information provided on its official website, PC Guard 360 is capable of fixing registry errors, preventing system crashes, and improving the overall performance of computers. We cannot say that it does not do what it promises completely; however, we still think that PC Guard 360 acts rather suspiciously. We will tell you more about it in this article. We will also tell you what you have to do in order to get rid of it. Read more »

SecurityPatchUpdater

SecurityPatchUpdater

If you find SecurityPatchUpdater in the installed programs list in Control Panel, it is very likely that you have let a bunch of malware infections onto your computer lately. It is possible that you visited a questionable file-sharing site and downloaded free software. That is how a lot of unsuspecting computer users actually infect their machines. According to our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com, this application is not a security patch update, as you might think, but, instead, it is yet another useless and potentially dangerous adware program. This adware seems to show coupon ads and offers mostly, depending on which website you are visiting. Read more »

Sucheentdeckung.com

Sucheentdeckung.com

Sucheentdeckung.com may look like just another search engine, but the reality is that it is a browser hijacker that you have to remove. This seemingly legitimate search engine is part of a web monetization scheme which involves hijacking your browser’s homepage is an effort to generate web traffic and, thus, advertising revenue. We think that some of its ads and promotional links may come from unreliable sources. Therefore, they can jeopardize your computer’s security. If you want to know more about this browser hijacker, then read this short description. Note that we have included a removal guide for this hijacker, but we cannot guarantee that it will work as this hijacker may have several versions or be modified. Read more »

Tapxchange.com

Tapxchange.com

Tapxchange.com is one browser hijacker that is distributed using deceptive methods and is set to become your browser’s homepage without your authorization. Removing it is of utmost importance, because its search results may contain promotional links and advertisements that can be malicious. Furthermore, our researchers have found that this hijacker’s search function does not really work all that well. So you may be subjected to unreliable content if Tapxchange.com’s search works or it may not work at all. Either way, this search engine is unreliable and you should delete it as soon as possible. Read more »

SecureDocumentsViewer

SecureDocumentsViewer

SecureDocumentsViewer could easily mislead you to believe that it is a useful application, but our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com has classified it as an adware program due to its real nature and functioning. As a matter of fact, this adware has been found identical to HealthcareGovTool and SecurityPatchUpdater, which are also ad-supported applications whose functions have nothing to do with their names. The only thing this adware was developed to do is to display third-party ads on your screen trying to make you click on them. This is how an adware application can generate traffic to affiliated websites and thus make a lot of easy money for its creators. However, these ads may hold potential risks, so clicking on them should be avoided. Since the presence of this program may indicate multiple security-related issues, we advise you to delete SecureDocumentsViewer as soon as you can. Read more »

Search.internetquickaccess.com

There is no doubt that you will see the presence of Search.internetquickaccess.com search engine if you install a program called Internet Quick Access. This program might use another search engine too (safebrowsesearch.com); however, people who install Internet Quick Access these days say that they have encountered Search.internetquickaccess.com. This search engine is an integral part of Internet Quick Access potentially unwanted program, so you will see it every time you open this web browser. Yes, Internet Quick Access is a browser which is based on the Chromium (open-source web browser). The only way to eliminate the search engine which it distributes is to erase it from the system fully. Do you want to find out how to do that? Read this article from beginning to end. Read more »

HowToSuite Toolbar

HowToSuite Toolbar

In quite a few cases, Internet users are rather deceived into downloading and installation a tool known as HowToSuite Toolbar. On its official website this piece of software is promoted as a program that should provide you with access to various training videos, which should be a great help for various daily tasks. Even though it might seem like a great tool to have on your operating system, you must know that in reality this program has been classified by our malware researchers as a bad toolbar. It was classified this way mostly because it does not perform in the way that it should and because it exhibits numerous invasive features, which are responsible for making your overall online experience an irritating one to say the least. If, unfortunately, you already have HowToSuite Toolbar up and running on your operating system, you should not waste any time and remove it. Do so by using the detailed removal instructions that we provide below. Read more »

Search People

Search People

Search People is a browser extension created for the Chrome browser. Our security researchers at anti-spyware-101.com say that the application is a potentially unwanted program because it exhibits particular annoying behavioral patterns. If it was not your intention to have Search People on your computer, perhaps it is the right time to remove it for good. If you think that the application might have arrived at your system with other unwanted programs, you should seriously consider running a full system scan right now to locate all the potential threats and delete them once and for all. You have to do all you can to protect your PC from harm. Read more »

SocialDownloadr Toolbar

SocialDownloadr Toolbar

SocialDownloadr Toolbar might appear at the top of your browsers if you install SocialDownloadr on your system. It is available on socialdownloadr.com, and it claims that it will help you to backup all your photo albums and easily get the photos you are tagged in from social-networking websites, e.g., Facebook. The application might seem to be really beneficial at first sight; however, many users think that they have made a huge mistake by installing this software after they notice that it has modified their homepages and default search engines without permission. Users find the toolbar, which will probably be added to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, rather annoying, too. In order to remove SocialDownloadr Toolbar and restore the other settings which have been applied, you have to remove SocialDownloadr program from the system. It might not be very easy to do that, so we are going to help you with that in this article. Read more »

Canopus

Canopus

Canopus is classified as an advertising-supported application because it starts showing commercial advertisements the moment it slithers onto computers. It does not install any extensions to show advertisements like other adware programs; however, it has been noticed that it might change the DNS settings in order to do that. Some people download and install Canopus themselves because this program promises to help users get the most out of their online shopping experience. Unfortunately, they soon understand that Canopus is only going to show coupons, shopping suggestions, pop-ups, and other kinds of advertisements on their screens. The program is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, so you will undoubtedly see advertisements if you use any of them to surf the Internet. We will help you with the Canopus removal further into this article. Read more »