Monthly Archives: December 2016 - Page 4

If you are annoyed by all kinds of third-party ads showing up while you are searching on the web, we have bad news for you: CrushClans adware program may have slithered onto your system. This is an unreliable browser extension that only seems to affect your Google Chrome browser. As a matter of fact, this ad-supported program has no use for you at all; its main function is to generate third-party commercial ads while you are searching the web. This can be very distracting as well as potentially dangerous. You may think that adware programs cannot harm your computer but we beg to differ. Our malware researchers at anti-spyware-101.com say that you may end up on malicious websites and fall for a serious online scam costing you money and more if you happen to click on the wrong advertisement. In order to avoid such a potentially devastating event, we suggest that you remove CrushClans from your system right now. Please read on if you are interested in how you can prevent similar threats from infiltrating your computer. Read more »

GrandBurst is a browser extension that according to its description should enhance user’s browsing experience by replacing default search engine and homepage. What is left unmentioned is that the application might also display third-party advertising. We doubt such content could enhance anyone’s browsing experience, on the contrary, the ads could disturb it. Because of them, the extension was categorized as adware and what you should know about such software is that in most cases its primary purpose is to show users ads and generate advertising revenue for its creators. In other words, you will have no use for the application, unless you wish to see annoying advertisements. Moreover, such content could be potentially dangerous as well as we cannot know from where it might originate. Thus, we would advise you not to take any chances with the adware and get rid of GrandBurst with the instructions available below. Read more »

If you download WinterWaldo onto your Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser, you will see some changes. The extension modifies the New Tab to represent home.winterwaldo.com, and homepage and default search provider settings could be modified as well. Although the interface of the search engine looks completely normal, you should not classify it as a trustworthy search tool. Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers warn that interacting with this engine is not only useless but potentially risky as well. You probably have downloaded the extension because it promised access to online games. While it does that by displaying quick-access links to play.winterwaldo.com games, it also represents a suspicious search tool. Moreover, it silently collects information to help third-party advertisers to deliver more attractive offers. In fact, the suspicious add-on is classified as an advertising-supported program because it has been found injecting third-party ads. If you do not understand why this is a reason for deleting WinterWaldo, you should continue reading. We have also included a removal guide. Read more »

Addonsmash Ads are quite irritating commercial advertisements shown by software using the Addonsmash monetization tool. It is stated on an official website (addonsmash.com) of this tool that it is the “best monetization for browser extension, addons and toolbars,” so it is very likely that programs having browser extensions or toolbars are the main types of software that might use the service of this tool to generate revenue. This observation also suggests that there might be an untrustworthy application installed on your computer if advertisements having the Addonsmash Ads label keep appearing on the screen. There is a slight possibility that you might find ads shown by Addonsmash on third-party websites too, but it is still more likely that there is some kind of application installed on your computer if Addonsmash Ads are visible every day. It might not be easy to stop the flow of irritating advertisements because it is unclear what program is responsible for showing them on the screen. Even though it might be impossible to detect and remove the application displaying Addonsmash Ads manually, we know a method that might work in this case. Read this article to find out what we have in mind here. Read more »