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CareerPronto is a devious program that you must avoid as it is, in reality, an intrusive adware application. Unfortunately, our internal records show that a rather vast number of users already have it active on their PC. As we suspect this is mostly due to two things: devious distribution methods and manipulative marketing techniques. You should be extra aware of the reason number two because you might come across claims stating that this application will be beneficial in searching for your dream job. While this sound extremely tempting, especially, if you are job hunting, we must inform you that this piece of ad-supported software will not do anything like that. The only thing that it is truly capable of is the causing quite a few disruptions while you are surfing the web. In fact, CareerPronto will ruin your overall online experience as well as it will put your operating system in danger. Read more »

TVStreamSurfer is a browser extension that is compatible with the Google Chrome browser. Although it may not work on the rest of the popular browsers at the moment, it does not mean that it could do so in the near future. Thus, we feel obliged to tell you about the potential negative aspects of keeping this extension on your PC. TVStreamSurfer is rather intrusive and questionable application that sometimes even enters your computer accidentally. If you did not install this extension on purpose, perhaps it would be for the best to remove it right now. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the manual removal instructions. Read more »

QuizScope is a free application promoted on quizscope.com. Users who install it willingly on their systems expect that it will provide “customized horoscope readers” because it promises to do that on its official website. Unfortunately, specialists have not noticed that it does that, so there is a slight possibility that it has been created for completely different purposes. In the opinion of specialists at anti-spyware-101.com, QuizScope has been developed to work as an advertising-supported application (adware). In other words, it should show advertisements promoting third-party web pages, different products, and services. It is quite risky to keep an ad-supported program installed because it is known that they might cause harm to computers during the time. Luckily, it is quite easy to remove an adware program from the system. Of course, users who are going to do that for the first time might face some difficulties. Therefore, it would be best that you read this article from beginning to end before you take any actions. Read more »

CrunchTravel is promoted as an application that is supposed to provide you with travel-related offers. Our malware analysts have tested this program and recommend that you remove it because it is nothing more than an adware-type program. Indeed, this program’s real objective is to show you commercial ads in the most annoying way possible: to force open your browser and a dedicated advertising window and load the promote sites. We want to inform you that your computer can become infected with more malicious software, so we recommend that you take action against this seemingly harmless piece of software. Read this description and consult our removal guide provided at the end. Read more »

Malware researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com have analyzed QuantumCoupons and have come to the conclusion that it is an ad-supported application that you have to remove because it is dedicated to subjecting you to content of questionable legitimacy. Indeed, not only is this program’s promotions annoying and intrusive but also pose a risk to your system’s security. Under unfavorable circumstances, this program might be the cause of your computer becoming infected with ransomware, browser hijackers, and other malware. So you have to stay vigilant and practice safer browsing. However, that does not guarantee safety, so investing in an anti-malware application is recommended. Regardless, in this article, we are going to go over the most important aspects of this program. Read more »