Whenever a search engine like Searchapprove.com shows up in your browsers as your home page, you should ask yourself these questions: “How did it get there?” and “What are the risks of having this search engine?” Luckily for you, we are here to answer you these questions so that you can effectively step up and protect your computer from this and similar malware infections. Our malware specialists have classified Searchapprove.com as a browser hijacker since it can make changes in your browsers without your permission. If this is not a good enough reason for you to want to delete Searchapprove.com right away, we will give you more. For the details, please go on reading our full article. Read more »
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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Search.otwexplain.com
If you are wondering why the default settings of your web browser were altered, it might be an indication that a suspicious program known as Search.otwexplain.com is up and running on your operating system. Upon further investigation, our research team has come across numerous invasive and at times even malicious features that this program exhibits. Due to such findings and functionality this dubious application was classified as a browser hijacker. If you ever happen to stumble upon this questionable piece of software make sure to nerve download or install it as it will only cause numerous disruptions while you are surfing the web. It is important to delete Search.otwexplain.com as soon as it is found running on your operating system as it is an utterly worthless program. Read the rest of this article and find out why the complete removal of this browser hijacker should not be delayed under any circumstances. Read more »
JZip
Jzip is one of those programs that look like they can really improve your everyday computer experience, but eventually they turn out to be a little bit nastier than expected. JZip falls into the potentially unwanted program category, and this means that the application is not malicious itself, but there is something about it that you would not like. For instance, the program could be associated with malevolent third parties, and inadvertently it could lead to specific computer security issues. Thus, if you find it that the application is not something you have been hoping for, it would be for the best to remove JZip right now. Read more »
WebOptimum
Not all browser extensions are created to help users. For example, WebOptimum – also known as Web Optimum 1.0 – is an unreliable browser add-on that functions as an advertising-supported program. When you install this program on your operating system, it will do everything to ensure that you are exposed to pop-ups, banners, and other forms of advertising. If you wish to learn more about this, please continue reading our report. What Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers can tell you right away is that removing WebOptimum is extremely important. The sooner you get rid of this undesirable program, the sooner you can take back your virtual security back into your own hands. Of course, if this adware comes packaged with other undesirable programs, you have to eliminate them as well because they can be just as malicious and dangerous to keep around. Read more »
365j.com
If your web browser’s default settings were altered without any notification, you must know that it is a primary indication that a browser hijacker known as 365j.com is active on your operating system. In such a case, we advise every security-conscious user to take immediate measure and to delete the hijacker in question since it exhibits no valuable features of any kind. In fact, it is only capable of making your overall online experience a miserable one. Besides that, we have discovered that at times it could act in a rather malicious way as well. Make sure to read the rest of this report to learn about the functionality of this intrusive piece of software and to understand why its complete removal is paramount. Make sure to use the comprehensive removal guide that we provide below to delete 365j.com in the most efficient way. Read more »