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Search.results-hub.com

Posted by on October 20, 2015 No comments
Search.results-hub.com

Search.results-hub.com can show up in your browser if you have installed some free software lately and the package contained a browser hijacker among other malware threats. That is why its presence can mean that your operating system is under attack by several infections. If you let these malware programs run amok on your PC, they may turn it upside down before long. This search engine has proved to be unreliable on several fronts. If you want to learn about the potential risks you may be facing and how you can remove Search.results-hub.com from your computer, please read our full report. Read more »

VitalBrowserHelper

Posted by on October 20, 2015 No comments
VitalBrowserHelper

VitalBrowserHelper is free browser add-on that is supposed to bring you the best deals on the web in order for you to “save time and money.” If only we got a dollar after every time we hear this line, we could be rich by now. According to our malware researchers, this is an adware program that might expose you to unreliable third-party advertisements. Having this adware on your computer can be a continuous risk factor with regard to your virtual security. If you want to avoid the consequences of, for instance, landing on malicious websites, you should remove VitalBrowserHelper right now. Read more »

PuddingQuotes

Posted by on October 19, 2015 No comments
PuddingQuotes

Although you might be interested in online discounts and coupons, not all of them are legitimate and reliable. For example, PuddingQuotes is an advertisement-supported program that injects highly questionable discounts, coupons, and advertisements. In fact, this program is not even supposed to inject this kind of content, as it should provide different kinds of services. Anti-Spyware-101.com adware analysts have found that puddingquotes.com is the website that will represent the suspicious ad-supported program in the future. However, at the moment, this website does not work. Unfortunately, this means that third-party sources could be used to spread this unreliable ad-supported program, and this topic requires further discussion. In short, you need to delete PuddingQuotes, and, if you read this report, you will know the reasoning behind this. Read more »

VirusIt

Posted by on October 19, 2015 No comments
VirusIt

VirusIt is a suspicious program to say the least. On its official website, this program is promoted as a tool that should improve your virtual security since it should allow you to scan your PC for various virtual threats right from your web browser. It might sound like a tool you would like to have at first. Unfortunately, such marketing technique is used to lure naïve computer users into installing a program that our malware researchers have categorized as an adware due to its invasive and questionable functionality. If you are looking for a program to improve your virtual security we highly advise you to use a different tool. All that this ad-supported program is capable of is causing major disruptions every single time you decide to surf the web. Make sure to conduct its complete removal right now by using the instructions that we provide below. This way you will be able to surf the web the way you are used to once again. Read more »

SkinnyPlayer

Posted by on October 19, 2015 No comments
SkinnyPlayer

SkinnyPlayer is a potentially unwanted program that is associated with several computer security threats. Although the program itself does not pose any danger to your system, it may download more unwanted and potentially harmful applications on your computer. If you want to continue using this application, you should be very careful about what you click on, and what the application offers you. Please remove SkinnyPlayer to avoid potential security risks, and then scan your PC with a computer security tool of your choice. We believe that you have more than just one unwanted application on your system, and it is for the best to terminate all them at once. Read more »

Desktops Alert

Posted by on October 19, 2015 No comments
Desktops Alert

It is difficult to say what Desktops Alert exactly is, but it has something to do with promoting certain websites, allegedly for your benefit. Our security analysts recommend that you remove this program, because all it does is collects information about you. Programs such as Desktops Alert are often misrepresented as useful tools that offer some sort of a neat feature that you cannot find anywhere else. In the case of this program it seems that it wants to trick you into thinking that it will offer you useful websites. If you want to know what this program really does, please read this full article. Read more »

Print PDF Pro

Posted by on October 19, 2015 No comments

Print PDF Pro is an application that works as a virtual printer. It seems that it is published for “exclusively printing PDF files,” so users often find this application useful. It is known that it can run on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8, which means that many users might have it installed on their systems. Specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com do not think that it is the best thing because Print PDF Pro is known to be a potentially unwanted program. In other words, it might work in an unwanted way and there is even a slight possibility that it will put your system at risk. If you have also found this application completely useless, you can remove it rather easily. We will provide more information on the removal of Print PDF Pro further in this article. Read more »

Mahjong World Contest

Posted by on October 19, 2015 No comments
Mahjong World Contest

If you like to spend your free time playing online games, you might have installed Mahjong World Contest already. This game is available at mahjongworldcontest.com, but it would not surprise us to see it spread by third-party installers. If you have acquired this program along with third-party programs, it is crucial that you analyze them as well. Should you find that these programs are malicious and can jeopardize your virtual security, you must eliminate them from your operating system as soon as possible. We advise removing Mahjong World Contest as well, and we advise this due to highly unexpected reasons. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have found that this supposedly fun online game is an advertising tool. And you need to get rid of it to eliminate the security issues associated with adware. Read more »

Big-Bonus

Posted by on October 16, 2015 No comments
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 »

Test iNet Speed Toolbar

Posted by on October 16, 2015 No comments
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 »