Unfriend Watch is advertising-supported software. It is targeted at Facebook users who care about the number of friends in the social network. According to creators of this application, Unfriend Watch scans your Facebook friends list. Each time someone removes you from friends or deactivates the Facebook account, Unfriend Watch promises to inform you. However, we advise you to resist the curiosity and delete this program from your system. Despite the fact that Unfriend Watch is not malicious by itself, it will make you vulnerable to online threats. We will show you what risks are hiding behind this program. Read more »
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q.search-simple.com
Browser hijackers are very prevalent nowadays, so do not be surprised if you ever notice that q.search-simple.com, which is also known to be a browser hijacker, has replaced your homepage and search engine. In most cases, users notice that this threat has entered their systems very quickly because q.search-simple.com appears on all the browsers, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Unfortunately, this search engine will not disappear, which means that you will have to remove the browser hijacker completely in order to be able to set another homepage and search provider. You might find this difficult because it is impossible to erase it via Control Panel like an adware or a potentially unwanted program. In fact, the majority of malicious programs cannot be erased easily, so it is worth taking care of the system’s safety in advance. Read more »
Fast-Player
Fast-Player is a program that promises to enable users to create playlists from audio and video files that are stored on the computer and online videos. It also says that you will be able to play your online videos in Fast-Player. It seems that all these promises placed on the official website of Fast-Player (fast-player.com) are there in order to lure computer users into downloading this program. Actually, it is impossible to download Fast-Player from its official website at the time of writing, so there is basically no doubt that users download it from third-party websites and it enters the system with the help of other programs. It does not matter whether you have downloaded this program or it has slithered onto your computer without permission because you should definitely remove Fast-Player for the sake of your system’s security. Read more »
Space Sound Pro
Space Sound Pro is yet another questionable program that our research team has come across recently. On its official website, this application is advertised as a great emulator that should be used by users who wish to improve the sound quality. While at first it sounds like a great tool to have, you must know that such statements are mostly used to lure unsuspecting users into downloading and installing this suspicious program. In fact, our team has classified this questionable emulator as a potentially unwanted program mostly due to it suspicious functionality and questionable distribution methods. In reality, this program holds little to none beneficial features; thus, we firmly believe that there are no good reasons it should be kept on your PC. Read the rest of this article and find out how Space Sound Pro functions and how you can remove it in a quick and easy way. Read more »
Max Driver Updater
Max Driver Updater has been classified as a potentially unwanted program, because it most likely will not update your computer’s software as you would expect. The program is not malicious, but we recommend that you remove it anyway, because it is a paid service that we regard as a poor investment. Programs such as this one almost never work and are way overpriced as well. So, if you are looking for ways to uninstall this program, then you have come to the right place. Read more »
FusionPlayer
The last thing you want to install onto your operating system is some program incapable of providing you with beneficial services. FusionPlayer is that kind of a program, and, even though it is unlikely to be installed without your permission, you could be tricked into installing it. Users are usually tricked into thinking that this program will help them play media files and assemble them into playlists in the most fun and easy manner. Of course, this is not the case. To our knowledge, this program is just a PUP (potentially unwanted program) that has not ability to serve in any kind of way. Some users even choose to delete FusionPlayer as an advertisement-supported program because it is known to inject ads. All in all, regardless of which category you associate this program with, we see only one outcome. Read more »
ShieldFix PC Cleaner
ShieldFix PC Cleaner poses as a PC optimization tool, which you can use to scan your computer for free; however, you can only fix the problems by purchasing the software. After careful observation in our internal lab, it has been found that the displayed scan results may not always be trustworthy and might only serve a reason to make unsuspecting users buy the product. Thus, ShieldFix PC Cleaner has been categorized as a PUP, or potentially unwanted program. We are not saying that if you register and buy the software, you will be ripped-off or that the app is dysfunctional. We are simply pointing out that this program uses an aggressive marketing technique to make sure it gets sold. There is a more worrisome issue with regard to the distribution of the software though. It can be found in freeware bundles together with malicious software. If this is how ShieldFix PC Cleaner has entered your computer, you might have a number of problems to handle. Please read on in order to learn more about the potential risks and why we suggest that you delete ShieldFix PC Cleaner from your PC. Read more »
TurboDiagnosis
TurboDiagnosis has been classified as a potentially unwanted application due to the questionable traits it displays. It is supposed to be a system diagnostics program; however, our malware researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com have found that the system scan results TurboDiagnosis displays may not be correct and may be exaggerated. There are many trustworthy and beneficial tools you can download and use. It is really not worth keeping software on your computer that has mostly likely entered your system in a freeware bundle. That is a rather questionable means of transport for applications. Another strange thing about this potentially unwanted program is that it makes its removal rather difficult. To find out more, including how you can remove TurboDiagnosis, please continue reading. Read more »
DownSpeedTest Toolbar
DownSpeedTest Toolbar is another toolbar developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. You might already know this company because it has published hundreds of other browser plugins, including Citysearch Toolbar, SMSFromBrowser Toolbar, and EasyDocMerge Toolbar. Many computer users download and install these toolbars because they seem very useful at first sight. DownSpeedTest Toolbar is no exception; this browser plugin promises to help a user to convert different files, check the speed of his/her Internet connection, share files, and access social-networking websites, e.g., Facebook. We agree that this toolbar seems really useful, but we also know that there are some drawbacks associated with it as well. If you do not like DownSpeedTest Toolbar for any reason, or it has simply slithered onto your computer without your consent, you can eliminate it any time. Just follow our instructions provided below. Read more »
CouponsPlus
CouponsPlus should provide you with shopping coupons. These coupons should help you save more money when shopping online. These savings should allow you to buy more things. We could go on and on talking about how great this program should be, but we will not waste our time on this useless adware. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have found that this advertisement-supported program is not only useless, but also dangerous! If you trust this program and the virtual offers associated with it for one moment, your virtual security could be jeopardized, and this is what we want to protect you from. If you understand how risky this is and you want to remove CouponsPlus, continue reading this report. Read more »