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Lenovo superfish vulnerability

Posted by on February 23, 2015 No comments
Lenovo superfish vulnerability

Superfish adware is one of the many applications out there that one wouldn’t want on her computer. So naturally, you would avoid these kinds of programs in the wild, but what happens when they are pre-loaded into your laptop’s setup? This is what happened with Lenovo laptops that had Superfish software pre-loaded, and it opened vulnerability on the said computers that would have allowed hackers to steal user’s credit card number information and other personal data. Needless to say, users had to scramble to remove Superfish software from their computers in order to avoid potential identity thefts. Read more »

Omniboxes virus

Posted by on February 23, 2015 2 comments
Omniboxes virus

Keep seeing Omniboxes.com as your home page and the default search engine? We are sorry to inform you, but your computer has been infected with Omniboxes virus; technically it is categorized as a browser hijacker, a type of malware which is dangerous enough to get concerned about your computer security. Read this article if you want to learn how to remove Omniboxes virus and restore your Internet browser before your system has been attacked by cyber criminals. Browser hijackers are notorious for being complicated to delete because they have a tendency to modify the Target line. However, we are sure you will not run into any difficulties if you follow the removal guide below. Read more »

EasyPDFCombine Toolbar

Posted by on February 23, 2015 No comments
EasyPDFCombine Toolbar

You should not keep EasyPDFCombine Toolbar even if it promises to help you merge separate PDF files and convert them into different formats. You should especially remove it if it has been added to your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox without your permission. You will definitely not miss this product of Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc because it is not as useful as it claims to be. In fact, it is unclear whether it is really going to act as it promises. Therefore, we believe that it would be smart to remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar and install another reliable browser plugin. It is not a problem if you do not know how to delete EasyPDFCombine Toolbar because we will help you to do that. In order to get more information about the removal of this software, make sure that you read through this article. Read more »

Websearch.searchisfun.info

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments
Websearch.searchisfun.info

The browser hijacker Websearch.searchisfun.info could corrupt your browsers without your permission, or you could download it on your browsers yourself without realizing the dangers related to this unreliable search engine. During the research and analysis, Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers immediately recognized Websearch.searchisfun.info as yet another Websearch Hijacker, because its interface is identical to the interfaces if Websearch.look-for-it.info, Websearch.searchplazanow.info, and tons of other Websearch Hijackers. Even though you can find individual removal guides for these threats on our site, you can also refer to this removal guide. After all, the steps that you need to take to remove Websearch.searchisfun.info are the same that you would take when deleting the clones of this hijacker. Read more »

CursorMania Toolbar

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments
CursorMania Toolbar

CursorMania Toolbar is an add-on for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox browsers. This add-on has been developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, and Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers are well familiar with this company. We have already reported EasyPDFCombine Toolbar, MarineAquarium Toolbar, RetroGamer Toolbar, and tens of other Mindspark applications that thousands of users try to remove from their computers. Luckily, it is not difficult to remove CursorMania Toolbar or any of its clones. All you have to do is uninstall the program from your PC and delete the browser extensions. If you are only interested in the removal of CursorMania Toolbar, you can scroll down to the manual removal instructions below the article. Of course, you should read this report first to learn more about the toolbar and the search tools installed with it. Read more »

Cleanignite

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments
Cleanignite

It is unlikely that you will find Cleanignite installed on your Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and even Internet Explorer browsers without permission, but that does not mean that the application is trustworthy. On the contrary, the program does not work the way it is supposed to, and instead it displays online ads. Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers do not recommend trusting these advertisements or the ad-supported program itself. The best thing you can do is remove Cleanignite, and we can show you how to do this. We have analyzed the suspicious program in our internal lab, and we have discovered that it is crucial to delete the advertisement-supported program to disable the onslaught of potentially misleading ads. Unfortunately, these ads will keep appearing unless you remove the advertisement-supported program. Read more »

Mountain Bike Ads

Posted by on February 20, 2015 No comments

Mountain Bike Ads might start appearing on your screen if a certain advertising-supported application slithers onto your computer. According to the security experts working at anti-spyware-101.com, there is basically no doubt that Mountain Bike Ads are generated by adware published by SuperWeb LLC. If you have ever encountered adware that belongs to this company, you probably know that these programs generate very intrusive ads. Mountain Bike Ads might ruin your browsing session as well, so we highly recommend that you stop them from appearing. It is possible to do that by deleting the adware from your PC. Continue reading this article if you want to find out how to do that. Read more »

Box Green

Posted by on February 19, 2015 No comments
Box Green

The SuperWeb LLC group is infamous for developing numerous adware programs. Box Green is one of the newest installments of this notorious group. Even though Box Green is advertised as an application that will enhance your web browsing experience, you should know that all these statements made on the official website are hoax, to say the least. Unsuspecting users might be lure into installing this invasive adware program. In reality Box Green will not do anything that it should. Numerous third-party adverts and pop-ups will make your life miserable. Our research team at Anti-Spyware-101 has crafted a detailed removal guide; do not hesitate and used it in order to remove Box Green ASAP. Read more »

Jamenize.com

Posted by on February 19, 2015 No comments
Jamenize.com

Jamenize.com is a website that has supposedly been developed to enhance your browsing, but we can obviously tell that is not the case. This website is part of a browser hijacker infection that modifies your browser settings without your consent and even installs additional web browser onto your computer. You need to remove Jamenize.com from your system as soon as possible because browser hijackers are dangerous computer security threats. They may not inflict any damage on their own, but Jamenize.com could be extremely annoying and dangerous as a malware distribution tool. Do not take your chances, and take care of your system security today! Read more »

MobilePCStarterKit

Posted by on February 19, 2015 No comments
MobilePCStarterKit

It might seem that MobilePCStarterKit is a very useful application because it offers to download such programs as Skype, WinRAR, VLC, and others very quickly. The program will enable users to download only several major programs. In addition, the specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have found out that MobilePCStarterKit is a typical advertising-supported application. If you have ever encountered an adware program, you will definitely know what to expect from MobilePCStarterKit. If you do not know what adware programs do, you should know that they only show various commercial advertisements. We do not think that it is worth keeping MobilePCStarterKit on the system because it will only generate coupons, pop-ups, and other kinds of ads. If you decide to get rid of MobilePCStarterKit, you can use our manual removal instructions. You will find them if you scroll down. Read more »