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PriceChop is one more application that falsely promises to chop the prices of various products that you purchase online. All you got to do is install the application and surf the web. Unfortunately, applications like PriceChop, certainly will not be of any help for your shopping online. Often frequent online shoppers are lured by these dubious marketing tactics and later they find out that all the PriceChop and applications alike do is make browsing the web an annoying and frustrating process. Remove PriceChop and stop the annoying and potentially harmful activities of this ad-supported application. Read more »

There are many applications that promise to help computer users save money and time; however, the truth is that a large proportion of them do not act as promised. Lightning Savings is not an exception. This application boasts that it will provide you with various coupons that will help you to save money at such online stores as expedia.com, kmart.com, zales.com, and similar. Unfortunately, the truth is that Lightning Savings is just going to flood your screen with various commercial advertisements. These ads might seem decent at first sight; however, you should know that you might even infect your system with malware if you do not do anything to stop them from appearing. It is not a difficult task to get rid of Lightning Savings; thus, we do not recommend keeping it on the system for any longer. Read more »

Info Trigger Ads are a serious commercial advertisements, coupons and shopping suggestions that appear on your screen when you are infected with an adware program called Info Trigger. These advertisements may not be an immediate computer security threat, but you should take adware seriously since such programs like Info Trigger can inadvertently become malware distribution tools. In other words, if you want to get rid of Info Trigger Ads, you have to uninstall Info Trigger via Control Panel right now, and then scan your computer with a licensed antispyware tool because there is a high chance that there are more unwanted programs. Read more »

NetCrawl is an adware application just like Gooternet, TopicTorch, Caramava Ads and an extensive list of similar programs. All of them are developed by SuperWeb LLC, and due to this association we know exactly what to expect of NetCrawl. First and foremost, you should not keep this program on your computer. There is nothing extremely malicious about it, but adware applications are very vulnerable to third party exploitation, and they could be exploited by malevolent third parties for corrupted content promotions. Hence, you will do yourself a favor if you remove NetCrawl right now. Read more »

CoupExtension is a suspicious adware application that seems to be spamming users with annoying commercial ads in various forms. It is not a direct computer security threat because adware programs cannot cause any harm by themselves. Nevertheless, they can be used as malware distribution tools and online marketing tools, so you need to be careful about it. You ought to remove CoupExtension from your computer as soon as possible since you can never know what unreliable third parties this application could be related to. While you are at it, please scan your computer with a powerful antispyware tool. Read more »

Browsing Protection is an application that uses dubious marketing slogans to lure users into installing it. The official website states that Browsing Protection safeguards you from online threats thus you can safely browse the web. Unfortunately, it is nothing more but another invasive adware application. It does the opposite of what it promises thus it is quite clear why removal of Browsing Protection is needed right away. Read more »

It seems as if InstalleRex related applications are taking over the web because DiscountLocator Ads has joined the already vast group of unreliable advertisement-supported programs distributed with the help of this suspicious installer. The creators of the dubious application also use DomaIQ installers to spread the suspicious application across the web. Needless to say, this is a suspicious manner to promote a supposedly irreplaceable application; however, this is not surprising at all if you know that the download link on discountlocator.info is not active. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers warn that DiscountLocator removal is exactly what you should do, regardless of how the program manages to slither in. Note that if the program is already active and flooding you with all sorts of advertisements, you should not pay too much attention to them because having them deleted is what we advise. Read more »