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There are plenty of advertising-supported applications nowadays and MossNet is one of them. You might have probably downloaded it from its official website mossnet.info or it might have entered your system secretly with other applications. In either way, you should not keep it on your PC because it is going to show you different kinds of advertisements and you will not be able to browse the web freely. What is more, it has been found out that you might even infect your system. If you wonder how it is even possible, you should know that when you click on any ad, you will be redirected to other unknown websites. Thus, we definitely recommend erasing MossNet and in the meantime, you should ignore all those commercials completely. Read more »

If you do not want to find MediaPlayerPlus running on your browsers, you need to make sure that you download authentic software from authentic sources only. The browser extension could be installed onto your Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers without much of your notice. Once installed, the plugin may be used to access information on the websites you visit and to manage other browser extensions. All in all, you need to remove MediaPlayerPlus because this application is an advertisement supported program which could be used to present suspicious, potentially misleading advertisements. Please continue reading the report and you will learn everything you need to know about the extension, its activity and removal. Read more »

WebSpades is an application that offers to bring you different kinds of deals in order to help you save money and time. Even though it claims that it has been created in order to improve your browsing experience only, the reality is rather different. It has been found out that WebSpades is going to show you different advertisements. As this application is compatible with Windows OS only, it can be assumed that it is aimed at Windows users. The majority of people use this OS; thus, WebSpades is aimed at a wide range of computer users. Have you notice it on your PC as well? Thus, you should remove it without any further considerations. Read more »

Search Protection by Spigot is a browser hijacker infection that is related to Spigot toolbar. If you encounter this browser hijacker it means you have downloaded a freeware application that had a setup file for Search Protection by Spigot as well. If you are not exactly sure of what kind of application you have installed on your computer recently, you should scan your system with SpyHunter free scanner and the entire list of potentially unwanted programs (if any) will be presented to you. To remove Search Protection by Spigot you most probably need to terminate the programs responsible for this browser hijacker, and then reset your browser settings to default. Read more »

DealPeak is an application that declares to be able to help you save money and time on different online shopping websites, including ebay.com, walmart.com, amazon.com, and similar. Even though this program seems attractive, you should definitely not use it because it is just a simple advertising-supported application. It might affect your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers. DealPeak will probably show you different kinds of ads because it uses them to generate traffic to particular websites. We believe that you do not want to contribute to this activity; thus, it is better to erase DealPeak entirely from your computer. Read more »

For the most part, users consider adware applications to be annoying intruders that do not really pose any threat, but slow down their browser and their computer. Unfortunately, when it comes to the likes of Ads by Media Watch, adware may prove to be rather dangerous, especially as it is known to be part of malware distribution network. Therefore, the sooner you remove Ads by Media Watch from your system the better. Do not forget that there are bound to be other potentially unwanted and even dangerous programs on your computer, so when you remove them too scan the system once more to be 100% sure that you have terminated all the threats. Read more »

Fast Media Converter is often categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) because it may present various suspicious online advertisements. What is more, in some cases it could be downloaded onto the computer alongside other programs. If you pay attention to the information presented during the installation of the chosen software, you might discover that the suspicious media converter is offered as an optional addition. If you do not want to worry about getting Fast Media Converter removed from the system, we recommend that you research the application before you agree to install it onto the computer. If you have accidentally installed the program without even realizing it, you can follow the provided information to delete it from the computer. Read more »

If you have found WOW search installed as the home page of your browsers, you need to figure out how this happened. Did you change the default search tools on the browsers yourself? Did they come bundled with other applications? Were they installed illegally? According to Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers, these are the key questions you need to ask yourself because this might determine your further actions. Needless to say, you may need to remove WOW search if it has been installed onto your web browsers illegally, in which case you should treat it as a browser hijacker. On the other hand, you may want to keep the search tool active on the browsers because it does not seem mischievous or unreliable. Nonetheless, if your web browsers have been hijacked, you certainly should delete the threat alongside programs which may be installed alongside. Read more »