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WonderBrowse

WonderBrowse is a browser extension that has been developed to improve your online surfing experience. It should add special functions to your browser that would make Internet browsing a lot better experience. This application is not a computer threat, but it can be considered a potentially unwanted program because WonderBrowse is associated with third parties that could expose you to potentially dangerous content. Consequently, you are strongly advised to remove WonderBrowse from your computer, in order to protect your computer from serious infections. Read more »

Gir.driveropti.net

Gir.driveropti.net is an advertising domain that delivers commercial and other pop-up advertisements on your browser while you browse the Internet. Should you see any pop-ups that has Gir.driveropti.net as its domain address, it means that you are either infected with an adware program, or have some potentially unwanted application installed, which uses adware to sustain itself. Although Gir.driveropti.net is actually not as dangerous as a genuine computer infection, you should remove it from your computer along with all the other applications that are related to it. Your computer security should be your utmost priority. Read more »

Squirrel Web

Squirrel Web

As researchers have discovered, Squirrel Web is an advertisement supported program. Are you aware of what this is? Advertisement supported software, simply referred to as adware, are supported through third parties who may present all sort of adverts when browsing the web. This particular adware can be installed from squirrelweb.org; however, it easily could be packaged with other applications. If you download packaged software, there is a chance that this plugin will be installed onto the PC without much of your own knowledge. It is essential that you remove Squirrel Web the moment you discover it running on the PC, in case you have no idea where it came from. Read more »

Dep.findmapping.net

If you are being disturbed by dep.findmapping.net advertisement, it means that you have installed some adware program because dep.findmapping.net is an advertising domain which used to distributed different ads. It can be used by a browser ad-on, which is likely to be compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. If you do not remember installing any browser plug-in, maybe you have installed some other application which dropped the unwanted program to your PC. Browser add-ons are very often promoted by different free programs, so you should never hurry to install a program downloaded form a freeware website. Read more »

FoxyLyrics ads

FoxyLyrics ads is one of those programs that should not be allowed to remain on your computer. It is a potentially unwanted application commonly classified as adware and it could prove to be dangerous to your system. That is not to say that FoxyLyrics ads is a malicious computer infection. Unlike Trojans or rouges, this adware application does not enter your system in stealth. The truth is that users often install FoxyLyrics ads themselves. However, if it is possible to install the application willingly, it means that you can easily remove the program from your computer as well. Read more »

My-uq.com

Is the name of the My-uq.com domain familiar to you? You may find it attached to the pop-up and banner advertisements flooding your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers. Our researchers categorize this domain as an adware, even though it is not a program per se. The domain is linked to your system through a connection which usually is performed by affiliate browser plugins. This is why My-uq.com removal is not only complicated but also quite confusing. How can you delete adverts which are supported by a domain which does not actually have its own components on the affected system? You should not feel overwhelmed because Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers are ready to help. Read more »

Gis.driveropen.net

According to the researchers here at Anti-Spyware-101.com, Gis.driveropen.net is an advertising domain which could be employed by various suspicious parties to present you with different pop-up, in-line or banner advertisements. The domain does not have a plugin which can be installed to promote pop-ups; however, it could be enabled to interfere with your browsing activity anyway. Once a plugin or a program affiliated to the domain are installed onto your personal computer, seemingly invisible connections are made. This is why many computer users rush to remove Gis.driveropen.net related applications from their operating systems. Have you discovered any suspicious activity on your personal computer and web browsers are continuously flooded with irritating advertisements? Then you need to figure out whether any unauthorized connections to advertising domains are not being made. Do you know how to do this? Read more »

Windows Activity Booster

Windows Activity Booster is a fake antivirus program from Rogue.VirusDoctor family of rogue antispyware applications. Some security experts prefer to classify this extensive group of computer infections as Rogue.FakeVimes, but that is not essential in order to understand how the infection works, and how to get rid of it. And you must remove Windows Activity Booster the moment you notice the rogue’s interface on your screen. Just like the rest of the fake antivirus programs, Windows Activity Booster aims for your money, so unless you are fine with being robbed off, you should terminate this application as soon as possible. Read more »

Win 8 Antivirus 2013

Win 8 Antivirus 2013 is a tool which pretends to be a legitimate antivirus program. It has only one purpose, which is to lure as many computer users as possible into purchasing a full version of the program. This feature allows classifying this threat as rogue antispyware. As you might have already noticed from the name, its main target is Windows 8 computer users. Thus if you use this operating system, there is a possibility that Win 8 Antivirus 2013 will infect your computer. It is especially true if you tend to scan your computer with free unreliable scanners which are promoted in different websites throughout the internet. Read more »

Bizzybolt

Bizzybolt

Bizzybolt is software whose main purpose is to show various commercial advertisements. This is the main reason why it is classified as adware program and why it needs to be removed from the system. Bizzybolt has been optimized for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer web browsers and it is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7 and Windows 8 operating systems. It means that there is a huge possibility that it infiltrates your computer as well. Read more »