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Job Knows

Job Knows

Job Knows pretends to be a useful application that claims to enable you to find your “dream job”; however, our malware researchers have found that this is a new creation from the team who is responsible for identical questionable programs, such as BlingJobs, Flexible Family, and ChatClap. Our research team has categorized this desktop application as an adware program. Since it has the capability to introduce you to potentially questionable web content, we believe that your computer would be safer without this adware. What is even worse that if this unreliable application has infiltrated your system, it is quite likely that other malware programs have also come with it. That is why you should act now and remove Job Knows together with all other harmful programs. But let us tell you in more detail how this infection may pose a threat to your computer and what you can do to avoid it. Read more »

Buzzing Dhol

Buzzing Dhol

Buzzing Dhol is an application that should keep users informed about all the upcoming events, for example, parties, festivals, conferences, movies, sports events, and much more. In addition, users are informed on the official of this program, which is buzzingdhol.com, that they will be able to create events themselves. Even though it seems that Buzzing Dhol is quite a useful program, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com still classify it as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Of course, there are several reasons why it is put into this category. All of them will be presented further in this article, so continue reading it. You should also read this article carefully from beginning to end if you wish to find out how to delete Buzzing Dhol easily and quickly. Read more »

JungleGamer

JungleGamer

JungleGamer is an application that you could have installed while visiting the Premium section at junglegamer.com. The site offers lots of free games you can play without signing in, but the Premium section games are available only if you accept to receive third-party ads through the adware application. The program records your browsing habits and picks the ads that should be the most interesting for you. The bad news is that the ads could redirect you to unreliable third-party websites, and they might be harmful to your computer. In such cases, it is always advisable to remove the software and secure your computer, especially when there is not much use out of the program. Therefore, we will explain more about this adware, and if you decide to delete it, you could look at our suggested instructions below the text. Read more »

Searchcyborg.com

Searchcyborg.com

Searchcyborg.com is a browser hijacker whose presence users usually notice because they have a Trojan infection installed on their computers. As this search engine is closely associated with a Trojan, we do not think that it is the best idea to use it as a default search engine. It is highly recommended to eliminate this search engine because it has been noticed that it might put systems into danger really quickly. If you want to remove Searchcyborg.com but do not know where to start, you should definitely read this article from beginning to end. Specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com have provided all the important information regarding the Searchcyborg.com removal in this article. Read more »

PocketRebates

PocketRebates

The PocketRebates official website provides the installer that might be bundled with browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs (PUP), and other doubtful software. Our research team at Anti-Spyware-101.com tested the application and believes it should be considered adware because its primary goal is to display lots of pop-ups, sponsored links, and other kinds of ads. You may have noticed that some of the ads look rather suspicious, and it is possible that they could lead you to untrustworthy websites. For example, these sites could use various technologies to collect your private information and later use it for any purpose. Therefore, if you interact with the ads, it is possible that your privacy could be violated. No doubt that any user would like to avoid such situations, so it would be better to delete the software. If you do not know where to begin, you might want to check our step by step instructions, which will appear when you scroll down. Read more »

Wscanner

Wscanner

Wscanner is definitely not the best choice when it comes to PC optimization. In fact, this optimizer seems to be very similar to AllPCOptimizer, RapidFixer, and DrSpeedyPC, which are all well-known to our malware experts. Since this application exhibited questionable behavior while it was tested by our researchers, it has been categorized as a PUP, i.e., a potentially unwanted program. To be frank, most likely the majority of computer users have PUPs on their system, and most of them may not even know about it. It is, of course, only possible if your PC is not protected by an up-to-date malware removal tool that could filter out even potentially harmful applications such as this one. In all fairness, we cannot claim that this program is a huge risk or a dangerous beast. But we are still concerned about this PUP and its usefulness. We believe that you should delete Wscanner if you do not want to litter your hard drive with a messy and questionable application. As a matter of fact, this PUP may be the least of your worries if it managed to crawl onto your computer along with malware infections. Read more »

Weather Do

Weather Do

It is possible that you find Weather Do on your computer and you have no clue how this application has entered your system. Unfortunately, this program is totally useless and also potentially harmful with regard to your virtual security. Our malware researchers at anti-spyware-101.com have labeled it as an adware program due to its ability to display third-party advertisements and to promote websites. Having this adware on your computer can mean that there are several other malware threats as well that require your immediate attention. If you fail to act in time, before long you may lose control of your computer and your system may get littered by a number of infections. Since all the related malware programs may be able to expose you to questionable web content, there is only one solution we can offer: You should remove Weather Do and all other threats as well. Otherwise, you cannot call your computer secure again. Please continue reading our article so that you understand how this adware may present risks and how you can protect your system from similar threats. Read more »

ADClick

ADClick

ADClick is a devious application that is usually distributed in suspicious ways; thus, a rather large number of Internet users already have it running on their PC. After an in-depth investigation of this application, it has been classified as yet another adware program that must be removed without any hesitation. Just like any other ad-supported program, the one in question will make your online experience a miserable one, to say the least. This is so because it will cause numerous disruptions while you are surfing the web. For as long as this invasive program is running on your computer you will not be able to surf the web the way you are used to. Due to invasive means of its distribution, our malware experts provide a few critical steps that will help you safeguard your operating system from this or any other unwanted program. Make sure to read the rest of our report to learn more about the suspicious functionality of ADClick. Along such crucial information, we provide detailed removal instructions that you should use if you wish to delete this adware without encountering any major problems. Read more »

Seen On Screen

Seen On Screen

Seen On Screen is a suspicious potentially unwanted program that is very similar to Muzik Fury. Although both of these programs have different themes, they have similar interfaces, and they are introduced to users in the same ways by The Wiz, Ltd. via the thewhizmarketing.com domain. Anti-Spyware-101.com analysts have found that the official download page for the PUP we are analyzing in this report is seen-on-screen.thewhizmarketing.com. According to the information on this website, this PUP is a must-have for movie fans as it supposedly provides movie reviews and trailers, as well as access to streaming sites. At the moment, only Chrome users can download this program; however, it is possible that Firefox users will be able to access it as well. Our initial tests were made while this adware was still compatible with Firefox, but our later tests have shown otherwise. Overall, regardless of which browser you use, there are a few reasons why you should remove Seen On Screen from your PC, and we are ready to introduce them to you. Read more »

DeepBlue Games

DeepBlue Games

DeepBlue Games is an extension for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. It says that it can enable users to play DeepBlue games for free, which is why so many users download and install it on their systems. It has been observed that people usually get this program from deepblugames.com, play.deepblugames.com, play.deepblugames.com/mb/, and Chrome Web Store. Of course, we cannot guarantee that it is impossible to find it available for download on a third-party web page too. Either way, you should not keep any version of DeepBlue Games because this piece of software is not that trustworthy. In fact, it might really start acting in an annoying way and it is known that it might even expose users to potential threats during the time. We are sure that the majority of users do not want to risk causing harm to their systems, which is why we have kindly shared the manual removal instructions with them (you can find them below). More information about the program itself will be provided here too. Read more »