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VAFMusic

VAFMusic

If you have found an application known as VAFMusic active on your operating system, you must know that it cannot be trusted entirely. In fact, our research team has categorized this application as a potentially unwanted program because it exhibits a few suspicious and rather invasive features. On its official website, this program is advertised as a great music player that should allow you to listen to all kinds of music for free. Unfortunately, these statements are rather misleading, since it has been discovered that more often than not this dubious music player can cause various disruptions while you are surfing the web. In reality, such marketing strategy is used to trick naïve Internet users into downloading and installing a program that does not function in the way it should. Below we provide a detailed removal guide that is easy to follow and will help you delete VAFMusic in no time at all. Read more »

Fdownloader

Fdownloader

Vendors of Fdownloader promote their product on its official websites as an excellent download manager that should help you manage various download tasks and processes in a more efficient way than ever before. While it sounds like a tool worthy of having you must be warned about its functionality. Malware researchers at our internal labs have, in fact, categorized this application as a potentially unwanted program mostly because it works in a quite suspicious and invasive way. In reality, this download manager does not perform in the way that it should, and its questionable features obviously outweigh the positive ones; thus, we firmly advise you to remove Fdownloader. Our team encourages you to use a different, more reliable download manager instead of this one. Read the rest of this article and find out how this suspicious tool works and why its removal is so important. Read more »

Kavapuller Ads

Kavapuller Ads

Kavapuller Ads is one nasty adware-type program that you ought to remove as soon as you notice its presence on your computer. There is no denying that it was set to display commercial advertisements that come from potentially unreliable third-party sources. This adware’s presence can only bring undesirable consequences, such as getting your computer infected with more adware programs or other malicious software. It may also collect anonymous information about you which is used for advertising purposes. Therefore, our malware researchers recommend that you get rid of this program as soon as the opportunity arises. Read more »

TuneJunkies New Tab

TuneJunkies New Tab

TuneJunkies New Tab is a program that is advertised to be a great tool that should help you with various Internet searches; it should help you search for your favorite videos and songs online in a new and effective way. While it sounds like a tool worthy of having at first, you must know that our research team has categorized this application as a potentially unwanted program due to its suspicious and rather invasive functionality. Also, it has been found out that at times this program could be distributed in a questionable way. We firmly believe that the dubious features of this tool outweigh its valuable features; thus, we advise you to remove it as soon as possible. Read the rest of this article and learn how this potentially unwanted program works and why it should be deleted. Below we provide a comprehensive removal guide that will help you get rid of TuneJunkies New Tab in no time at all. Read more »

Search.newtabtvsearch.com

Search.newtabtvsearch.com

Search.newtabtvsearch.com is a search engine that features links to popular legitimate TV-related websites and provides easy access to them via a toolbar. However, we suggest removing this search engine, because there is more to it than meets the eye and in this article we are going to tell you all about it. Search.newtabtvsearch.com comes with a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Its true purpose, however, may be generating revenue from redirecting web traffic to website promotions in its search results. For more information regarding this search engine, please read the whole article. Read more »

ZipperFile

ZipperFile

Are you looking for a legitimate file compressor? ZipperFile might seem like a good choice, but this is not a program we recommend installing or trusting. This potentially unwanted program is just as unreliable as its counterparts, Z-Zip and VAFCompressor. Although these programs have separate websites and they are introduced in different ways, they are identical, considering that they were created to show advertisements. We do not claim that these suspicious programs will not compress your files, but you must not ignore the fact that they can inject unpredictable advertisements. If you interacted with these ads carelessly, you could become a victim of schemers. Please continue reading to learn how to avoid this and how to remove ZipperFile. Read more »

Reeturn.com

Reeturn.com

If you see that your default homepage changed to Reeturn.com without you noticing, then this browser hijacker has managed to enter your system. As it is mostly distributed in software bundles, your PC may also be infected with other security threats. In any case, you should not allow the browser hijacker to stay on your device any longer. The official webpage of Reeturn.com says that this program is a “leading global provider of search-based advertising,” so you will encounter advertisement-supported results to your every search query by further using the unreliable search engine. Persons standing behind those ads may have unlawful goals in their minds, so remove the browser hijacker and prevent all the possible dangers. Read more »

ProtectSurf

ProtectSurf

ProtectSurf seems to be a really beneficial application at first sight. If you visit the official website of this program, you will notice immediately that it should help you to avoid unreliable websites. In other words, this program says that it will not allow you to visit them. If you have already installed ProtectSurf, you are not safe even if it promises to prevent malware from slithering onto your computer. In fact, this program itself might cause much more harm to your system than you think. Therefore, we suggest erasing it no matter it has entered your system without your permission or you have downloaded it yourself. Unfortunately, it seems that ProtectSurf cannot be removed via Control Panel but do not worry, we know what to do. Thus, read this article from beginning to end. Read more »

Search.top-arama.com

Search.top-arama.com

Search.top-arama.com is a newly crafted browser hijacker that has been roaming the web lately. Our reports show that, unfortunately, quite a few users already have their PC infected with this invasive application. If you are one of those users, make sure to remove this hijacker without any hesitation since it holds no valuable features whatsoever. In fact, the intrusive application will ruin your online experience by making a few changes to your web browser’s default settings. Most users get their operating system infected with this malicious piece of software because they lack the necessary knowledge about virtual security; thus, our research team provides a few tips that will help you significantly reduce the risk of getting your PC infected with this or any other suspicious program. Make sure to read the rest of this article to learn how Search.top-arama.com works and why its removal is paramount. Below we provide a detailed removal guide that should be used immediately. Read more »

ShoppinGate

ShoppinGate

ShoppinGate is an adware application, and it tries to make easy money for its creators by redirecting you to affiliated websites. The redirection takes place as you click pop-up ads generated by this program. You get nothing in return, and there is also a possibility that ShoppinGate will redirect you to unfamiliar websites that are not as safe as you may think. Read more »