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Wordinator

Wordinator

The internet is full of applications, such as Wordinator, which promote themselves as valuable or one-of-a-kind tools. But once they are observed and researched, somehow they end up labeled as adware. That is exactly what has happened to this app. Wordinator is good at two things: collecting information about you and sending a flow of commercials onto your screen. There are a number of problems that you might encounter if you have an ad-supported program like this running on your PC. Please read our full report to learn more about the potential risks and how it is possible to remove Wordinator to stop the ads from ruining your browsing experience or causing you more severe issues. Read more »

StreamX

Malware researchers at our internal labs have noticed a new adware application known as StreamX roaming the web lately. If you have encountered this program active on your computer, be sure to remove it right away because this ad-supported program holds no beneficial value. In quite a few cases, adware programs could be advertised as an excellent tool that should be used to improve your online experience. Unfortunately, these statements are misleading to say the least, since StreamX is only capable of causing major disruption while you are browsing the web – quite the opposite of what it should do. In quite a few cases, unsuspecting users are fooled into installing this worthless piece of software by the devious marketing techniques. Read the rest of the article and learn how you can improve your virtual security and how can you remove this invasive adware program in a quick and easy manner. Read more »

Fresh Outlook

Fresh Outlook

Numerous adware programs are known to be roaming the web. One of these applications is known as Fresh Outlook, and it should be avoided at all times. Make sure you remove this adware as soon as possible if it is found active on your operating system, since in reality it is a worthless piece of software. Unfortunately, some users might be manipulated into downloading and installing this adware program since it is often advertised as an excellent tool that should improve your online shopping experience. It should provide great discount deals and coupons, thus helping you reduce the amount of money that you would spend while shopping online. In fact, this adware application does not perform in the way that it is advertised and only causes you irritation while browsing the web. Use the comprehensive removal guide to get rid of Fresh Outlook once and for all. Read more »

EasyDocMerge Toolbar

EasyDocMerge Toolbar

If you are looking for an application that will help you manage your downloads, you must know that a program known as EasyDocMerge Toolbar cannot be entirely trusted. During our research, our team has found out that despite clever marketing this toolbar acts in an aggressively invasive way. In quite a few cases, this browser add-on is advertised as a tool that will help you convert various text files right within your web browser. At first it might sound like a tool you would like to have; unfortunately, this toolbar does not function the way it should according to various claims. In fact, all of those statements are just a trick to fool naïve Internet users into downloading an application that is utterly worthless as it holds no beneficial value whatsoever. If, unfortunately, you already have this devious toolbar active on your PC, do not hesitate to remove it by using the removal guide that we provide below. Read more »

Local Temperature

Local Temperature

There are two possibilities to have Local Temperature on your computer. First, you downloaded it from its website. Second, you have no idea how it got there. We would like to go into details about the latter possibility because that is the most likely version of this application that might cause you some headaches in the form of system security problems. Local Temperature has been categorized as adware by our malware research team at Anti-Spyware-101.com. While the original software seems to function alright, the other one that enters your computer “mysteriously” might not even work as intended, but it could be used and exploited by cyber criminals to collect information about you and your online activities in order to flood your screen with potentially unreliable third-party ads. If you belong to the second group and you did not knowingly install this app, you might want to know what kinds of risks you take if you keep it on your computer. So, please read our full report to also learn how you can remove Local Temperature from your system. Read more »

OverLook Crawler

OverLook Crawler

Even though it is not easy to discover OverLook Crawler on your operating system, this is important. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers indicate that while this PUP (potentially unwanted program) is not extremely dangerous, it is an irritating pest that you need to get rid of. If you do not listen to our advice, your operating system will be exploited, and this is never considered to be irrelevant. Your system could start slowing down if you do not remove OverLook Crawler in time. If you want to learn more about the program published by Korston United, you can continue reading this report. If you are only interested in elimination of this PUP, you can move straight to the last section. In either case, you must not forget that this threat is idle, and ignoring it is about the worst thing you can do. Read more »

Inetoboz.com

Inetoboz.com

Inetoboz.com is something that no user would want to have on her computer. This news website is nothing but a browser hijacker that will be set as your default homepage without your permission. Notably, Inetoboz.com affects mostly users in the Russian-speaking countries, but it does not mean that computer users in other locations are safe. You might find yourself in a situation where you need to remove Inetoboz.com from the system as soon as possible, and if that is the case, you have opened the right page. In this description, we provide information on how to delete Inetoboz.com and everything related to this infection from your computer. Read more »

UnzipApp Toolbar

UnzipApp Toolbar

UnzipApp Toolbar is a browser plugin that will provide you with an opportunity to access file compression features and thus zip and unzip various files. As the information provided on its official website says, it supports files with such extensions as .zip, .tar, .rar, .iso, .wim, and .7z. It is not surprising if this browser plugin seems very useful because it makes many promises on its official website unzipapp.com; however, you should still be very careful with it because this browser plugin is not completely trustworthy. Actually, some specialists say that it is even rather dangerous to keep it, especially if you have downloaded it from an untrustworthy third-party website. Of course, it is up to you what to do with this browser plugin; however, we think that it would be best to eliminate it from the system manually or automatically. Read more »

Bing.vc

Bing.vc

Do you trust the services of Google and Bing? We are sure that you do, but that does not mean that Bing.vc deserves your trust as well. Even though this search tool relies on Google and Bing search results, there is a great risk of having these search tools affected by the hijacker. Yes, this suspicious search tool is identified as a browser hijacker. How else would you call a program that can slither in and replace your regular search tools without any warning? Anti-Spyware-101.com malware analysts indicate that some users could install this hijacker themselves, in which case, it is no longer a hijacker; just an unreliable search provider. In either case, you should remove Bing.vc from your browsers. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done as this threat is quite smart. Read more »

Jungle Net

Jungle Net

Many computer users will not even tell that Jungle Net is an unreliable program, but, unfortunately, it is. Therefore, you have to remove it right away from the system. It does not really matter how this program has entered your system because the most important thing is to eliminate it as soon as possible. The main reason why our specialists recommend doing so is the fact that this program might cause serious harm to the system. Of course, you will not even say that this program is untrustworthy because it has a decent-looking website and it even promises to help you surf the Internet and find different information with ease. Do not listen to all those promises. In fact, Jungle Net is not the only program that promises a lot in order to lure computer users into downloading it. Other untrustworthy programs exist too. Read more »