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Windows Antivirus Patrol

Posted by on March 24, 2014 No comments
Windows Antivirus Patrol

Windows Antivirus Patrol is a fraudulent computer application which looks like a computer security tool. The bogus program is likely to be installed without your permission; hence, the computer should contain a reputable malware prevention tool. Windows Antivirus Patrol is part of the Rogue.VirusDoctor family, which includes Windows Security Master, Windows Protection Booster, Windows AntiVirus Booster, and a great many other threats. All these malicious programs can be installed onto your computer in different ways, including file sharing websites and websites for adults. Once installed, the application launches its fake scanner, which provides you with a list of Trojans, worms, and other threats. Read more »

CouponPeak

Posted by on March 24, 2014 1 comment
CouponPeak

CouponPeak is an adware program which can be installed onto your PC without your permission. CouponPeak is distributed by other free programs and you may not suspect that the application is installed. You can find CouponPeak on your browsers, but bear in mind that its name may contains some randomly added letters. Instead of the name CouponPeak you may find cuopOnpEak or any other randomly generated name. Read more »

ShoppingHelper

Posted by on March 24, 2014 No comments
ShoppingHelper

ShoppingHelper is a browser extension which is better known as Shopping Helper Smartbar. Even though the application offers links to such websites as YouTube, eBay, Wikipedia, Facebook or Twitter, and enables such services as Screen Capture, Notepad or Pdf MyUrl, malware researchers advise to stay away from this add-on. ShoppingHelper removal is recommended because this application may act as a browser hijacker changing the home page and the default search provider settings of all web browsers. As Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered, the infection is linked to the unreliable search engine search.snapdo.com, which may be presented as feed.snapdo.com as well. If you have discovered that this search tool has been installed onto your browsers without your notice or authorization, you need to delete them as soon as possible. Read more »

Search.coupons-bar.com

Posted by on March 17, 2014 No comments
Search.coupons-bar.com

Search.coupons-bar.com is the search engine promoted by the Couponsbar toolbar, also spelt Counpons-Bar. The toolbar is available at coupons-bar.com and is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Computer users can customize the toolbar by adding their favorite links to it; moreover, they can receive notifications about the latest news and use links that are provided by default.  Even though the toolbar seems a handy tool, we recommend that you remove it from the computer. The search engine that is promoted by the toolbar generates sponsored links; moreover, some advertisements may be inserted into the websites that you access. If you want to prevent damage to your computer and data loss, you should take immediate action to remove both the toolbar and Search.coupons-bar.com from your browsers. Read more »

Activeris Antimalware

Posted by on March 17, 2014 1 comment
Activeris Antimalware

Activeris Antimalware is a potentially unwanted program, which means that it can be bundled with malware and adware programs. The application starts running every time your Windows starts through a scheduled task known as Activeris AntiMalware_startup. Activeris Antimalware is claimed to be capable of protecting your computer against all types of malware, boosting the overall performance of the PC and fixing startup issues. We recommend that you remove Activeris Antimalware from the computer because it detects some components of the malicious programs it is installed with and encourages you to invest in it to have the detections removed.  Even though a lot of malware experts categorize Activeris Antimalware as a PUP, some computer security programs detect the application in question as a Trojan horse. Read more »

Arcade Safari

Posted by on March 14, 2014 No comments
Arcade Safari

Arcade Safari offers to download different types of games and seems as a decent website. However, computer users should know that most of these games are bundled with advertising-supported applications that show various advertisements. They will appear on Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox, which means that if you use any of these browsers, you will definitely notice all the commercials. If you read the Terms of Service, you will notice that Arcade Safari can automatically modify all your browsers without your permission. It also states that the only way to stop all those commercials is to remove the program itself. Is it worth keeping it on your system? The choice is yours. Read more »

Lightspark Player Pro Pop-up

Posted by on March 14, 2014 No comments

If you are concerned about the “Lightspark Player Pro” pop-up, it implies that your Internet browsers contain an adware program. One of the applications that may try to make you install Lightspark Player Pro is an adware program called Media Viewer. This application works on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Once installed, it starts displaying its obtrusive advertisements, including pop-ups, pop-unders, iframe ads, and the like. We recommend that you take immediate action to remove the adware program because it can provide you with advertisement promoting questionable applications. Read more »

WebPornoTv

Posted by on March 14, 2014 No comments
WebPornoTv

Even though some computer users install WebPornoTv onto their operating systems themselves, in other cases this application can enters the PC bundled with other programs. As Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered, the official download page (webpornotv.com) no longer supports an active download link. Nonetheless, the application can be installed from pc-on-toolbar.com, updatestar.com, software.informer.com, and other websites supported by third party software distributors. Even though the program presented via these sources might be authentic, you need to beware of the additionally packed applications which you may be unfamiliar with. We suggest you remove WebPornoTv if you have found this application installed onto your personal computer without your consent together with other undesirable computer applications. Read more »

Inbox Toolbar

Posted by on March 14, 2014 No comments
Inbox Toolbar

Inbox Toolbar is a browser plugin that is known to be perfectly safe if you have downloaded it from its official website. However, if it happens that you have found it somewhere else on the web, you should definitely erase the application because it might contain malicious components. This toolbar might appear on all the most popular browsers and you might even come across a variety of its versions, for instance, Inbox Movies Toolbar and Inbox Music Toolbar. You will find the same Inbox icon on all of them. It is not obligatory to erase them from your system; however, if you do not like it for any reasons, you can always remove it without any further considerations. Read more »

FindRight

Posted by on March 12, 2014 4 comments
FindRight

If you have installed FindRight on your system and started seeing various coupons, shopping suggestions, and a variety of other ads, you should definitely erase it as soon as possible. If you wonder why we are so straightforward, you should know that FindRight is not a decent application. Instead, it is usually classified as an advertising-supported program. It means that it will keep generating various commercial ads unless you erase the program itself. Luckily, you will be able to erase FindRight easily via Control Panel. Have you failed to do that for any reasons? Let us guide you through the deletion process. Read more »