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Price Finder

Posted by on October 25, 2013 No comments
Price Finder

Price Finder is a browser plugin which has been created to assemble the best shopping deals when you visit such sites as jcpenneys.com or amazon.com. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com research team, the product is usually acquired from getpricefinder.com; however, it may be offered to you when downloading bundled software as well. Have you discovered that the application has been installed onto the computer without your consent? Then it may be corrupted by malicious third parties and so you need to delete it from the browsers as soon as possible. Overall, the extension is available for the most popular browsers, including Chrome, IE or Firefox, and if you are running these browsers you may have installed the application already. Do you enjoy the services or do you want to delete Price Finder from the computer? Continue reading the presented report to learn how to perform this operation. Read more »

znoo.net

Posted by on October 25, 2013 No comments
znoo.net

Znoo.net is a search engine whose primarily traffic is known to be from Turkey. The interface of the search engine is presented in Turkish, which means that it is targeted as a particular audience. Znoo.net may be regarded as a browser hijacker because it may be set as the home page or search provider of your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. The search engine makes money by advertising various products and services, which may be very annoying. In order to remove znoo.net, you should either try to reset the settings of the browsers, which also requires scanning or get rid of it by implementing a spyware removal tool. Read more »

BackgroundHost.exe

Posted by on October 25, 2013 No comments

BackgroundHost.exe is a file that belongs to an add-ons framework which is usually installed alongside browser add-ons, including Cool Smiley Bar for Facebook. Add-on frameworks allow the user to create various browser add-ons for Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and other browsers. BackgroundHost.exe is usually located in Disk C, and in one of the sub-folders in the Program Files directory. The size of the file is known to be 584.8 KB. If you have found some system errors related to BackgroundHost.exe, it is advisable to scan the computer to make sure that the computer is not infected. Read more »

Cyber Command of South Texas virus

Posted by on October 24, 2013 No comments

Cyber Command of South Texas virus is a computer infection which is categorized as ransomware because of the scare tactics that are used to deceive a computer user.  Cyber Command of South Texas virus is a misleading warning which you will find on the screen when the computer becomes infected with Urausy, a screen locker which is widely known around the world. The aim of the infection is to deceive you into thinking that law enforcement agencies of the United States have found some prohibited material on the PC and restricted your access to the system. The truth is that Cyber Command of South Texas virus is a scam just like Cyber Command of New York Virus or Cyber Command of Nevada virus, both of which are generated by the same Trojan Urausy. Cyber Command of South Texas virus should be removed from the computer as soon as possible because the threat might communicate with remote servers and download new malicious files. Read more »

Guardia Civil virus

Posted by on October 24, 2013 No comments

Guardia Civil virus is a misleading warning that you will find on your screen when you computer gets infected with a screen locker, the so-called ransomware. The Trojan creates new registries, spreads its malicious files, and disables executable files so that you cannot use the machine as usual. The removal of Guardia Civil virus is a must because there is no other safe way to remove this threat from the PC. Guardia Civil virus is targeted as Spanish computer users, so if you live in Spain and keep your computer unprotected, implement a spyware prevention tool before it is not too late. Read more »

Search-guru.com

Posted by on October 23, 2013 No comments
Search-guru.com

Search-guru.com is a search engine which allows you to browse the Web, Images, Videos, News and even connect to Gmail. At first it may even appear to you that this search engine is powered by Google; however, we do not recommend trusting it for one moment. It appears that this search tool is heavily supported through third-party advertising which means that when using it you could be exposed to a number or potentially unreliable and misleading ads. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers, even when typing in keywords into the displayed search box you will be presented with advertisement. Needless to say, the presented search results display advertisements as well. In fact, if you typed in ‘remove Search-guru.com’ you would find nothing else but advertisements and sponsored search results. This is why you should not even think about clicking the Add Search button located on the top-right corner of the search engine and choosing a new default search provider. If this has already happened and you wish to remove Search-guru.com hijacker – continue reading. Read more »

Native-search.com

Posted by on October 22, 2013 No comments
Native-search.com

Native-search.com is a search engine that is associated with FTdownloader freeware and it can cause you quite a lot of problems, especially if you install it along with a number of other freeware applications. Native-search.com is not a malicious website itself, and as you can see, it offers search provider function. However, the search results provided by this website cannot be trusted, because it is part of wide advertising networks and it is eager to promote associated content. Therefore, it is possible to say that this potentially unwanted program trespasses your privacy and you need to remove Native-search.com from your computer immediately. Read more »

Doko Toolbar

Posted by on October 22, 2013 No comments

Doko Toolbar is a browser extension which is powered by Delta Search, and which you should remove from the computer if you want to browse the Internet as usual. When the toolbar is installed, it hijacks the home page of your browsers, including Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.  Delta Search, or delta-search.com, is regarded as insecure search provider because of the irrelevant contents that are inserted in the search results page. If you have just found that your browsers are afflicted by Doko Toolbar, you should immediately remove the unwanted application from your PC. Read more »

updateWebConnect.exe

Posted by on October 14, 2013 No comments

If you are not sure whether the file updateWebConnect.exe should be removed from the computer or not, we recommend that you remove it. The file belongs to WebConnect, which is a browser add-on that generates various coupons and offers. The application is available at webconnect.co, and it starts running once you launch the browser, be it Internet Explorer, Google Chrome,or Mozilla Firefox.  The file updateWebConnect.exe searches for new updates which are necessary in order to provide the user with the latest offers. The file is placed in the WebConnect folder in the ProgramFiles directory, and it is known to have two versions. Read more »

apcrtldr.dll

Posted by on October 11, 2013 No comments

If apcrtldr.dll is running on your operating Windows system you should run your computer with utmost care. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered that this dynamic link library file is linked to a number of undesirable computer plugins and infections which require immediate removal. Even if you know nothing about the file or its existence you will most definitely notice the applications which are linked to it. Have you noticed unauthorized web-page redirecting? Did your Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers got flooded with suspicious advertisements? Were the settings of your browsers modified? These are the symptoms related to the suspicious DLL file. We recommend reading further to learn how to remove apcrtldr.dll and how this file works. Read more »