What is Plants Vs Zombies?
Plants Vs Zombies is a program that our Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers identify as a PUP, which stands for potentially unwanted program. The main source of this application is plants-vs-zombies-game.com, but it is possible that some users will encounter it when downloading other programs. Even though it is not very likely that Plants Vs Zombies will pose serious security threats, it is a good idea to delete it from your Windows operating system. According to our research team, it is possible to remove Plants Vs Zombies manually. Unfortunately, many users find that virtual security problems are not over after they delete this PUP from their operating systems.
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How does Plants Vs Zombies work?
Once you install Plants Vs Zombies onto your operating system, it adds a quick link to the Desktop, but it is not difficult to delete it. When you click this link, you are immediately routed to plants-vs-zombies-game.com/play.html. This page represents an online game that allows you to collect point, grow plants, and kill zombies. The game is quite random, which is why our researchers had suspected that it hid other activity, and it was found that Plants Vs Zombies automatically installs tracking cookies. What is worse, some of these cookies belong to third parties, and we strongly recommend removing them. If you are not familiar with the parties associated with Plants Vs Zombies, you cannot trust them. Needless to say, this can be an important reason to delete Plants Vs Zombies itself.
Should you remove Plants Vs Zombies?
Plants Vs Zombies installs tracking cookies to learn more about you. Even though this can be used to enhance services, it could also be used to inject much more attractive online ads. Surf Island Solutions – which is the creator of Plants Vs Zombies – is likely to earn money for promoting the content of third parties. It was found that ZombieNews, Zombie Invasion, and Zombie Alert are run in the exact same manner. We have discussed the removal of each of these programs, but it is most likely that you will be able to delete these programs just like Plants Vs Zombies itself. Note that all of these programs create background processes (e.g., Plants Vs Zombiesservice.exe) that you might have to kill prior to the removal.
How to delete Plants Vs Zombies
Plants Vs Zombies is a threat that you might want to remove from your operating system, and we know how. Some users complain that this PUP changes the default search provider and home page settings, but our malware researchers believe that this might be initiated by other threats bundled together with this program. Of course, we recommend removing Plants Vs Zombies even if you have not noticed any malicious activity. The ability to track your browsing history using third-party web cookies can be quite disconcerting, and this is why it is a good idea to delete Plants Vs Zombies from your PC. We have created a removal guide that will help you remove this PUP from your Windows operating system, but it is of the most importance to install security software that could protect you from other security threats.
Remove Plants Vs Zombies
Remove from Windows XP:
- Click the Start button, open Control Panel, and move to Add or Remove Programs.
- In the menu on the left click Change or Remove Programs and Remove Plants Vs Zombies.
Remove from Windows Vista/Windows 7:
- Click the Windows button on the Taskbar, open Control Panel, and move to Uninstall a program.
- Right-click the program you wish to delete from your PC and select Uninstall.
Remove from Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Charm bar (in Metro UI), click Search, and use it to access Uninstall a program.
- Right-click the program you wish to delete from your PC and select Uninstall.
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