VKAudio

Posted by on June 14, 2016 No comments
VKAudio

VKAudio is an application that is targeted at those who live in Russia and have the account on Vkontakte (one of the most popular social-networking sites in Russia). It says that it will enable users to “search, add and listen to your favorite music in popup for free, even offline.” In other words, it should allow users to listen to the music stored in the libraries of Vkontakte while browsing other websites. Sadly, the program is not as beneficial as it claims to be. In fact, researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com know it as an ad-supported program (adware). Yes, it will, most probably, show irritating commercial advertisements on users’ screens. They might ruin your browsing session completely and even expose you to potential threats. Thus, it is definitely worth uninstalling this adware from the system. Continue reading to find out how to do that easily and quickly. Read more »

NetSpeed

Posted by on June 14, 2016 No comments
NetSpeed

Allegedly, NetSpeed is an application dedicated to optimizing network packets. However, we believe this application to be useless and recommend that you remove it as soon as the opportunity arises. Our malware researchers say that this application is not malicious because it does not perform any questionable actions while running on your computer. In fact, this application does nothing at all. However, if you want to get rid of it, then you will be surprised to find out that uninstalling it from Control Panel is not an option because it does not feature an uninstaller there. This is just one of the reasons we have classified it as a potentially unwanted program. If you want to find out more, then please continue reading. Read more »

FunTVTab

Posted by on June 14, 2016 No comments
FunTVTab

Our security researchers indicate FunTVTab as a browser hijacker. This implies that the program meddles with your browser settings without your permission. Consequently, this may expose you to dangerous third-party content that could lead to malware infection. Thus, it is clear that to protect your computer and your personal information from malicious exploitation and other illegal activity; you should remove FunTVTab as soon as possible. The removal guide is provided below this article, although you should also pay attention to the malware distribution vectors so that you would be able to avoid similar infections in the future. After all, such programs often travel in waves. Read more »

Search.searchhdrp.com

Posted by on June 13, 2016 No comments
Search.searchhdrp.com

Search.searchhdrp.com should be set as your default search engine by an extension known as HD Radio Player New Tab. Therefore, the program was categorized as a browser hijacker. Its description says that the extension will allow you to access favorite online radio channels, but in reality, it does not work this way. The extension adds a button to your browser that only loads Search.searchhdrp.com if you click it. We would not recommend using this search engine since it might add suspicious third-party links and ads to your results. Most likely, the software’s developers receive advertising revenue if you click these ads. We are almost one hundred present sure that you will not receive anything beneficial if you continue using Search.searchhdrp.com. For that reason, our researchers prepared a manual removal guide that is available at the end of this article. Read more »

home.searchreveal.com

Posted by on June 13, 2016 No comments
home.searchreveal.com

Search Reveal is an extension for the Google Chrome browser that promotes home.searchreveal.com. It is said that this extension will provide users with interesting widgets and enable them to check the time, weather forecast, and surf the web straight from the New Tab, so it is not very surprising that some users download and install the extension willingly. Unfortunately, users often do not even suspect that their homepages, search engines, and New Tab pages will be changed to home.searchreveal.com after the installation of the extension. To be honest, home.searchreveal.com is not a trustworthy search engine, and it is even quite dangerous to use it as the primary search tool because it is known that it might quickly expose users to threats. To protect your computer from harm, you need to remove the Search Reveal extension from your Google Chrome browser. Yes, fortunately, this extension affects only this browser. Read more »

Time-to-read.ru

Posted by on June 13, 2016 No comments
Time-to-read.ru

Time-to-read.ru happens to be a browser hijacker that installs itself without your permission and then modifies your browser’s settings. Browser hijacker is a type of malicious software that is often hard to categorize. Depending on the developer and the distribution method, it might be complicated to determine whether the application is legitimate or harmful. Nevertheless, it is always easy to decide whether you need to remove a program or not by considering the fact whether you need it or not. You clearly did not want Time-to-read.ru on your computer, so the best thing you can do right now is remove it for good. Read more »

Gplyra Miner

Posted by on June 13, 2016 No comments

Gplyra Miner is a program you get by installing suspicious software bundles. It is designed to use your computer's resources secretly for mining digital currencies. Removing this application is recommended because it will impact your PC’s performance significantly. Furthermore, the added stress of the mining process will force the Central Processing unit (CPU) to generate more heat and use more power. Unknown cyber crooks have made this program to make money for them — not you, so this program is useless as far as you are concerned. Therefore, we have classified Gplyra Miner as a potentially unwanted program. Read more »

Startup Maximizer

Posted by on June 10, 2016 No comments
Startup Maximizer

Startup Maximizer is a piece of software that claims to be a beneficial PC optimizer. If you open its official website solidtechies.com, you will immediately notice that it promises to act in a very useful way. It is said there that it will boost the speed of your computer, remove undesirable software, eliminate advertisements from your screen, and clean the system registry. Even though this program seems to be very beneficial, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com have found that it is not as perfect as it might seem to be at first sight. In fact, researchers say that they have to put this piece of software into the category of potentially unwanted programs. Of course, there are several reasons why they classify this program as a PUP. We will tell you more about this software further in this article. We are sure that we will also help you to decide whether or not to keep it installed, so read the article carefully and then take action. Read more »

Payms Ransomware

Posted by on June 10, 2016 No comments

Payms Ransomware is a serious threat if it manages to “set foot” on your operating system. This ransomware seems to be a new variant of Jigsaw Ransomware, which is reported to be sold on the Dark Web for $139. Infecting your system with this malware serves only one purpose: To extort money from you for decrypting your files. So after encrypting your personal files practically in all directories, you are informed about the payment method. This is a sensitive matter whether you pay or not and is totally up to you. But we do not recommend paying since these criminals may not decrypt your files even if you pay and there could be technical failures too in this process, which could sabotage the decryption. Also consider what your files are worth to you because a few old documents and pictures may not be a big loss. As a matter of fact, you should also be able to find a working file recovery tool since our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that the decrypter used for Jigsaw has been updated and should work for this ransomware as well. Nevertheless, most importantly, you should remove Payms Ransomware right away in order to stop this nightmare. Read more »

AdSkip

Posted by on June 10, 2016 No comments
AdSkip

AdSkip looks like a neat reliable and useful application because it claims to block annoying advertisements. However, it does not do that, and we suggest removing it at your earliest convenience. Research has shown that a few months after installing this application it starts to install malicious programs secretly, and we have heard that it can even install Trojans. So this application can jeopardize your computer’s security, and you should get rid of it to ensure that your computer remains malware-free. In this short description, we will tell you about how this application functions, where it comes from and how you can uninstall it. Read more »