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YeaPlayer is a media player that plays both audio and video files of various formats. Even though it seems to work fine, our testing team has deemed it a potentially unwanted program. So, you can keep this application if you want to, but we suggest that you remove it. YeaPlayer in not malicious on its own, but is some cases it comes bundled with adware-type programs that are unreliable. Furthermore, the developer of this player is unknown, so it would be best to find a more reliable alternative for playing media files. Read more »

LightningDownloader claims to be an up-to-date download manager that provides a “comprehensive solution” for the daily download tasks and processes. However, our researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com have found that it is a questionable application and categorized it as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). LightningDownloader can enter your system in a freeware bundle, which means that it may not be your only worry and malware infections might be on board, too. This app also collects information about your browsing habits, including personal, sensitive data, which in the wrong hands might be used to commit online frauds. No matter how innocent or useful this program seems, there are a number of potential risks you take if you keep it on your PC. Thus, we advise you to remove LightningDownloader from your system in order to keep your security and privacy intact. Read more »

eFix Pro is known to be a potentially unwanted program (PUP) for several reasons. First of all, it is advertised on various untrustworthy websites. Secondly, it might enter the system without your permission. Third, it will not do anything beneficial unless you upgrade it. Finally, there are many users’ complaints about this software. If you have already downloaded it, but simply do not like it or if you have simply noticed that it is installed on your computer without your permission, you can always remove this program. It is rather easy to do that because this program can be eliminated via Control Panel. If you have never tried doing that, you can use our manual removal instructions placed below this article. Read more »

Chromatic Browser is advertised as an alternative to Google Chrome, one of the world’s most popular web browsers. But this alternative is not all that great so we suggest that you remove Chromatic Browser and keep using Google Chrome or any other browser of your liking. The browser looks and functions exactly like Chrome, but it has some problems regarding it origins, and the possible inclusion of third-party content for which the developers are not responsible. Therefore, this browser is regarded as a potentially unwanted program that you might want to remove. Read more »

ArcadeHall is not the most dangerous infection you might encounter while browsing the web. Nonetheless, even though this potentially unwanted program is not as dangerous as clandestine Trojans or misleading rogue malware removers, it might be associated with certain security threats. Our researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com have identified this program as a PUP, but it appears that this program is more likely to act as adware. Advertisement-supported software is designed to inject ads, and ArcadeHall has been found to do that. It is this activity that leads us to believe that you should delete this adware from your operating system. Luckily, the removal of ArcadeHall is not that complicated if you know how to proceed. Are you interested in learning more about this adware and its removal? If you are, continue reading. Read more »

If you like to spend some time playing flash games on your computer, you might think that FlashGamesRockstar is a useful application for you. But, once you discover what lies beneath the surface, you will definitely want to remove FlashGamesRockstar. Our security experts at Anti-Spyware-101.com classify this program as a potentially unwanted program (PUP), because it might have undesirable effects on your computer or even harm your system. Most users install this application because it offers free games to play, but, if they do not read the EULA carefully, they might end up with some serious security breach issues. In order to figure out why FlashGamesRockstar might be dangerous to keep and how you can delete it from your system, please read our full report. Read more »

ProPcCleaner is an application developed by Rainmaker Software Group LLC. The program itself seems to be very useful: it promises to boost the system’s performance, reduce various registry issues, and remove unnecessary files. ProPcCleaner itself is not harmful; however, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com have noticed that this program might be distributed via bad downloaders. It seems that the publisher has nothing to do with that because cyber criminals are the ones that use ProPcCleaner as a bait. In order to get a trustworthy version of ProPcCleaner, you have to download it from its official website propccleaner.com. If it happens that you have downloaded this program from some kind of untrustworthy third-party website, you should remove it as soon as possible. We suggest that you remove such a version of ProPcCleaner from the system because there is a possibility that cyber criminals have modified it and placed on the unreliable website for bad purposes. Read more »

Online Video Promoter might seem to be a rather useful program at first sight. It is because this program claims that it can help to increase the number of ad views. Even though this program seems to be really useful, we suggest that you think whether you really want to keep it installed. The main reason why we do not trust Online Video Promoter is the fact that it is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) by our researchers. In addition, our specialists have found that many users complain that Online Video Promoter acts in an unwanted way and even burdens browsing activities. If you have also noticed that after the installation of Online Video Promoter, make sure that you remove this program as soon as possible. You will find out how to get rid of Online Video Promoter if you read through this article. Read more »

Have you found that SweetSurpriseSlots is not as beneficial as it was promoted to be? If you have, you should understand why we recommend deleting it as a potentially unwanted program, or PUP. Even though users have the opportunity to download this application from its unpopular website, sweetsurpriseslots.com, our Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have found that this program could be installed in other ways. For example, you could install this PUP packaged with other programs. In fact, many users reveal that they had no idea that SweetSurpriseSlots existed until they found it offered along with other programs. Needless to say, it is not our recommendation to install unfamiliar programs, even if they look harmless and attractive. If you do not pay attention to this advice, the next time you might install a much more dangerous threat. For now, let’s talk about the removal of SweetSurpriseSlots. Read more »

If you need to open many PDF documents during the day, you might think that RinoReader might help you do that because this program claims to be a lightweight and straightforward PDF viewer. RinoReader itself is really going to act as it promises; however, several disturbing facts about it have still been revealed by our security specialists. Actually, it has even been found that RinoReader might cause harm to your computer. We do not think that you want this to happen, so we recommend that you remove RinoReader as soon as possible. We will explain you why you should do that and provide more information about its removal in this article. Read more »