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CornerSunshine, also known as Corner SunShine, is a suspicious gadget that supposedly can provide you with the latest weather forecast. Although some find this program beneficial, our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team advises deleting it as soon as possible. We classify it as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) for several important reasons that simply cannot be ignored. For one, this suspicious program can record personally-identifiable information. If you think that is normal, we have to warn you that it is not, especially when it comes to software like this. You do not know who could have access to this information and how it could be used. Unfortunately, most users are not concerned about this because they do not even realize that personal information can be collected. Whether or not this is a surprise to you, you should keep reading this report to learn everything you need to know, including the removal of CornerSunshine. Read more »

HDWallpaper is an application that provides you with a variety of free wallpaper options. However, we are not convinced that it is entirely legitimate, and you should consider removing it because it is configured to collect information about you that might be shared with third-party advertisers. So this program can share the collected information with third-parties and makes money off it. Therefore, we have classified HDWallpaper as a potentially unwanted program (PUP.) We do not regard it as malicious, but its origins and features make it rather unreliable. Read more »

USB Locker is a strange application that our research team at Anti-Spyware-101.com recognizes as a potentially unwanted program, o PUP. According to our research, an official website that would represent this program does not exist, which is a bad sign. Legitimate and authentic programs usually rely on their official websites for representation. Because the PUP is not represented, we cannot review the privacy policies and other legal information associated with it. Even illegal, malicious programs might have misleading sites representing them, and so the inexistence of a representative site is truly worrying. On top of that, this poses a serious question regarding the distribution of the program. We have tested this PUP in our internal lab, and we can answer all of your questions regarding it. The most important of these questions, of course, is how to remove USB Locker, and we talk about this in the report as well. If you want to discuss further anything mentioned in this report, you can start a discussion in the comments area below. Read more »

A potentially unwanted program such as DatingSmith is often inconspicuous and difficult to identify. Our security specialists at Anti-spyware-101.com advise that you remove it because it falls into the category of potentially unwanted programs. We have found that some of the websites this program promotes come from shady backgrounds, and we believe that you should not trust them. Furthermore, its ads are quite invasive and will constantly get in the way of your daily computing. To learn more about this rather deceptive application, please read this whole article. Read more »

SportsHero is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that settles in the system as an extension. The add-on can affect only the Google Chrome browsers. It may change your preferences, by replacing the default search engine, homepage, or new tab page. Thus, the browser might start loading Search.mysearch.com every time you open it. We would not recommend you using the search engine as it might show you content that could be potentially harmful. Instead, we would advise users to get rid of the application as soon as possible. There are more trustworthy search engines you could use instead, so there is no need to keep the suspicious software on the system. If you think alike, you should check the removal instructions below the text and erase SportsHero. Read more »

TVHero is a browser extension that is similar to Muzik Fury and Seen On Screen, although unlike the mentioned applications, this one works only on Google Chrome. Apparently, users cannot even access the software’s official site if they use another browser. In any case, we are writing about the application not to encourage users to install it, but rather warn them about it. The extension was categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com noticed that the application comes with a doubtful search engine, which could show you altered search results. Therefore, while using it, you might receive third-party ads that could lead you to malicious web pages. For that reason, we advise against the PUP’s usage. Thus, we are placing a removal guide below the text that will help you get rid of TVHero. Read more »

SportsAddict is a potentially unwanted application that must have entered your computer accidentally. Such programs do not infect you in the original sense of the word because they require user’s permission to be installed on a target computer. However, it is very often that users install more programs than they need or want, and when that happens, it is necessary to delete the unwanted apps. This description tells you more about SportsAddict, and it also provides you the manual removal instructions. Thus, you should do yourself a favor and terminate the unwanted applications before they expose you to potential security threats. Read more »

DiskPower is a program that should look for duplicate files on user’s computer. According to our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com, the application is rather primitive, and it might also work in an unwanted manner. For that reason, it was categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). The problem is that the software might not only search for duplicates, but also display suspicious pop-ups or other content with third-party ads. The advertising could appear on your screen, and since the software can auto-start with Windows, it might be hard to escape these ads. If you find it annoying, we would advise you to delete the application with our removal instructions available at the end of the article. By doing so, you might protect the system from possibly dangerous content. Read more »

SOSO DESK’s promotional slogan states that it is “A free & small device manager.” However, our research has shown that it is a potentially unwanted program that you might want to remove because it will not provide you with a service that can improve your computing experience. Its primary function is to search for files on your PC which is hardly a unique service, but we are more concerned with the fact that it can secretly install malicious programs. Such an action is, of course, unacceptable and even though this particular application is not a malicious we do not recommend using it. Read more »

Proxy Gate is a potentially unwanted program that you might want to remove because it can subject you to commercial advertisements. According to Proxygate.net, Proxy Gate is service based on a large number of secured Socks5 proxies that are provided by volunteers, and it is claimed that these proxies can bypass limitations imposed on users by certain websites due to the location of their original IP address. Note that the version of this program featured on its website is entirely legitimate. However, it also comes bundled, and it is this version that we have classified as potentially unwanted. Read more »