PriceSparrow

Posted by Max Lehmann on February 3, 2014

What is PriceSparrow?

PriceSparrow is a potentially unwanted program that is classified as browser plug-in. It is one of those applications that are supposed to help you save money when you shop online. Although PriceSparrow may present attractive deals once you open online shopping malls, you should think twice before clicking on its messages. Such plug-ins could be easily misused by cyber criminals for malware distribution, and you should never rule out such a possibility with PriceSparrow. Thus, computer security specialists urge you to remove PriceSparrow from your PC as soon as possible, at the same time safeguarding the system from any potential harm. test

Where does PriceSparrow come from?

PriceSparrow has its official website at pricesparrow.com. You can easily download the plug-in there. Nevertheless, it could be possible for this plug-in to travel bundled with other shareware applications via third party file hosting web pages. In such a case, it might be the case that users install PriceSparrow without even realizing it, as the plug-in might get installed automatically, without even notifying you.

However, you should not panic. Since it is a mere browser plug-in, PriceSparrow cannot do any harm to your computer on its own. In fact, it is a browser add-on compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and other browsers, designed to provide you with the best online shopping deals.

What does PriceSparrow do?

As it has just been mentioned, the primary function of PriceSparrow is to display the optimal deal offers when you access such online shopping pages as eBay or Amazon. The plug-in collects information on your web browsing habits, and then processes the data in order to provide you with the most relevant offers.

It may sound useful and convenient, but by collecting data on your web browsing history PriceSparrow also somewhat trespasses your privacy. After all, you need to remember that such plug-ins are highly vulnerable to third party exploitation, so PriceSparrow could leak this personally non-identifiable data to third parties for marketing purposes. Or even worse – the plug-in might get exploited to display deals and pop-up ads with corrupted links embedded. Eventually, it may even lead to a malware infection.

How to remove PriceSparrow?

Here it should be pointed out that malware infection is not a definite outcome in this situation. In fact, PriceSparrow may be more annoying than dangerous, but you should not take your chances. Uninstall PriceSparrow from your computer and then scan the system with a licensed computer security application that would remove all the other potentially unwanted files. Do not forget that such plug-ins are bound to leave various leftovers when they are removed from the PC manually.

Safeguard your PC against various threats and should you have any further questions about PriceSparrow’s removal, you can always contact us by leaving a comment below.