Boby Lyrics

Posted by Sarah Stewart on September 30, 2013

What is Boby Lyrics?

Boby Lyrics is a browser extension that is more annoying than useful. It is part of the newest batch of browser plug-ins that is supposed to help you search for song lyrics online. It is yet another program that promotes itself with a slogan “YouTube meets Karaoke”, although the question is whether you really need a program with that kind of functions, especially when you need to take into consideration all the side effects that may be dangerous to your system.

Computer security experts usually recommend removing Boby Lyrics and similar applications immediately, because their prolonged stay in your system could expose you to dangerous threats.

Where does Boby Lyrics come from?

Like many other browser extensions Boby Lyrics has tons of ways to enter the system. Most of the time, it is bundled with other freeware, and various fake downloaders at third party websites. Boby Lyrics may come bundled with such toolbars and applications as Delta Search toolbar, Ads not by this site Virus and similar potentially unwanted programs. The point is that you can actually choose whether you want Boby Lyrics installed on your computer or not. During the installation process you are presented with the following setup step:

BobyLyrics will find any lyrics on YouTube and display them alongside the music video you listen to!
BobyLyrics gives you the ability to sings along with every song while watching your favorite music video!
Install BobyLyrics

If you do not un-tick the box that says Install BobyLyrics, the extension will be installed on your computer and a new plugin will be added to your browser. Take note, that Boby Lyrics is compatible with either – Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome web browser.

What does Boby Lyrics do?

The first thing that catches the eye once Boby Lyrics is installed is the additional ads on your browser’s home page. Users also complain about pop-up ads that appear now and then, interfering their browsing sessions. What is more, Boby Lyrics is known to run in the background even when you are not using the application.

It is not a computer infection, but it does preset various security threats that should not and cannot be ignored. Such extensions are vulnerable to third party exploitation, and in such a case it is possible that a malicious third party could make use of Boby Lyrics to distribute malware.

How to remove Boby Lyrics?

In order to protect yourself and your computer from all the potential threats, you need to bar them from entering the system at the very early stages. For that, you will do well to remove Boby Lyrics from your computer. Simply follow the instructions below to uninstall the extension via Control Panel, and then scan your computer with SpyHunter scanner in order to make sure that you have no other potentially dangerous programs left to remove.