What is Bookmarks Button?
Do you use your bookmarks on Google Chrome? If you do, and you are trying to find a tool to help you organize them, Bookmarks Button might come into picture. This extension is meant to help you access the bookmarked items quicker, but all it can do is create a button that is analogous to the “Other bookmarks” tool or the double-arrow icon that is placed on the right of the bookmarks that are at the top of your browser. Basically, the extension does nothing useful, and that is one of the reasons Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers identify it as a potentially unwanted program and why they recommend removing it from your Google Chrome browser immediately. Unfortunately, there might be more to this add-on than just being useless. It could also be intrusive and malicious and unreliable. So, are you willing to take a risk for a tool that does not even offer useful services? If you are not, delete Bookmarks Button.
How does Bookmarks Button work?
Bookmarks Button is just as worthless as SearchPrivately, Incognito Start Button, and other Chrome-compatible extensions that offer services that are already integrated in the browser. So, what is the point for developing them? It is possible that the services are meant to hide such activity as the collection of private data or the placement of sponsored content. For example, have you started seeing more ads after installing this potentially unwanted program? That is just one of the possibilities, but, in reality, the activity of this PUP is a complete mystery because there is no official information about it. Although the extension is promoted at bookmarksbtn.com, and the installer routes to the Chrome app store installer at chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bookmarks-button/nmkenpelbkmeamekejjokaldhmmdkkkk (right now, it does not work), no information is offered. You do not know who created the PUP, and you cannot check the company’s policies towards you virtual security. Trusting software like that is like playing with fire.
Although an official installer is available, Google Chrome users are likely to attract Bookmarks Button when downloading different programs. On the other hands, additional software could be downloaded by those who specifically desire to acquire the potentially unwanted program. It all comes down to the installer representing this software. While the official installer offers only the PUP, third-party installers could offer the extension via a software bundle. Why are bundles untrustworthy? Well, because they can contain all kinds of programs, including other PUPs and dangerous malware. Have you acquired the add-on via a random installer? If you have, you MUST scan your PC to check if the potentially unwanted program is the most serious piece of software you are dealing with. Hopefully, that is the case. If you discover that you are facing more dangerous infections, attend to them first but do not forget that Bookmarks Button is not a reliable Google Chrome extension either.
How to delete Bookmarks Button
After reading this report, what is your opinion about Bookmarks Button? You should now identify it as a potentially unwanted program that does not offer beneficial services and that could potentially be unreliable. If your decision is to delete this suspicious extension, you have to figure out how to do it. If other threats are active, utilizing a legitimate anti-malware tool might be quickest and easiest; not to mention the protection you would get from it. Now, if you are interested only in the removal of Bookmarks Button, you can follow the instructions below. They show how to eliminate the unwanted extension, as well as cookies that could be placed along with it to spy on you and transmit the recorded data. Should you have more questions and want to discuss the PUP further, use the comments section to start a conversation.
Removal Instructions
- Open Google Chrome and tap keys Alt+F.
- Select More tools to expand a menu with more options.
- Click Extensions to find all installed add-ons.
- Click the recycle bin next to Bookmarks Button.
- Choose Remove.
- Tap Alt+F and select More tools again.
- Click Clear browsing data…
- Choose the right time range and mark the right boxes.
- Click CLEAR BROWSING DATA.
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