What is loffinam?
Loffinam is an adware application that can expose you to potentially harmful content. Developers create adware applications for a number of different purposes. Some may be designed to monitor website traffic or redirect users to affiliate websites for monetary purposes. However, in general such applications as loffinam are no malicious by nature. The problem is that they can be used by malevolent third parties to promote corrupted content. You can never be sure whether loffinam ads are safe, so it would be for the best to remove this application from your computer for good.
Where does loffinam come from?
Loffinam is very similar to TowerTilt, ResultsBay, Laflurla and a number of other adware programs from SuperWeb family. Supposedly, they are developed by SuperWeb LLC, but if you were to try and download loffinam from its official homepage at loffinam.net, you would see that the direct download link is unavailable.
This leads us to only one conclusion – loffinam is distributed bundled with other freeware apps. In fact, based on our research, this application usually comes bundled with third-party downloaders and installers. In some cases, it may even include installers of legitimate programs! However, that happens only when you download programs from unreliable third-party websites.
If you need a new program, download it from its official website. If you are about to install a freeware application, read ALL THE installation steps carefully, because more often than not users are informed about additional software, they just fail to notice it.
What does loffinam do?
Since this program is an adware application, loffinam displays commercial advertisements. It adds extensions to Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers. Although the official website claims that Google Chrome is compatible with loffinam, the browser remained unaffected during our tests.
With loffinam extension installed on your browser, whenever you open bestbuy.com, ebay.com, amazon.com or any other online shopping website, you will see a variety of shopping suggestions via loffinam. It will also display a banner ad, offering you to purchase your favorite goods at an optimal price.
It would be good if loffinam could really help you save money when you shop online. However, this extension can bring more harm than good, so you should not keep it on your PC. Do not forget that SuperWeb apps are often exploited by cybercriminals, so if you want to protect your system you must terminate loffinam right now.
How to remove loffinam?
Since this app has an entry on the list of installed programs, you can uninstall loffinam via Control panel. You will also need to delete it manually from Mozilla Firefox Add-ons section, because Control Panel removal does not work for this browser.
After manual removal, you ought to scan your PC with SpyHunter free scanner in search of other potentially unwanted programs. Terminate them all (if any) and invest in a licensed antispyware tool.
Manual loffinam Removal
Windows 8
- Slide mouse cursor to the bottom right of the screen.
- Click Settings on Charm bar and go to Control Panel.
- Select Uninstall a program and remove loffinam.
Windows Vista & Windows 7
- Open Start menu and click Control Panel.
- Select Uninstall a program and remove loffinam.
Windows XP
- Click Start menu button and go to Settings.
- Open Control Panel and select Add or remove programs.
- Uninstall loffinam.
Remove loffinam from Mozilla Firefox
- Press Ctrl+Shift+A and Add-ons manager tab will open.
- Disable and remove loffinam from Extensions.
- Restart browser for the changes to take effect.
tested removal of loffinam*
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