Poposhidu

Posted by Lisa Blanc on October 9, 2015

What is Poposhidu?

Poposhidu is a generic adware application that gets installed by chance on multiple computers worldwide. Users are not aware of the fact they are setting up this application on their computers. Although the program needs your permission to enter, it is not conspicuous enough to be noticed at once. This also means that when you get down to removing Poposhidu, you should look for more unwanted programs because you are bound to have tons. Adware programs seldom travel alone so, when it comes to potentially harmful software, it never rains, but it pours. And you definitely need to stock up on umbrellas with this one.

Where does Poposhidu come?

The program does not have an official website so it cannot be installed directly. It is also rather hard to track down an individual sample of the application, but our research shows Poposhidu comes from the same group of adware applications as TomorrowGames, PrintOnKey, DoReMe, FlashBeat, LolliKey, and many others. These programs sound like they should help you with something, but in the end they turn out to be just another bunch of annoying applications that only care about making easy money. Poposhidu is no exception. If you do not get rid of it at once, soon enough the application will be spamming you with commercial content, trying to generate profit for its developers.

What does Poposhidu do?

Truth be told, the tactics employed by this application are not illegal. It is perfectly fine to promote third-party content, and if it happens to be potentially harmful, that is not something Poposhidu would worry about. In their privacy policy, adware applications renounce responsibility for the third party content, so if you happen to click a corrupted link and land on a dangerous website, you would have to deal with the consequences on your own.

Another thing to keep in mind about Poposhidu is that the application employs tracking techniques to monitor your online activities. It may not log your keystrokes to steal your logins and passwords, but some of the collected information could be shared with unreliable third parties for marketing purposes. Then you would have to suffer an even more intrusive onslaught of commercial advertising.

The point is that Poposhidu does not check what kind of content is promoted in its ads, so even cyber criminals could embed their links in those ads as long as they know how to do it. Consequently, clicking the corrupted links would eventually result in a cyber (and perhaps financial) disaster.

All the evidence shows that you should waste your time no longer. Poposhidu must be dealt with immediately, so the sooner you get rid of this application, the better.

How do I remove Poposhidu?

All the programs from this group can be uninstalled via Control Panel. The manual removal is easy and efficient. However, this does not mean that that puts an end to it. Remember all the additional programs we have mentioned in the first paragraph? They are definitely there, so, right after the manual Poposhidu removal, you should scan your PC with the SpyHunter free scanner.

Only a reliable computer security tool will help you evaluate the current status of your system, and at the same time you will be able to safeguard your computer from other threats. Do what is best for your device.