Simple Media Player

Posted by Lisa Blanc on October 21, 2015

What is Simple Media Player?

Simple Media Player is an application that is mostly targeted at Internet users that love to view various videos online. It should provide you with an opportunity to view numerous videos in HD as well as it should provide up-to-date codecs that should smooth the viewing experience. While all these features seem useful, it is important to highlight the fact that malware analysts working at our internal labs have classified this tool as a potentially unwanted program. All those promises are used just so unsuspecting computer users would download and install a program that holds quite a few dubious features without even realizing that. We provide our further findings of this potentially unwanted program in this article. Below we present a detailed guide that will help you remove Simple Media Player in no time whatsoever. test test test

What does Simple Media Player do?

During the analysis, our team has discovered that Simple Media Player could suddenly start presenting you with various warnings while you are simply surfing the web. You might receive a warning in a new tab page informing you that your operating system is at risk of being infected. After investigating these warning messages, we were able to conclude that they are entirely fake and should never be trusted because they might even lead potentially malicious websites. What is even more disturbing about this potentially unwanted program is that it could trigger a download on its own. This means that at random times this questionable tool could download random adware applications or other invasive programs, and you would have no idea that such instance took place. Such silent activity that this tool promotes could have devastating outcomes to put it mildly. Make sure to delete Simple Media Player as it holds almost no valuable traits; and if you think it does the negative traits obviously outweigh the positive ones.

Where does Simple Media Player come from?

Although the official website of Simple Media Player has a working direct download link, our reports show that in a vast amount of cases this dubious tool can be obtained via bundled installers. It is well-known that such software bundles are mostly up for download on suspicious third-party hosting sites. Thus, before downloading any program, you should check it you are getting it from its official vendors’ websites. This is important since official websites do not tend to bundle software like those questionable ones. By bypassing all the dubious web pages and questionable download links on random sites, you will drastically reduce the risk of infecting your operating system with a malicious application. While practicing safe browsing habits is a great way to boost your virtual security it might not always be enough. To be absolutely sure that no dubious program can enter your PC you need to have a professional antimalware tool active on your PC at all times.

How to remove Simple Media Player

Simple Media Player is not that hard to delete since you can remove it via Control Panel. Once you have completed the manual removal, we advise you to run an in-depth analysis of your operating system to be certain that there are no active leftover files or registry entries associated with Simple Media Player. If you happen to find anything related to this potentially unwanted program make sure to terminate it immediately. Otherwise, we would like to recommend scanning your PC with a reliable antimalware tool.