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PriceSparrow is a potentially unwanted program that is classified as browser plug-in. It is one of those applications that are supposed to help you save money when you shop online. Although PriceSparrow may present attractive deals once you open online shopping malls, you should think twice before clicking on its messages. Such plug-ins could be easily misused by cyber criminals for malware distribution, and you should never rule out such a possibility with PriceSparrow. Thus, computer security specialists urge you to remove PriceSparrow from your PC as soon as possible, at the same time safeguarding the system from any potential harm. Read more »

Is Your Pc Slow Ads is a group of commercial advertisements that get displayed on your browser window, when you have your browser settings changed by a potentially unwanted application. This advertising network is utilized as a social engineering technique in order to promote third party content. Users are strongly recommended to remove Is Your Pc Slow Ads and all the related applications from their computers, because prolonged exposure to pop-up ads and other third party content might eventually result in a dangerous malicious infection. Regular computer scans with antimalware program may prevent system security risks. Read more »

No Java Detected is a pop-up which is considered to be an advertisement supported program (adware). Even though the information presented through the notification suggests the installation of Java or its updates, what you will install through it is other adware and undesirable plugins. Do you want to have your Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers flooded with advertisements or corrupted by unfamiliar extensions? Anti-spyware-101.com researchers warn that even though such activity may seem harmless at first, soon enough this is what could lead to much more serious virtual security risks. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you remove No Java Detected related computer infections and potentially undesirable programs. Read more »

If the pop-up message with a warning that the Problems have been detected with your Flash Player version has been displayed to you while you were browsing the internet, you should not panic or take any serious actions. The only thing what you should do, is to know that this warning is fake. If you have noticed such message, it is, unfortunately, very probable that you have other malicious programs onto your computer. You should remove them from your system if you want to prevent this pop-up warning from appearing. It is known that the message itself is probably created in order to distribute other unwanted programs by luring you into downloading and installing them straight on the system. Read more »

Websearch.toolksearchbook.info is a browser hijacker which changes the settings of the browsers without the user’s permission. If your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are modified, that is, your home page is changed to websearch.toolksearchbook.info and the default search engine is changed to WebSearch, take action to remove it from the PC. The browser hijacker can be distributed by seemingly harmless applications, including bundled installers. Read more »

Jds.pathopti.net is an advertising service that sends pop-ups to a computer which contains a program which displays coupons or the lyrics of the songs available on YouTube. Since such programs are usually categorized as adware, it is advisable to remove that specific program from the system. Jds.pathopti.net is likely to appear at the top of a pop-up or a pop-under but you may also find some other domain addresses, which also attempt to promote various websites. Read more »

WeDownload Manager is an installer platform used for software distribution and which can be downloaded from wedownload.com. It claims to be a very useful piece of software because it will help you to find and download various programs, including games, faster and easier. This software works with all the Windows operating systems, which means that there is a possibility that many computer users will face WeDownload Manager. However, you should not be so trustful. This software might cause harm to your security as well, which is why we recommend that you remove WeDownload Manager from your computer. In order to do that, you can acquire an antimalware tool or you can do that manually. Read more »

FreeSOFTtoday is a free desktop application which is available at freesofttoday.com and can also be bundled with other free programs. Once installed, it displays a pop-up window which invites you to try applications for your smart phone. In order to get access to the selected application, the user has to click on it and then click the button next to title of the application.  The programs that are available through freeSOFTtoday are free or at a reduced price. FreeSOFTtoday also works on Windows phone, iOS, Android and Mac. Moreover, you have probably noticed that freeSOFTtoday promotes an additional program. It is bundled with Bonanza Deals, which we analyzed earlier this year. If you have installed freeSOFTtoday by mistake, keep on reading to find out how to remove it from the PC. Read more »

If you have discovered Outobox running on your personal computer then you must have discovered all of the suspicious pop-up deals flooding your Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers as well. As the official promotion indicates (outbox.net), the application enables certain tools to discover information which later on could be used to present you with sponsored search results, online deals and price comparison services. These may appear beneficial to those Windows users who are interested in spending their money online in a smart manner. Despite this, Outobox removal is strongly recommended to all Windows XP/Vista/7 and Windows 8 users. If you do not perform this task soon enough your browsers could be flooded with advertisements produced by third parties, and there is no secret that trusting unfamiliar parties could be quite dangerous. Read more »

There is no doubt that priam_bho.dll is a browser helper object which belongs to the suspicious Wajam. It has been discovered that the file may exist in different sizes, from 260,104 to 297,056 bytes; however, it is usually located under %PROGRAMFILES%. For example, if you are running Internet Explorer on your operating system and it gets affected by the suspicious program, it is likely that you will discover the dynamic link library file existing under %PROGRAMFILES%\Wajam\IE\priam_bho.dll. In many cases Wajam is considered to be a PUP, or potentially unwanted program, which is why priam_bho.dll removal may be something you wish to perform. Overall, it is clear that besides presenting authentic services the tool may also lead to certain risks. Please continue reading to learn more about this. Read more »