SecurityUtility may be a deceiving name for this application since you would think that it is a useful program to secure your computer. However, in reality, it does the exact opposite. Our security experts classify SecurityUtility as adware. This app does nothing else but litter your screen with a great number of third-party advertisements, which can totally ruin your browsing experience. Of course, there are more serious issues when it comes to adware. Clicking on the ads might land you on malicious websites. Furthermore, SecurityUtility might enter your system with other infections that might harm your computer. It is important that you understand the urgency of removing SecurityUtility from your PC. If you want to know more about this adware and how you can get rid of it, please read our full report. Read more »
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Personal-browser.com
Personal-browser.com seems to be a trustworthy search engine but the truth is that it is often classified as a browser hijacker. The main reason why it is often put under this category is the fact that Personal-browser.com often changes homepages and search engines without permission. If this has happened to you, make sure that you remove Personal-browser.com as soon as possible. It is also very important that you eliminate the toolbar if it has been added to your browsers as well. Unfortunately, Personal-browser.com is not the only search engine that might change the settings of your browsers and thus replace your regular homepage and search provider. Researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com say that you should be very cautious in order not to encounter only-search.com, enhanced-search.com, or buenosearch.com. If it ever happens that you notice their presence, you should definitely not use them. Our instructions will help you to get rid of these search engines. Read more »
RepliApp
Being cautious whenever you browse the web is especially important when there are things like RepliApp roaming around. This application may present itself as a useful browser extension, but we know better than that. RepliApp is an adware application that will collect information on what websites you visit in order to find out what you usually search online. If you fail to remove RepliApp right now, there is a good chance that you could end up getting infected with malware. This could lead to an ultimate system failure or a financial scam, so you should never ignore adware programs even though they do not seem like something dangerous. Read more »
Sliding Coupons
It might seem that you will never miss discounts if you install Sliding Coupons on your system because this program promises to display them to you while you shop online. If we believe the information provided on its official website, Sliding Coupons works on thousands of ecommerce websites. After reading the official website of Sliding Coupons, you might think that this program can really save time and money for you; however, it is not exactly true. Specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com have noticed that Sliding Coupons shows other kinds of advertisements as well. Thus, they classify Sliding Coupons as an advertising-supported application and do not think that it is going to act in a beneficial way. If you have also noticed that Sliding Coupons is rather useless, you should remove it from your system without further consideration. You will be able to get rid of Sliding Coupons very easily if you read through this article. Read more »
BigGameCountdown Toolbar
BigGameCountdown Toolbar is another toolbar that belongs to the Mindspark family of browser plugins. It might be added to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox without permission, but, in most cases, users download it themselves from biggamecountdown.com. Either way, it is better to get rid of BigGameCountdown Toolbar because it does not seem completely trustworthy. Specialists also say that it might even redirect you to other websites after you click on a button placed on this browser plugin. Nobody knows what you will find on these websites, which means that there is a possibility to cause harm to the system. As this browser plugin is not 100% trustworthy, it is advisable to remove it. In fact, you should remove other toolbars that appear on your browsers without your permission as well. Read more »
Search.myweatherxp.com
Computer users might notice the presence of Search.myweatherxp.com on their Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. In most cases, this happens because they agree with its installation on myweatherxp.com; however, many computer users also complain that this search engine has replaced their regular homepages and search providers without permission. It does not really matter whether you have agreed with the changes yourself or if they have been made without your permission because we still think that you have to get rid of Search.myweatherxp.com. There are many reasons why you have to do that. We will list all of them in this article, so continue reading it. Read more »
EmailFanatic Toolbar
EmailFanatic Toolbar is one of the browser plugins published by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. It might be downloaded from its official website emailfanatic.com or it might be added to browsers after users install some kind of untrustworthy program from a third-party website. EmailFanatic Toolbar seems to be very beneficial at first sight: it promises to enable users access their email accounts, convert files, and even get Facebook notifications. Our specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com say that you should not trust this browser plugin completely, especially if it has been added to your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox without your permission. In fact, it would be better to remove EmailFanatic Toolbar because it does not seem to be a 100% trustworthy browser plugin. Read more »
search.findwide.com
If you download the FindWide.com Toolbar, also known as Search.us Toolbar, you might be offered to replace your home page to search.findwide.com. This offer might be added by default, and, if you are not careful, you might install the search tool without realizing it. If you do this, you will find search.findwide.com (or start.search.us.com, services.freshy.com) set as the home page and default search provider. Do you think that this search tool can be trusted? If you read our report, you might change your mind. According to the research conducted in the Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab, most users remove search.findwide.com because they cannot trust this search provider. For one, this search tool displays more ads than reliable search results, and this is the first sign that this search tool deserves removal. We have found a few others reasons to delete search.findwide.com from your Windows operating system. Read more »
Start.alawar.com
There are hundreds of unreliable search engines that might appear on your browsers. Start.alawar.com is one of them. Research has shown that it is usually set when a user downloads some kind of program from alawar.com. This website promotes games mainly, but you might have downloaded Gamebox, which claims to be a convenient Internet search engine, as well. It is definitely not the most important thing when and how Start.alawar.com has appeared on your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox because you should still remove it from the system as soon as possible. You will find all the necessary information regarding the removal of Start.alawar.com in this article, so make sure that you read it from beginning to end. Read more »
Information Vent
Various adware applications are known to roaming the web nowadays. One of the newest adware application discovered by our research teams is known as Information Vent. If you have encountered this infectious program active on your PC, its removal should be carried out immediately since this adware does not hold any beneficial features. Usually, users get their operating system infected due to the misleading marketing strategies that are employed by vendors of this application. On its official website, this ad-supported application is advertised as an excellent tool that would improve your online shopping experience by providing best discount deals and coupons. Unfortunately, these promises are rather misleading since you will only be disturbed while you are browsing the web. Make sure to conduct a complete removal of Information Vent with the help of the detailed guide that we provide below. Read more »
