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BetterBabyGuide Toolbar

BetterBabyGuide Toolbar might be added to your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers. This browser plugin looks very useful, especially if you are expecting a child because you will be able to access the list of baby names and meanings, pregnancy calendars, and much more straight from your browser. Unfortunately, BetterBabyGuide Toolbar has several drawbacks as well; thus, if you do not like it for any reasons, you can delete BetterBabyGuide Toolbar anytime. Do not worry if you do not know how to do that because we are here to help you. Continue reading if you want to find out how to delete this unwanted software. Read more »

Surfing Safeguard

Surfing Safeguard is an adware application that pretends it has several useful functions. The program says it can protect you from malware attacks when you browse the Internet. Judging from its promises, Surfing Safeguard is supposed to block malware-related pages, but it is very unlikely that the application will do so. Rather than protecting you from harm, Surfing Safeguard displays a lot of annoying commercial ads that interrupt your web browsing and lead you to unreliable websites. To protect yourself from potential threats, you have to remove Surfing Safeguard from your system without further ado. Read more »

Malt Mark

Malt Mark is a free browser add-on that offers you quick access to online shopping and other websites by displaying third-party advertisements. The Malt Mark browser add-on displays advertisements that are not endorsed by the developers of the program, and, by installing this program, you give your permission to Malt Mark to provide you with different types of ads, including pop-ups, interstitial advertisement, in-line ads, coupons, etc. Our team categorizes this program as adware, so we recommend that you remove it from the computer as soon as you can, unless you want to risk your privacy. Read more »

Boggles.co

Boggles.co is a suspicious search engine that may replace the home page of your Google Chrome, IE, and Firefox browsers. It is clear that the search tool is somehow related to the Search Suggest browser extension. In the bottom right corner of the home page of Boggles.co you can find a tag suggesting that the search engine is “powered by SearchSuggest”, and if you click the presented link, you will be routed to searchsuggest.co. Furthermore, if you click the link to the Privacy Policy found at bottom of the search page, you will be routed to searchsuggest.co/privacy. It is possible that the search engine and the browser extension have been created by the same people. It is also possible that you will need to remove Boggles.co after installing SearchSuggest. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers recommend removing both the add-on and the search tool. Read more »

CompareNBuy

CompareNBuy is an application that might enter your system without your permission. If you have already detected it and cannot remember downloading it yourself, you should delete CompareNBuy as soon as possible. The application is not beneficial at all; thus, there is no doubt that you will not miss it. If you still decide to keep this program on the system, you should know that various ads will appear every time you surf the web. It is very likely that these ads are very active on shopping websites; thus, you will not be able to shop online freely. Even though ads do not look harmful at all, they might still take you to unreliable websites. Therefore, we recommend that you stop them from appearing as soon as possible. In order to do that, you will have to delete CompareNBuy from the system. In the meantime, you should ignore all those commercials completely. Read more »

Settings Manager

Settings Manager is an adware helper which is usually related to the infamous browser hijacker Default-search.net. Both the hijacker and the adware helper are published by Aztec Media Inc., and this company can use different tactics to spread the unreliable software to as many operating systems as possible. According to malware researchers working in the Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab, it is necessary to remove Settings Manager and Default-search.net from your operating system. If you do not delete the adware helper, it is most likely that you will not be allowed to replace the undesirable search tools as well. Needless to say, this is not the only reason why Settings Manager has been installed onto your operating system. Read more »

Daily ImageBoard Toolbar

Daily ImageBoard Toolbar is an application created by Mindspark Interactive Network. Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers are well aware of this company, because they have analyzed plenty of other applications created and distributed by it. BetterCareerSearch Toolbar, ReferenceBoss Toolbar, and EliteUnzip Toolbar are just a few other Mindspark applications that computer users may have to delete. Do you need to delete these programs? Do you need to remove Daily ImageBoard Toolbar? In certain cases, this may be very important, and so we recommend reviewing our in-depth analysis. If you read the article, you will be able to make an informed decision about the removal of the toolbar. Read more »

Background Host Virus

Background Host Virus is a severe computer infection that can result in a personal data theft and system crash. You most probably installed Background Host Virus accidentally while browsing an adware related website or when you opened a spam email attachment. There are several computer infections that can be referred to as Background Host Virus. You have to invest in a legitimate computer security application and remove Background Host Virus automatically because manual removal is not something you should attempt. We are dealing with a very dangerous computer threat here, and you should leave it to professionals. Read more »

WebToSave Ads

WebToSave Ads are different types of advertisements that you can encounter after installing the adware program WebToSave. We recommend that you avoid interacting with WebToSave Ads and remove the program that is responsible for the display of all those web banners, coupons, in-line advertisements, etc. Any advertising-supported program can pose some risk because it may provide you with a deceptive advertisement, and a single click may lead to the execution of a dangerous malware program. Internet-savvy computer users should avoid installing programs that have a shady past or poor reputation in order to prevent system malfunctions and other system performance related-issues. Therefore, if you want to be sure that the system is adware-free, it is high time you took action to remove WebToSave Ads from your Internet browsers. Read more »

OfferCrowd

OfferCrowd will display annoying pop-up advertisements if you install it onto your operating system. The suspicious advertisement-supported program can be installed onto the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer web browsers from offercrowd.com. Of course, most users install it packaged with other programs presented by third-party software distributors. The application is installed together with tracking cookies that are used to collect information about your virtual activity. If you disclose personal information while using the ad-supported program, the tracking cookies will collect that as well. If you remove OfferCrowd tracking cookies, information about your activity will not be collected. Of course, the annoying advertisements will continue flooding your browsers. In order to disable these, you have to delete the ad-supported program. Read more »