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Walletbee

Walletbee is a computer application developed by DealPly Technologies Ltd. Even though the company is best known for the DealPly adware, our researchers have discovered that this particular application mimics less known but equally as suspicious applications PriceFountain, PennyBee, and Offerblvd. If any of these programs are running on the operating system, we recommend that you delete them right away. If you do not disable these applications, you may have to deal with different unreliable offers and advertisements. If you do not know how to remove Walletbee or the associated infections, we suggest reading our report. It was conducted using the recent analysis of the disturbing adware. Read more »

SurfKeepIt

SurfKeepIt is a browser add-on that displays obtrusive pop-up advertisements while you are browsing commercial and non-commercial websites. SurfKeepIt displays coupons, web banners, and other advertisements while you are using Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. If you have the Google Chrome browser, you have to activate the program because it is disabled by the browsers once installed. SurfKeepIt provides you with third-party advertisements; hence, it is categorized as adware. SurfKeepIt can be removed from certain security programs, and if you want to know what anti-malware program you should use, move down to the last section. Read more »

ShopDiscounts

ShopDiscounts is a browser add-on that accompanies you on every website and provides with various commercial and non-commercial offers. The program is compatible with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome; however, the latter browser disables this program once it is installed. ShopDiscounts displays coupons, web banners, pop-ups, and other advertisements to enhance your shopping experience, but, if you have ShopDiscounts on your computer, you have probably noticed that the program displays pop-ups that have nothing to do with your search terms and interests. It is so because ShopDiscounts displays third-party advertisements. Our malware researchers have categorized this browser add-on as adware and recommend that you remove it from the computer as soon as you can. Read more »

Yaimo Search

Yaimo Search is a suspicious search engine that is promoted by Yaimo extension. This extension promises to help computer users search the best websites and offers; thus, many computer users install Yaimo extension themselves. Of course, it does not mean that it cannot slither onto the computer without user’s permission. You will definitely notice the presence of this extension because it will change your homepage to Yaimo.com. On top of that, it will modify the icons of your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, which means that you will not be able to get rid of Yaimo Search easily and quickly. In order to do that, you will have to get rid of Yaimo Search first. If you do so, it will not be very difficult to remove Yaimo Search as well. Read more »

GoSaveNow

The disturbing browser extension GoSaveNow is represented as a beneficial program; however, it cannot be trusted. The suspicious program is linked to third-party advertisers who may promote the services and products of highly unreliable companies and parties. As Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered when analyzing the suspicious advertisement-supported program, it could be employed to present highly disturbing banner, pop-up, pop-under, or interstitial advertisements. It is up to you whether you want to interact with these ads or not; however, we certainly do not recommend it. What we do recommend is immediate GoSaveNow removal. If you delete the application now, you will not need to worry about the offers which may be misleading and completely unreliable. Read more »

Your personal files are encrypted

Your personal files are encrypted is the title line of a ransomware warning that is displayed on your screen when the computer is infected with a piece of ransomware called Critroni.A or CTB-Locker_Critoni Ransomware. The Your personal files are encrypted warning is displayed after your files are encrypted, and, in order to regain access to your data, which include a wide range of files, you are supposed to pay 0.5 BTC, which is roughly $240 USD. If you have restarted the computer, and no warning is displayed, it does not mean that you have removed the Your personal files are encrypted infection. Your files are still encrypted, and, if you want to find out what has to be done to regain access to your data, keep reading. Read more »

WordExtra

Computer users download WordExtra thinking that the program can be put to use. Unfortunately, the application promoted at wordextra.com does not appear to be very useful. Despite the promises to make word meaning searches less stressful and more seamless, this browser extension is more often discussed as an advertisement-supported program. The original services of the program are shadowed by the different pop-up and banner advertisements which may show up due to the existing adware. We suggest you remove WordExtra as an advertisement-supported program as well. If you read the report, you will learn how the application may enter your operating system, how it acts once installed, and how you can delete it without any fuss. If any questions arise, do not hesitate to post them in the comment section below. We will assist you at our best ability as soon as possible. Read more »

FuNNDeals

FuNNDeals may start running on the PC without your knowledge because in some cases this disturbing browser extension can enter without permission. Needless to say, this is a sign that the application runs in an illegal manner, due to which you cannot trust it. Our highly experienced malware analysts here at Anti-Spyware-101.com indicate that the application has been created on the justplugit engine, which means that the program cannot be trusted even if you have agreed to install it onto the computer yourself. Keep in mind that this particular engine has been used to develop PriceChop, SmartCompare, CodecEX, and other disturbing ad-supported programs which must be deleted right away. You must remove FuNNDeals from the operating system as well. Read more »

SmartShopper

SmartShopper is a program that will allow you to search your favorite online stores and compare prices as well find the best deals. On top of that, you will be provided with product and stores reviews. The program seems very beneficial at first sight; however, you should still be very cautious because this program is nothing more than just an advertising-supported application. This adware was very active in 2007; however, it does not mean that it is impossible to encounter it nowadays. If you have already detected it on the system, you should better erase it entirely because this software is not the most reliable one. According to the specialists of SmartShopper, it might even cause harm to your system’s security. Thus, you should eliminate it as soon as possible if your computer’s safety is important to you. Read more »

SmartCompare

SmartCompare is an advertisement-supported program which may be recognized as SmaertCoamPPare, SmaRtCompare, or an application with other obvious name modifications. The developers of the program introduce different names to aggravate its removal. Some security tools which should delete malware automatically may require specific titles of a particular threat to perform removal. Of course, this type of security software is unreliable and cannot be trusted with the removal of any malware. Unfortunately, it is necessary to delete SmartCompare from the operating system. If you do not remove the disturbing program, all kind of disturbing offers, deals, suggestions and recommendations will start appearing on the web pages you visit. Even though these ads may look reliable, we do not recommend clicking on them. Read more »