Name Type Adware, PUP Short Description Adware.DNS Unlocker belongs to a potentially unwanted program family that display advertisements leading to third-party sites Symptoms Intrusive banners and other forms of ads in the browser. Distribution Method Bundling, unsafe browsing. Detection tool…
Many users have been searching for effective ways to remove the Amazon toolbar from their browsers. The Amazon Toolbar also known as Amazon Smart Search Toolbar is a browser add-on developed to help users of Amazon by showing notifications of…
Users have complained over forums from a site, going by the name Lijit.com. The site has been actively and numerously reported to display links to well-known sources, such as Target, Progressive and Allstate. The reason it is considered dangerous is…
Speedy Media Converter published by Applon Inc. is a program that is advertised as a professional file converter for Windows. The program is available for download on its official website (speedymediaconverter(dot)co). However, it may be available in freeware installers as…
In case, you have experienced heavy advertising administered ‘by PopToTop’ it is highly likely you may have PopToTop Ads on your computer. This particular adware resembles more a money-making scheme than an actual software that may be of use to…
Multiple reports have been issued about an adware program known as LaSuperba. Once the PUP (potentially unwanted program) is installed, the browser may be flooded with suspicious advertisements. The user may also experience redirects to scamming websites employed for phishing.…
A new ad-supported extension, resembling a useful application for watching movies for free, called Movie Junkies New Tab has appeared. Most users report meeting it in sites that are on a similar subject or seeing it appear all of a…
Adware.Bprotector.H is an adware application that has been around for quite some time. The application has several variants and has affected multiple systems since it was first released. Several files associated with Adware.Bprotector.H have been flagged as suspicious and potentially…
Complaints have been issued about a process called dnsdaisetta.exe. According to research, the executable belongs to the potentially unwanted program called DNS Keeper. DNS Keeper has been around for quite some time and it has affected multiple unprotected systems. Read…
You got your browser locked by a blue screen along with a text that you system has been compromised? Pop-ups originating from the number 888-603-4618 are considered by security researchers to be a fake tech support scamming sites. More to…
Palmodeal is an add-on suitable with Mozilla Firefox and available for download on Mozilla add-ons. Even though the add-on is not considered malicious, it may cause several issues on the system and the browser. First of all, Palmodeal is most…
A new ad-supported toolbar has appeared in the form of a browser extension for the most widely used web browsers, developed by the infamous Mindspark Interactive Inc, gathering complaints from users about affected PC performance and heavy advertising. Also, users…
According to research, Picexa is considered a potentially unwanted program. Picexa is designed to support 67 image formats, including specialized formats such as PSD and RAW. The application is developed by Mu Chih Ching Technology Limited – a company based…
Search-123.com is a suspicious search engine, set on your computer by a browser hijacker extension that is ad-supported and advertises third-party supported content. The advertisements are in the form of modified search result content on third-party search engines such as…
You receive pop-ups ‘by Club-Save’ ? Club-Save is an ad-supported browser extension and considered by many to be a potentially unwanted program. It is advertised as a tool that assist consumers during their daily online shopping experience by enabling the…
Several user complaints have been issues regarding an ad-supported application. The adware in question is Ads by Currency and it is reported to generate advertisements. Ads by Currency appear in Google Chrome, but it may affect other widely-used browsers as…
The tb_mywebsearch.exe process belongs to the MyWebSearch toolbar. The executable has been detected by several AV programs as suspicious, potentially unwanted. According to the detection ratio on VirusTotal, the toolbar has a lot to do with the infamous Conduit hijacker.…
ProWebi, also detected as Adware.ProWebi by some security software programs is an unwanted program (PUP) on your computer. The program is classified as dangerous for the user, because it creates multiple files that perform unknown actions on the user PC.…
PicZoomer is yet another potentially unwanted program that may have been installed in a bundled download. On the other hand, PicZoomer’s installer may prompt you to install additional software that you don’t actually want or need. To avoid additional/ recommended…
Istartsurf.com browser hijacker is a suspicious search engine, developed by Greensky Technology Co. that is heavily ad-supported. Its presence on your computer is most likely due to a potentially hazardous browser hijacker, located in it. The suspicious search engine also…
