MusicCougar Removal Guide

Downloading and installing programs is a far more serious business than one might think. For example, you could have installed MusicCougar recently on your computer without even realizing that this application is an adware program that has been developed for monetary purposes. The program should help its creators make money via various online advertising methods, but the problem is that you get nothing in return even though you do most of the job for this application. Do not work for free. Remove MusicCougar from your computer at once and then run a full system scan with the SpyHunter free scanner to locate other potential threats.

The reason we mention additional threats is that MusicCougar seldom gets distributed on its own. The program has an official website, but it is far more common for adware to travel bundled in software packages. Our researchers say that this particular program employs the InstallCore downloader to travel around, and it usually comes bundled with a number of browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs and other adware applications like Sweet-page.com, Yoursearching.com, MyPcBackUp, System Healer, and so on. Although the set of programs you receive may differ according to your location, the fact that MusicCougar is not a safe application remains.

Technically, musiccougar.com offers you to “find great new music online” and stream music for free. But the program itself cannot provide you with such service. Instead, the application redirects you to either Last.fm or Grooveshark. Therefore, MusicCougar is just a proxy application that does not have any original function. Instead, it collects information on the websites you visit and the keywords you enter into your search engine. You cannot believe all those advertisements you see on your screen are random, now do you?

Adware programs do their research. They find out your spheres of interest and then direct custom advertisements at you with the intention to make you click them. For the most part, the links in the advertising windows displayed by MusicCougar lead you to commercial websites. By clicking those ads, you help the people behind this application make easy money. As mentioned before, you do not get anything in return, and even the service or product you have been looking for may turn out to be quite questionable in the end.

What’s more, the most dangerous thing about this application is that it cannot and does not check the reliability of the third party content it promotes through its ads. This means that almost anyone can embed their content in the MusicCougar pop-ups, and if cyber criminals decide to make use of this application for their own purposes, then it is only a matter of time until you get infected with Trojans, ransomware, rogue antispyware, and other types of malware.

Please take your computer’s security seriously and terminate all the dangerous applications immediately. Go to Control Panel and remove MusicCougar from your computer. If you find any other unfamiliar applications while you are at it, delete them, too.

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How to Delete MusicCougar

Windows 10 & Windows 8.1

1. Press Win+R simultaneously and the Run prompt will pop up.
2. Type “control panel” into the Open box and click OK.
3. Go to Uninstall a program and remove the application.

Windows Vista & Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Select Uninstall a program and remove the adware program.

Windows XP

1. Click the Start menu button and navigate to Control Panel.
2. Access Add or remove programs and uninstall the adware application.