Category Archives: Computer Help
GetFreeGifs Toolbar
GetFreeGifs is a browser toolbar owned by Mindspark Interactive Network which creates browser extensions aimed at enhancing users' online experience. The GetFreeGifs toolbar, as the name suggests, deals with GIF file creation. Moreover, the toolbar enables a user to create memes. The seemingly interactive toolbar is promoted in the Chrome web store and on its official website getfreegifs.com, which might not arouse any suspicion. However, the toolbar is also distributed alongside freeware so that you install it inadvertently. ...
Configs
Configs is a browser extension for Google Chrome and a potentially unwanted program or PUP in short. This classification does not mean the application is malicious, although it does not say it is entirely harmless either. Our specialists say there is still a lot we do not know about it, but the details we have discovered so far lets us suspect the program might be introducing users to unreliable advertisements from unknown third parties. Provided, you would not like to see such content on your Google Chrome we recommend eliminating the PUP before anything goes wrong. ...
Smart Pc Mechanic
Smart Pc Mechanic does not look like a dangerous infection, so users often may overlook the fact that this application tends to get installed on their systems accidentally. The truth is that this app is a potentially unwanted program, so it has a few features that might be deemed unwanted, annoying or intrusive. What’s more, it is only obvious that you need to remove Smart Pc Mechanic if it was not your intention to have this program in the first place. For manual removal, please refer to the guidelines below this description. Do not worry; it is not hard to delete this application at all. ...
SpicySEARCH
SpicySEARCH is not an application, which you can trust entirely. While it might seem like a promising tool, you should know that our malware experts have classified it as one more potentially unwanted program, which should not be up and running on your personal computer. Our researchers have made such categorization because this application exhibits invasive and otherwise unwanted functionality. It turns out that it can make undesirable changes to your browser's default settings without any notification or authorization. In turn, browsing the web will become a much more annoying and frustrating experience, to put it mildly. ...
Adamant Search
Adamant Search may show up in your Google Chrome browser as your homepage, new tab, and default search engine; however, you may not even recall installing this browser extension. This may sound strange if you are an inexperienced computer user but unfortunately, it is possible to install this tool without realizing it. Of course, it takes a bit of carelessness on your part because most of the times even these potentially risky tools notify you about the coming browser setting changes, which is usually overlooked by users. ...
PlayCenter Search
A potentially unwanted program (PUP) called PlayCenter Search is introduced to users as a tool that can be used to find and play online games. When the extension is installed onto Google Chrome – the only web browser it is compatible with at this point – it not only provides you with a search field via which you can find some games but it also modifies your default search provider to control the searches initiated via the address bar. Although it is suggested that this modification is meant to help you find games (after you enter “G” into the address bar and press the “Tab” key), our research team is worried that the search provider could be used for the promotion of unreliable links. ...
Awesome Dealers
Awesome Dealers is a suspicious piece of software that you should avoid at all times. We advise you to do so because malware experts at our internal labs have classified it as a potentially unwanted program. During its in-depth analysis, it has been discovered that it can act in a suspicious and intrusive manner. It turns out this dubious application can make unwanted modifications to your browser's default settings without any warning. In turn, browsing the Internet will become an annoying and bothersome experience, to put it lightly. ...
HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar
If you have found this report, the chances are that you want to learn how to delete HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar or that you want to learn more about this suspicious, potentially unwanted program (PUP) before you decide whether installing or eliminating it is the better move. Our research team has recently reviewed this suspicious toolbar, and it appears that it works in the same way that MyEasyLotto Toolbar, HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar, NewNoteCenter Toolbar, and other toolbars created by the infamous Mindspark Interactive Network do. ...
Memberacy Search
If your all searches go through Memberacy Search, there is a huge possibility that you have the undesirable browser extension installed. It must be Memberacy, a piece of software that is promoted with a slogan “search everything and find it,” specialists say. We are not surprised that there are people who willingly install it on their browsers because it promises that they could search the web with “confidence, accuracy and pride” if they download it. It is not very popular yet, judging from the total number of users who have installed it from the Chrome Web Store, but this might change one day. ...
PlayCenter Home
If you ever discover an application that goes by the name of PlayCenter Home, make sure to do everything in your power to refrain from it at all times. We advise you to do so because, malware experts at our internal labs have classified this piece of software as one more potentially unwanted program, which should not be active on your personal computer. Such category has been assigned because this application exhibits quite a few invasive features. As it turns out, it can make undesirable changes to your web browser's default functionality without any notification or authorization. ...
