Category Archives: Computer Help
SearchPrivately
SearchPrivately, or Search Privately, is an add-on that, at the moment, only Google Chrome users can acquire. Although this add-on does not have an official installer, it can be downloaded from the Chrome app store at chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-privately-for-chro/ilankfglddpnffknmceijpnhidchfdji. This installer is not extremely popular, and it is believed that the add-on is distributed by third parties. That is bad news because these third-party distributors could bundle the suspicious extension with much more unreliable and misleading pieces of software. ...
ShutdownTime
ShutdownTime is a questionable application that claims to be a time manager that offers “Automatic Shutdown/Start after a todolist” but it may indirectly pose as a potential threat to your system security. Therefore, we have classified this program as a potentially unwanted program, or PUP. We have found that this PUP is very similar to DiskPower and Speedownloader. Unfortunately, this software can spread in bundled version that may also install an ad-supported program that could expose you to potentially unreliable advertisements. ...
WorldOfNotes Toolbar
A new page with a search box and two buttons Add New Note and Add New List can mean only one thing – WorldOfNotes Toolbar, the newest product of Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc., is installed on your computer. There are two possible reasons you have it. First, you could have clicked the Download button on its official website, or you have installed it with the click of a button from the Chrome Web Store. WorldOfNotes Toolbar acts the same no matter where users get it from, i.e., it changes browsers’ settings. Specifically speaking, it alters a default homepage and an URL a New Tab opens. ...
Bookmarks Button
Bookmarks Button may look like a reliable browser extension, but it comes from an unknown source which makes it unreliable. Furthermore, it offers its users a rather unnecessary, useless function which is a bookmarks bar, never mind that Google Chrome (the only compatible browser) has its own bookmarks bar. Therefore, we have classified this extension as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and recommend that you remove it from your browser because this application is next to useless. ...
Conversor PDF
It looks like Conversor PDF comes together with a browser hijacker known as Findgofind.com. The extension itself falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs or PUPs in short. Currently, it works only on Google Chrome, so, for now, it should not be encountered by users of other browsers, although we cannot say if the application will ever get updated to be compatible with different browsing applications. Since the extension comes with a browser hijacker, we highly doubt it can be considered as trustworthy. ...
Pcguardian Registry Cleaner
Pcguardian Registry Cleaner, at first sight, might seem like a great tool to have active on your operating system. On its official website, it is advertised as an application that can clean your computer from errors and maintain it that way. Due to such functionality, your computer should operate more smoothly. Unfortunately, that is not entirely the case in reality. Our malware researchers have conducted this application's in-depth analysis and eventually classified it as one more potentially unwanted program. Such categorization has been made for a couple of reasons. ...
Cancel Tabs Closing
Before adding Cancel Tabs Closing onto your browser, you should carefully consider if you need such a tool. The add-on falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs as our researchers report it could have undesirable qualities, for example, display targeted advertisements. No doubt such content can be both irritating and potentially dangerous if there is not knowing where it could originate from and lead the user to. More details will be provided further in the text; thus, if you encountered Cancel Tabs Closing or even placed it on your browser without learning more about the application first, we would advise you to do this now. ...
Your Mini Truetest Extension
Your Mini Truetest Extension is advertised as a Google Chrome extension that enables users to open mini versions of websites with the click of a button. It claims that this should help users to save some time because they will no longer need to go to type URLs of websites they want to open. Since this extension is promoted as a beneficial piece of software, we have not found the fact that some users click the Add to Chrome button and willingly install this extension surprising. If you are among those users, you should know that you are not allowed to keep this extension. Undoubtedly, you must remove it also if it has entered your computer illegally. ...
AbridorPDF
AbridorPDF is a new questionable Google Chrome browser extension that may pose a potential threat to your virtual security by promoting a risky search engine. This Spanish-language extension offers you a third-party website where you can unlock locked PDF documents. Since it is quite possible that this tool appears on your system under questionable circumstances, we have labeled it as a potentially unwanted program, or PUP. Unfortunately, it is quite possible that this PUP has entered your computer along with more dangerous malware infections. ...
BizarreHall
You need to think very carefully if BizarreHall is an extension you want to install and trust. Our research team has recently inspected this suspicious extension, and the conclusion is that it is another potentially unwanted program that might try to use attractive services to conceal more questionable services. In this case, the PUP promises to provide users with relevant, trending content, but our researchers warn that it also can manipulate your web searching, and it could potentially record information about you. It is believed that the creator of this suspicious add-on also stands behind Baboom, Polimva, and Sadooma add-ons. ...
