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Rad Raven

Rad Raven

Rad Raven is an adware application that collects information about your browsing habits and shows you ads it guesses to be relevant, going by the information it gathered. According to its official Internet page, “Website navigation is enhanced with Rad Raven.” There’s literally no other information on that page. Would you trust a product that has nothing else to say about what it does and how it works? We certainly wouldn’t, leading us to recommend removing Rad Raven immediately. Read more »

AVbytes Win 7 Protection 2015

AVbytes Win 7 Protection 2015 is a rogue anti-spyware program that, according to the title, offers protection for your computer. The truth is that if this was true, AVbytes Win 7 Protection 2015 would remove itself. Getting onto your computer without permission, it will immediately start causing trouble. Whatever you do, please remove AVbytes Win 7 Protection 2015 from your computer at once if you had the misfortune of getting it. Read more »

AVbytes XP Antivirus 2015

AVbytes XP Antivirus 2015 is a rogue antispyware application that is a dangerous computer infection. It usually arrives bundled with additional malware, so if you notice the rogue’s window pop up on your computer’s screen, you are up in some deep trouble. Nevertheless, panicking will not help solve this problem. You need to invest in a licensed computer security application to remove AVbytes XP Antivirus 2015 from your system automatically. Manual removal is no recommended unless you are a computer security expert. Take all the possible measures the get rid of this fake antivirus program. Read more »

Your Operating System Has Errors pop-up

Your Operating System Has Errors pop-up may show up in a banner advertisement, and you should not ignore it. Clicking on this pop-up is not what you should do either; however, you must figure out why you are being introduced to the suspicious advertisement. Some users will face this ad simply because they visit unreliable websites. Stay away from unreliable torrent and file-sharing sites, as well as adult-content related websites, because these are mostly used by unreliable advertisers. Of course, the disturbing pop-up may show up if malware is already active on your PC, and this may be an issue. If you want to learn how to delete Your Operating System Has Errors pop-up and remove the related malware from your operating system, this is an article you should read. Read more »

Mysearchpage.net

Mysearchpage.net

Mysearchpage.net is a search engine that is very similar to Start.mysearchs.com and bit-search.net in a sense that it might appear instead of your regular homepage. Of course, the changes will be done without your permission because Mysearchpage.net is a typical browser hijacker. The changes will be applied to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox; thus, there is no doubt that you will notice the presence of this search engine. In order to set another homepage, you will have to delete Mysearchpage.net from the system. Luckily, it is not a very difficult task; however, if you cannot eliminate it yourself, we highly recommend reading through this article. Read more »

Give4sure

Give4sure

Give4sure is an adware application that looks like a program designed for a good cause. This application says it is a program that helps donate part of the money you spend for charity organizations. However, unless you are part of the network, it is not a good sign when Give4sure advertisements appear on your screen. You either entered a website that supports this adware application or it got installed on your computer accidentally, when you installed some freeware application. Please remove Give4sure from your system immediately, as you have to ensure you stay away from all the potential threats. Read more »

Funshion

Funshion

Even though Funshion is promoted as the world’s largest video-on-demand platform, we identify this application as a potentially unwanted program. Even though the application itself is not malicious, Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered that Funshion may be installed with a bunch of unreliable programs. What is worse, these programs could be installed silently. Luckily, you can delete all undesirable programs and remove Funshion from the Windows operating system. Needless to say, it may be difficult to identify all unreliable programs if they have been installed without permission. We have a few tips that might help you identify and delete running computer infections. Read more »

PremierDownloadManager Toolbar

PremierDownloadManager Toolbar

PremierDownloadManager Toolbar is a suspicious browser extension which is presented by Mindspark Interactive Network. Our malware researchers are familiar with this company because they have already reviewed TranslationBuddy Toolbar, HowToSimplified Toolbar, and other similar applications. Even though these browser extensions offer different services, they have more similarities than differences. First of all, all Mindspark toolbars are meant to promote links to third-party sites. The toolbar provides links to wunderground.com, facebook.com, vevo.com, and other popular sites. The extension also promotes the tools of the PremierDownloadManager. If you click the Download and Scheduler buttons, a download manager will pop up. Instead of interacting with the extension or the download manager, you should remove PremierDownloadManager Toolbar. Read more »

CuheapMe

CuheapMe is a browser add-on that can get on your computer with ease if you pay no attention to software installation processes. The name CuheapMe is a randomized variation of the program CheapMe, which is advertised at cheapme.net. The program was built using the JustPlugIt browser add-on creation engine, which is a common choice of software developers who seek fast and easy profits. Programs built using the JustPlugIt creation engine are capable of modifying their names, and the name CuheapMe is one of the variations that can be created by CheapMe. Additionally, CuheapMe itself is very similar to SaleMaker, CouponBuilder, and many other browser add-ons. Read more »

Surf Slide

Surf Slide

The installer for Surf Slide suggests that the program “enables quality features and helpful content to your internet browsing experience.” Do you identify disruptive, potentially unreliable adverts as useful and helpful? If you do not, you should pay little attention to the information used to promote this advertisement-supported program. What should you do if the application is already active? In this case, you must remove Surf Slide. Even though you might expect the program to present some kind of supposedly useful offers and deals, what this application presents are virtual security risks. Those who fail to delete the program successfully or those who postpone the removal will pay the price of virtual security. Read more »