Unwanted Apps

Owned by American company Tonec, Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a legitimate tool designed to improve the way you download files from the web. It increases download speed by using an in-built logic accelerator, resume, and schedule downloads. It might remind you of another desktop downloader called uTorrent that is used for similar purposes. Unfortunately, there are some programs that mimic such capabilities to hide unwanted activity. For example, if you have received Internet Download Manager without consent, chances are that your system is being exploited by Potentially Unwanted Software. Programs that duplicate functions of legitimate software tend to generate shady ads and spy on personal data to snatch it for revenue purposes.

Total Antivirus 2020 is determined as a rogue security program. It duplicates features of legitimate antimalware software including spyware detection, network privacy, and update option to keep your PC up-to-date. Unfortunately, Total Antivirus 2020 does not provide any bit of usefulness for its customers because it generates fake lists of threats. It also bombards your desktop with warning messages to intimidate that users' PC is compromised and needs urgent recovery. In fact, your computer can be completely virus-free and does not demand any security suite. After Total Antivirus 2020 shows a list of found issues, it instantly urges you to purchase the full edition to get rid of these problems. Otherwise, you can become a victim of hackers controlling your data and sending it to a private server host. Moreover, this rogue application can open websites with explicit content to increase the sense of danger.

Appdater is a "helper utility" that keeps the track of your software and makes sure it is updated. Whilst this feature can be useful and save a lot of time, Appdater is labeled as a Potentially Unwanted Program that acts like adware. It generates obtrusive ads that conceal underlying content and suspected to be collecting personal data of users. In fact, Appdater implements its function relatively nicely. It helps you forget about manual updates and other chores that take a lot of time. However, most of the apps already include a function of automatic updates meaning that Appdater has no room to participate in. The risk of getting spied by third-parties figures should worry the most, thus, we will delete Appdater from your computer in the article below.

Developed by Megaify Software, DriverToolkit is an unwanted piece that offers a range of optimization tools to amplify the performance of your system. This includes fixing driver errors and keeping your software updated. At first glance, such capabilities definitely improve the stability of your computer, however, this specific program cannot be trusted because it is suspected in generating false positives. This simply means that DriverToolkit creates a fake list of issues that should be solved right away. Unfortunately, to make it happen, people are asked to upgrade to the full version of the utility. We assure you that it is much safer to invest this money in proven utilities or download new drivers directly from the product's developer page. Our guide below will help you get rid of DriverToolkit leaving no traces behind.

Quick Mac Booster is a low-weight program that is meant to improve Mac stability by cleaning up junk files, fixing errors, and others doing prophylactic measures. Quick Mac Booster claims to act on a high-level market and provide a smooth experience. In truth, Quick Mac Booster lies and supposedly generates a fake list of issues requiring people to purchase the full version to get rid of them. Therefore, it is better to use more trusted and proven products like CleanMyPc by MacPaw. Potentially unwanted programs like Quick Mac Booster can shatter your wallet and bring no promised value as a result. You can use our guide presented below to remove it without traces.

Amazon Assistant is a legitimate browser extension that helps you in shopping on Amazon. Its algorithms provide best-selling offers, comparison of prices, and other features to find the most lucrative deals. Unfortunately, the story ends once Amazon Assistant starts causing additional problems. Users report that enabled Amazon assistant leads to an increased number of ads and banners overlaying pages. Plus, due to the high consumption of resources, this add-on may slow down the performance of browsers and lead to sudden crashes or freezes. Amongst browsers supported by Amazon Assistant are Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge, and others. It starts each time at system bootup running in Task Manager. Any manual attempts to delete the program end up in its eventual reinstallation. Finally, because Amazon Assistant has data-tracking capabilities, your personal data can be gathered and spread around dark figures for revenue purposes.

WinOptimizer is a dubious utility that carries out performance optimizations. It has a user-friendly interface accompanied by a set of effective tools to clean up your system. WinOptimizer claims that it can empty your system from irrelevant rubbish and other entries that overload your PC. Unfortunately, as Malwarebytes researchers determined, WinOptimizer creates a fake list of positives to allure users into buying extended versions of their software. By doing so, you will maintain your PC clean and stable. Note that WinOptimizer is not a virus, it is just one of the potentially unwanted programs that earn money on gullible people. Besides that, WinOptimizer supports web push notifications so that you could be informed about the latest news and products.

Developed by British company, SkyScanner is a legitimate application designed for Mac that analyzes flights, hotels and car hire databases to offer the cheapest and best deals from providers. Likewise other similar platforms, SkyScanner is very useful since it saves tons of time on searching for the tickets and combines them into a single application. However, SkyScanner is commonly distributed via malicious repacks that contain other potentially unwanted programs. Extortionists abuse its legitimacy to infect users with additional software like adware or browser hijackers without permission. This is why you should download SkyScanner and other legitimate software solely from official providers, especially if it is totally free. Unwanted applications can endanger your privacy and eat a lot of resources that slow down your PC. They are known to be altering browser settings in order to generate malicious redirects, ads, banners, fake pop-ups, and others. If clicked, all of this content can cause various infections like trojans, adware, browser hijackers and ransomware (which is the most dangerous) since it irreparably encrypts user's data.