Unwanted Apps

Popcorn Time is an application that is meant to soften your evening by providing a platform for watching films. These films can be downloaded via torrent clients or watched online. Unfortunately, this page is determined as adware since it redirects users to untrustworthy pages and shows deceptive ads. These redirects can be dangerous for your data since they can run executable scripts to cause background infections. Sometimes promotional websites and Popcorn Time itself can ask you to log in or give some personal details, however, because these websites are not certified and non-legitimate, providing your data for third-parties figures can be a huge risk. Although Popcorn Time may seem legitimate and safe, we recommend you to delete it from your computer by using our instructions below.

WebExplorer Browser by Better Cloud Solutions Ltd. is another suspicious browser that adds a set of features to improve the browsing experience. It is based on popular open-source platform Chromium and is very similar to the notorious WebDiscover Browser. Unfortunately, it acts like both browser hijacker and adware displaying unwanted ads and promoting new search engine (onesearch.org). This search engine supposedly generates better search results, however, instead of this, it simply redirects users to legitimate Yahoo.com. By acquiring control of your browser, extortionists can gather your data (passwords, history, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) and sell them on the darknet. Note that similar applications can be installed as an extension or program in your PC. Whatever the case, feel free to use our guide to get rid of the WebExplorer Browser.

Referring to the name, PC Win Booster is a system optimization tool that allegedly keeps your system safe and clear. Unfortunately, this name is dubious and cannot be considered literal. Developers claim that their software is capable of eliminating viruses and cleaning data leftovers to free your disk storage. Instead, it shows a randomly generated list of junk and malware that urgently needs to removed from your system. In fact, your PC may be absolutely virus-free and does not require any additional maintenance. Alas, the trial version cannot rectify detected threats and therefore asks users to purchase the paid edition that will ostensibly delete all of these intimidating items. As mentioned above, the list of threats is more likely to be fabricated meaning that after buying the full version it will just clear the previously created list.

Idle Buddy is a potentially unwanted application that causes various privacy problems and slows down your PC significantly. It is worth mentioning that Idle Buddy is neither adware nor browser hijacker. It has not been classified in any of these categories just yet. Although, it is created for exactly the same purpose - collecting personal details such as passwords, credentials, IP-addresses, and other units that can be sold to third-parties. Apart from that, the application can be detected running in Task Manager and pressuring the system by loading a lot of resources. Unfortunately, even if you close the app, it will reboot itself numerously until it is installed on your PC.

Developers of Orange Defender Antivirus promote their software as a total security tool that detects and eliminates multiple issues. Unfortunately, this piece is untrustworthy because it generates a fake list of scan results. To remove the found malware and problems, users have to activate the full version after the 30-day trial. After that, the program will just clear the list of non-existing issues. This particular rogue antivirus disables any existing security software installed on PC and sets itself to start on Windows startup via scheduled tasks. Orange Defender Antivirus is categorized as a potentially unwanted program, that slows down your PC and extorts money from gullible users.

System Assistant is promoted as a complex tool for keeping your system safe and clean. However, a recent investigation determined that it is a potentially unwanted program that falsifies the list of problems to convince users to buy their software. After running a scan, the program will generate random numbers of detected junk files, privacy items, malware, and other threats which is a pure trick. In fact, your computer may be totally clean and contain no issues that could endanger your privacy. If you decided to purchase the Premium version, the app will simply clear the list of fake issues and say that your computer is safe. Thus, System Assistant does not protect from actual threats and does not optimize your PC.

iLifeMediaBrowser is a Mac-based application that affects browser settings and responsible for destabilizing MacOS performance. Initially, iLifeMediaBrowser is a component of a legitimate GarageBand program that comes pre-installed on Mac OS. However, most extortionists use this name for promoting completely different software - browser hijackers. Programs of such type tend to pass by users' consent and proliferate systems on their own. After penetration, these apps entail multiple changes regarding search engines, default homepage, advertising network, and other parts of your browser. All of these changes will initiate unintentional redirects to shady pages and intrusive ads will start appearing to create the traffic and bring money to cybercriminals. iLifeMediaBrowser can be dangerous for your privacy due to data-tracking capabilities.

Web Zoom is a potentially unwanted program categorized as adware. Such programs cause absolute clutter around your browser by displaying various types of advertisements. Whilst the initial purpose is to improve browsing by generating ostensibly useful content based on user's habits, the reality looks totally different. Banners and coupons promoted by Web Zoom may contain hidden links that, once clicked, redirect users to malicious websites that run executable scripts or force you to do something. Advertisements shown by Web Zoom can be called: "Ads by Web Zoom", "Powered by Web Zoom", "Brought to you by Web Zoom".