I installed this PriceSparrow in my computer about 3 days ago. When I downloaded this program, the description tells me it can give me many discounts when I go shopping online. So I thought it can save my money. But now, I’m totally wrong, this program brings a lot of troubles to my computer. I just want to remove this PriceSparrow from my computer, but I can’t do that by my own. Please help.

Brief Introduction to This PriceSparrow

PriceSparrow is a computer threat which has been reported by various victims all over the world. Technically speaking, it is classified to be a browser hijacker or potentially unwanted program. When this threat invades in an innocent computer, it can take effect in different forms. How can this threat infiltrate into computers widely? Mainly, this browser hijacker can act as www.pricesparrow.com as its own domain which can be found on the Internet, when people visit this website accidentally, this redirect can be saved as a cache file by computer automatically. In another way, this redirect can also be bundled with other available programs which can be found on the Internet, this PriceSparrow can pretend as an optional software in them. When people try to install those programs into their computers, some careless people may allow it to be installed with the programs they want. Also, spam E-mail attachment and point to point files sharing are the other ways for this threat to spread. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on January 21, 2014 1:48 pm

I have got UpToDown Toolbar on my computer. It keeps popping up when I am on the internet. And I have tried several different browsers but they all seem to be infected. Also some reputable antivirus security products do not help in removing this toolbar. I delete it but it comes back after I restart the browser or the computer. How can I get rid of this toolbar and put an end to all the popping ups on my computer?

Basic Knowledge of UpToDown Toolbar

UpToDown Toolbar is a browser hijacker which takes the format as a browser extension. It often comes by attaching to some installer packages of regular software. Many computer users are confused because they know a site which is called uptodown.com which is a normal web site. How could it be a nasty toolbar? We have to clarify one thing before we move to this unwanted browser extension. This UpToDown Toolbar is different from the normal site. It is generated by search.conduit.com which titled UptoDown on the top head. It uses the name of a common site to mislead people to believe it belongs to that site so that the innocent net users will keep it in the infected computer. Don’t be fooled by its official look and common search functions. It is not a reliable search engine or toolbar at all. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on January 21, 2014 5:36 am and last modified on February 12, 2014 3:51 am.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on January 21, 2014 2:35 am and last modified on January 22, 2014 1:30 am.

Rewardzone.amzainga-surveyonlinezs.com has been a nightmare for internet users all over the globe. Many people get the “Congratulation” message when they are using browsers. Different browsers all turn out to be possible hacked by the nasty hijacker virus. It happens on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, etc. There’s no exception which can avoid being attacked by the virus. How can we get rid of it once get hacked?

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Rewardzone.amzainga-surveyonlinezs.com is a deceitful pop up that can appear itself on IE, Firefox and Google Chrome without asking for any permission. In fact, this pop up is closely associated with adware that gets installed on your computer by bundling with other ad-supported programs. Once loaded, you will see various pop-ups, banners and coupon ads whenever you are browsing online. For this one, it particularly takes you to its own site and then it displays fake survey information, hoping the user can spend 30 seconds in filling up all the information. As a return, they can get a free gift like iPhone, iPad or others. However, we all know that there is no free lunch in this world. The hackers who distribute this adware just want to collect your information and steal your privacy, they won’t really give you the prize as they mentioned. Instead, all they do is to boost traffic and generate pop up ads to make money. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on January 20, 2014 9:27 am and last modified on January 20, 2014 9:42 am.

My Firefox was messed up by this Shopingkicks.com redirect! It displayed many pesky pop-up ads on my screen every time I was surfing the web. It has modified the browser settings and made great troubles to me. I don’t know why my antivirus fails to block this browser hijacker. How should I get rid of this harmful computer infection? If you have tried in vain, please remove the browser hijacker effectively with following removal instructions.

Brief Introduction about This Shopingkicks.com

Shopingkicks.com is a fraudulent website which lures unknown net users to take it as browser homepage and view various products and other resources there. As designed, its interface seems quite reliable, which earns unwary users’ trust easily. However, the bogus web page is nothing reliable but a hazardous computer infection which belongs to browser hijacker and adware. Indeed, it is a malicious hijacker infection that users should remove it immediately. As the browser redirect makes great damages to the target computer. It installs in the computer and adds to the Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox etc. Also, the Shopingkicks.com hijacker takes advantages of the system vulnerabilities to install unwanted toolbar, extensions, plug-ins and ads-on to the computer without any consent. To make you freaked out, the browser hijacker randomly redirects your Internet search results to other annoying web pages which are filled up with tricky pop-up ads. Users should not purchase anything or download freeware from this tricky website. All PC users need to do is to get rid of the stubborn browser hijacker at a quick time.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on January 20, 2014 8:27 am and last modified on January 20, 2014 8:32 am.

BestMarkit ads is torturing me. It keeps giving me so many pop-ups when I am on the internet. There are also redirections while I click on the search result. I have been taken to web sites that I do not mean to visit and unwilling to get. Those are mostly some commercial sites or sites which provide free downloads. I cannot bear with all of these any more but my antivirus never catches this BestMarkit ads as a threat. I am not able to get rid of it by myself. How can I remove it completely?

Brief Introduction to This BestMarkit Ads

BestMarkit ads is a nasty browser hijacker item which cannot be caught by any system security products. It disguises as a normal plug-in which is designed to develop the experience of searching the internet. However, this browser plug-in is not a common one as the majority; it is a tricky hijacker that comes from computer hackers to invade computer systems. It is spread by bundling into some installer packages of most reputable or general files from the internet. Computer newbies are not able to distinguish the difference between an original program installer and the one which has been modified. The BestMarkit ads is so well-designed that it even can bypass any security scans when the infected installed files are installed. The antivirus will not take it as a threat or virus. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on January 19, 2014 1:28 pm

Can someone tell me that can I really win an iPhone after I finish a survey from Bonussurvey.com? It always gives me some kind of survey when I open my browser, and I also find that my homepage has been changed into this survey web page. I don’t know whether this website is good or not, but my computer runs not fast as before. Is that the problem which causes my computer runs slow? Please advise me what to do.

Brief Introduction to This Domain

Bonussurvey.com can be categorized as a browser hijacker or redirect in computer threat. Basically, this domain is not a threat at all, but cyber hackers can make it be evil for their own use. Cyber criminals can edit the script of this web page and implant viricious contents into this website. So, when unwitting people come to this website accidentally and this threat can automatically invade into computer as the computer can save the cache files for this site. Computer can not only be infected by visiting this dubious website, can also be infected when computer user try to install other free softwares which can be found on the Internet. Hackers can implant this website as an adware into other more reputable programs. So during the installation of those programs, computer user can be asked to install some optional program or set this Bonussurvey.com as the browser homepage. Internet provides a lot of convenience to us, but also, many unknown viruses are hiding in this cyber world. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on January 19, 2014 12:20 pm and last modified on January 19, 2014 1:34 pm.

My computer keeps being attacked by PUP.Optional.VbatesHelper.A virus. I used different antivirus programs but none of them helped. The virus keeps coming back again and again after I reboot the computer as those security products required. I realize that it is not removed and that is why the detection keeps popping up. How can I get rid of the PUP virus completely? Is there an efficient way to remove it?

Some Knowledge about PUP.Optional.VbatesHelper.A:

Nowadays, more and more computer users complain that computer has been infected with PUP.Optional.VbatesHelper.A virus and cannot find a way to delete it. This threat is categorized as a potentially unwanted program and it is closely associated with adware viruses.  It can be found by running Malwarebytes Anti-Malware scan. Every time you run the security scanner, you will find that a lot of PUP viruses are detected, but when you remove the infected items and run the scan in the next time, it keeps coming back and showing the same results. This virus can bypass all the security products because the running process is a valid Windows component. Once it is loaded, you may keep receiving ads and pop-ups from third party servers asking you to complete a survey or download a Java Player.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on January 19, 2014 6:19 am

My anti-virus program helped me detect this PUP.Optional.VBates, and I clicked on Remove and restarted the computer as the anti-virus tool tells me to get the removal works. But after the restart, this PUP came back, the protection tool asked me to remove it again, and I did that again. But after the restart, nothing work. How can this PUP be so hard to delete? Is my anti-virus out of the date? What should I do now? I just want to clean my computer. Please help!

Brief Introduction to This PUP

PUP.Optional.VBates is a member which belongs to potentially unwanted programs. Technically speaking, it is also classified as a Trojan horse infection in computer. This PUP can be detected by computer anti-virus program once it comes into computer. Anti-virus product can warn you this PUP infection, but as many viruses can be created day by day, it is not easy for anti-virus tool to handle the new-released virus in a short time. This unwanted program can be spread from the Internet by hiding in some dubious websites which cyber criminals can edit the web page scripts of them. Also, this infection can also act as an optional installation package in other free programs which can be downloaded from the Internet, even some famous applications can also contain this Trojan if the computer users download those reputable programs from some unknown websites rather than their official web pages. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on January 18, 2014 1:21 pm