Adware

Charming Tab (charming-tab.com) is a potentially unwanted application categorized as a browser hijacker that manipulates browser settings in its favor. It adds a new search engine and overall appearance of the default tab. The usefulness of this tool dissipates because it shows results from legitimate Google and does not generate anything unique as claimed by its developers. Installation of such add-ons can lead to potential privacy leaks (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) due to tracking capabilities. Unfortunately, simply disabling Charming Tab will not help, instead, you have to make sure that you delete it from your computer without traces. We will help you to do so in this article.

There have been lots of fake push notifications pop-ups deconstructed in our blog so far. Captcha.info is not an exception either proving that there is a countless amount of such tools around the web that you should know how to pass over. Captcha.info itself is a social engineering trick that stands for push notification pop-ups. In fact, push notifications is a wonderfull tool supposed to notify users about the latest updates on Blogs and other informative resources. Although, some gurus of the internet can make a reverse effect out of it by camouflaging malicious content under it. These kinds of advertisements generated by Captcha.info provide lots of malicious links and resources that can infect your computer and result in the inevitable leak of personal data, files and other sorts of information contained on your computer.

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.

Booking.com (can be also called Booking App or just Booking) is advertising application for Mac, that opens Booking.com website in program window on MacOS startup. Juging by appearance and behavior, this adware was not developed by the company, that operates self-titled website. Most likely, software was developed by third-party, that signed affiliation agreement with Booking.com and tries to earn affiliate comission spreading doubtful application with limited functionality. Window has weird name demo-app Title, the only task it performs is loading on startup and opening the homepage of Booking.com.

Seeing a title like Managed by your organization in your browser menu may raise up a lot of questions, especially about being infected with unwanted software. Of course, malware can hide its activity under "legitimate" covers like this, however, this specific feature is usually displayed because your browser is accessed by some organization. This can happen due to third-parties installations like Antivirus that set own enterprise policy for Google Chrome browser. Sometimes, you can log in to certain websites that are allowed to do these changes as well. Either way, if you are getting pissed off due to this entry, then we will help you get rid of it in the article below.

Wowsearch is a dubious search engine promoted by a potentially unwanted program categorized as a browser hijacker. Such domains will appear as a default homepage each time you boot a browser. As developers claim, their software is meant to provide more accurate search results and customize your homepage to enhance the overall experience. Alongside the assigned search engine (search.wowsearch.net), people can use different shortcuts and links to save time on accessing preferred websites. However, likewise other browser hijackers, Wowsearch generates no unique results. Instead, it displays search queries from legitimate Yahoo, Google, or Bang engines. Therefore, Wowsearch is useless and there is no benefit to be excluded from it. Besides that, browser hijackers are capable of monitoring personal data (e.g. passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, credentials, etc.) and transferring it to cybercriminals.

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.

Print My Recipes is a rogue extension categorized as a browser hijacker. At first glance, the activity of this application is meant to enhance browsing experience by changing the search engine to hp.hprintmyrecipes.com and adding some new features. This specific program aids users in searching for different recipes, however, this feature can be very annoying and dangerous in some cases. Print My Recipes send dozens of ad notifications to your desktop which can lead to malicious websites. Besides that, it is worth mentioning that browser hijackers can gather your data (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) and sell it to third-parties figures. Most users elaborated that even after uninstalling the program, it keeps coming back over and over again. This is because it leaves certain files after deletion that reinstall it once again. Therefore, to delete it, you should use more advanced methods that are listed in the article below.