Monday, February 24, 2014

Is SearchAssist Virus? Should I Remove SearchAssist?

       

Is SearchAssist Virus?

Recently, many PC users have been plagued by SearchAssist. Most people think that searchassist is virus simply because they don’t remember downloading Search Assist and they detect unpleased scenario. As a matter of fact, there are many programs and applications out there that can be installed without permission or unwittingly just like searchassist. Global PC Support Center would like to inform wide range of PC users that searchassist is not a virus in a responsible manner. Its infiltration way would differentiate it from virus.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Remove Trovigo.com, Trovigo Has Companions!

trovigo-com-virus Global PC Support Center has received a case that trovigo.com appeared together with Start.qone8.com, AVG search and yahoo search on several tabs. None of the build-in browser function would help resolve this problem.

What Is Trovigo.com?

Trovigo.com has been classified as browser hijacker due to the following behaviours:
  1. trovigo.com sticks to be default homepage.
  2. trovigo.com offers search results regardless of users’ preference.
  3. trovigo.com provides more access to commercial sites according to queries than Google does.
However, trovigo.com is not technically a virus. By adopting BHO technique and JS technique rather than replicating itself to attack internal configuration, trovigo.com manages to stay on a machine without being flagged by installed anti-virus program.

Why Trovigo.com Hijacks?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

MyPC Backup Pops Up! Uninstall It from Mac OS X and Windows






MyPC Backup Misery


According to the feedbacks and complaints by wide range of PC users posted on various computer forums as well as the real-time test on MyPC Backup, Global PC Support Center has made a list of MyPC Backup Misery to your reference:
  1. MyPC Backup constantly pops up backup message.
  2. A computer was running fast but now its like dial up with MyPC Backup.
  3. CPU usage is unstable, spiking up and down just like yoyo.
  4. Numerous programs have been put on a target machine’s desktop that the victim didn't download.
  5. It seems that several new programs appear every day.
  6. Homepage is replaced by search.conduit.com and surfing experience is constantly ruined by GreatArcadeHits
  7. Multiple unknown running processes like dllhost.exe are consuming CPU.
Wanna end MyPC Backup’s process and your misery? No rush. You should be informed with some potential dangers before uninstalling it.


Should I Worry MyPC Backup?


Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Bee Coupons Pops Up Non-stop, Remove Coupon Pop-up

Complaints about Bee Coupons


Global PC Support Center has recently received complaints about Bee Coupons installing itself without permission and popping up to turn words on a page into links causing pop up ads and extra adds on web pages. Other complaints about this ad have make people concerned:
  1. bee coupons refuses to be uninstalled and claims to be installed by enterprise policy.
  2. bee coupons comes back after re-installing the affected browser.
  3. bee coupons returns after deleting some of its registry entries.
  4. bee coupons pop-up issue cannot be resolved by anti-virus programs.

Bee Coupons Analysis

Actually, bee coupon is not that horrible as many people think. It is no more than an adware adopting BHO and JS techniques with an aim at promoting business. It is not a virus at all, that’s why anti-virus programs are not able to remove it. Yet its unsolicited installation and reimage do arouse panic and concerns, Let’s have a glance at the causes and reasons.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Mysearchdial Redirects, Remove Start.MySearchDial from Mac OS X and Windows

Why Mysearchdial Replaces Homepage?


Mysearchdial(start.mysearchdial.com) is called browser hijacker other than virus due to two reasons:
  1. It was created by commercial operators to intercept traffic and direct the traffic to their products for promotional sales other than mechanical damage.
  2. Mysearchdial is not programmed with typical virus items; instead, it is adopting BHO technique and JS technique.
It all makes sense now. Staying on a target machine and replacing homepage is a way to promote more business.

Is Mysearchdial Dangerous?