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Updated on Mar 11, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup
  • Modifies file associations
  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Injects into browsers
  • Changes browser settings
  • Changes browser shortcuts
  • Installs browser extensions
  • Adds a local proxy

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Korea
  • Russia
  • France

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. For example, some potentially unwanted applications can:

  • Install additional bundled software
  • Modify your homepage
  • Modify your search provider
  • Perform other actions that you might not have intended

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Russia
  • France
  • Spain

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Australia

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can also affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Injects into browsers
  • Changes browser settings
  • Changes browser shortcuts
  • Adds a local proxy

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Russia
  • France
  • Brazil
  • Turkey

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can also affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup
  • Installs a driver
  • Modifies file associations
  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Changes browser settings
  • Installs browser extensions
  • Adds a local proxy

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • Russia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Kazakhstan

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. For example, some potentially unwanted applications can:

  • Install additional bundled software
  • Modify your homepage
  • Modify your search provider
  • Perform other actions that you might not have intended

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Spain
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Brazil

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can also affect the quality of your computing experience. For example, some potentially unwanted applications can:

  • Install additional bundled software
  • Modify your homepage
  • Modify your search provider
  • Perform other actions that you might not have intended

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Russia
  • France
  • Spain

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Nov 18, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup
  • Installs a driver
  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Injects into browsers
  • Changes browser settings
  • Changes browser shortcuts
  • Installs browser extensions
  • Adds a local proxy
  • Modifies the system hosts file
  • Modifies your system DNS settings
  • Tampers with system Group Policy settings

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Brazil
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Spain

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Changes browser settings

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • Brazil
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Thailand
  • Saudi Arabia

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Sep 16, 2014

Microsoft security software detects and removes this unwanted software.

This adware shows you advertisements as you browse the web.

You can see examples of these ads on the Technical information tab.

It can be bundled with some third-party software installation apps.

Find out more about how and why we identify unwanted software.

Alert level: high
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Modifies your system DNS settings

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Spain
  • Russia

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Nov 04, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup
  • Modifies boot configuration data
  • Modifies file associations
  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Changes browser settings
  • Changes browser shortcuts
  • Installs browser extensions
  • Adds a local proxy
  • Disables User Access Control (UAC)
  • Tampers with system Group Policy settings

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • China
  • United States
  • Taiwan
  • Hong Kong SAR
  • Japan

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Nov 18, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. For example, some potentially unwanted applications can:

  • Install additional bundled software
  • Modify your homepage
  • Modify your search provider
  • Perform other actions that you might not have intended

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • Mexico
  • France

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can also affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Changes browser settings
  • Installs browser extensions

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Russia
  • France
  • Spain

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can also affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Injects into browsers
  • Changes browser settings
  • Changes browser shortcuts

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Germany
  • France
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Changes browser settings
  • Installs browser extensions

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Korea
  • Russia
  • China
  • United Kingdom

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Jun 29, 2016

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup
  • Modifies boot configuration data
  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Changes browser settings
  • Changes browser shortcuts
  • Installs browser extensions
  • Disables User Access Control (UAC)

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • India
  • United Kingdom
  • Thailand
  • Philippines

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can also affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup
  • Modifies boot configuration data
  • Modifies file associations
  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Changes browser settings
  • Adds a local proxy
  • Modifies your system DNS settings
  • Stops Windows Update
  • Disables User Access Control (UAC)

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Russia
  • Brazil
  • Korea
  • France

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can also affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

  • Adds files that run at startup
  • Installs a driver
  • Injects into other processes on your system
  • Injects into browsers
  • Changes browser settings
  • Changes browser shortcuts
  • Installs browser extensions
  • Adds a local proxy
  • Tampers with root certificate trust
  • Modifies the system hosts file
  • Modifies your system DNS settings
  • Disables anti-virus products
  • Tampers with system Group Policy settings

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

  • United States
  • Russia
  • Brazil
  • France
  • Spain

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Apr 18, 2016
Alert level: severe