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What is Search Defense?

Created by Intriguing Apps, Search Defense is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) claiming to enhance users' Internet browsing protection by preventing malware and spyware infections. Although this functionality may seem legitimate and useful, be aware that Search Defense is considered to be adware.

The developers of this rogue browser add-on employ a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional programs together with the chosen software) to install Search Defense on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration, Search Defense generates numerous intrusive online advertisements including banner, targeted video, pop-up, coupon, interstitial ads, and download offers of other PUPs considered to be adware. Clicking these advertisements is likely to cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

What is Browser Armor?

Developed by Intriguing Apps, Browser Armor is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) claiming to protect user-browsing by preventing malware and spyware infections on malicious websites. While this functionality may seem useful and legitimate, be aware that Browser Armor is categorized as adware.

This rogue browser extension employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to stealthily install on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) without users' permission.

Following successful infiltration, Browser Armor generates various intrusive online advertisements including coupon, banner, interstitial, targeted video, pop-up ads, and download offers of other PUPs also considered to be adware. There is a high probability that clicking these advertisements will cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

What is Browsing Protection?

Developed by a company called 'Intriguing Apps', Browsing Protection is a rogue browser plug-in claiming to protect user-browsing by preventing malware and spyware infections when browsing the Internet.

While this functionality may seem useful and legitimate, be aware that Browsing Protection is considered to be adware or a potentially unwanted application since it uses a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional programs together with the chosen software) to install on browsers without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, Browsing Protection generates numerous intrusive online advertisements including banner, interstitial, pop-up, coupon, targeted video ads, and offers to download other PUPs also considered to be adware.

There is a high probability that clicking these advertisements will lead to high-risk adware or malware infections.

What is Browser Shield?

Created by Intriguing Apps, Browser Shield is a rogue browser plug-in claiming to enhance user-browsing protection by preventing malware and spyware infections. Although this functionality may seem legitimate and useful, be aware that Browser Shield is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) or adware.

The developers of this PUP employ a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to stealthily install Browser Shield on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome) without users' permission.

After successful infiltration, Browser Shield generates numerous intrusive online advertisements including pop-up, banner, interstitial, targeted video, coupon ads, and download offers of other rogue browser extensions considered to be adware. Clicking these advertisements is likely to cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

What is Savesale?

Savesale is a rogue browser add-on claiming to save time and money by enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and displaying discounts/special deals available within online shopping websites. This may seem useful and legitimate functionality, however, be aware that Savesale is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) or adware.

This PUP employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional programs together with the chosen free software) to install on Internet browsers without users' permission.

After successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, Savesale generates numerous intrusive online advertisements including banner, pop-up, interstitial, search, and text-link ads. Clicking advertisements generated by this PUP is likely to cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

What is ShopSave?

Developed by Local Directory Inc, the ShopSave browser extension displays coupon deals when users visit online shopping websites such as BagsBuy.com, BestBuy.com, Drugstore.com, etc. The creators claim that this plug-in helps to save money and time whilst shopping online.

It is compatible with the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers. Be aware that the ShopSave extension may install on your Internet browser unwillingly, since it is often 'bundled' with free software downloaded from the Internet.

What is Quantum Look?

Developed by a company called SuperWeb LLC (published by Zammillo), Quantum Look is a potentially unwanted application claiming to improve the quality of users' Internet browsing experience by enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and other functions.

Although this functionality may seem legitimate, be aware that Quantum Look is considered to be adware. The developers of this potentially unwanted program (PUP) employ a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to stealthily install Quantum Look on browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration, Quantum Look generates numerous intrusive online advertisements including banner, interstitial, transitional, pop-up, text-link, and full-page ads. There is a high probability that clicking advertisements generated by this PUP will cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

What is Itsarealdeal?

Itsarealdeal is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) claiming to save time and money by enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and displaying discounts/special deals available on shopping websites.

Although this may seem legitimate browser functionality, be aware that it is categorized as adware, since this PUP employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional programs together with the chosen software) to install on Internet browsers without users' permission.

Commonly, Itsarealdeal installs together with free software downloaded via small programs called 'download clients' on freeware download websites such as soft32.com, softonic.com, download.com, and so on.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, Itsarealdeal generates intrusive online advertisements and tracks users' Internet browsing activity.

What is SavingCollector?

SavingCollector is a rogue browser extension claiming to save time and money by enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and displaying special deals/discounts available within online stores. Although this browser add-on may appear useful and legitimate, be informed that it is considered to be adware or a potentially unwanted application.

SavingCollector employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to stealthily install on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) without users' permission.

Users often install adware such as this during download of free software via small programs called 'download clients' on freeware download websites including download.com, soft32.com, softonic.com, amongst many others. Following successful infiltration, SavingCollector generates intrusive online advertisements and monitors users' Internet browsing activity.

What is Safe Browse App?

Developed by Intriguing Apps, Safe Browse App is a rogue browser plug-in claiming to protect Internet browsing by blocking malware and spyware infections. While this browser add-on may seem useful and legitimate, be aware that the Safe Browse App is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) or adware.

This PUP employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional programs together with the chosen software) to install on Internet browsers without users' permission.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, Safe Browse App generates numerous intrusive online advertisements including pop-up, interstitial, banner, coupon, targeted video ads, and offers to download other PUPs also considered to be adware.

There is a high probability that clicking these advertisements will cause high-risk adware or malware infections.