Monthly Archives: November 2014

Remove videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayersv2.2 Ads

November 1, 2014adware, freefixerCrossRider, Cyprus, Nicosia, Railroad Party AppsRoger Karlsson

Hello guys and gals. I just found another bundled adware named videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayersv2.2 and thought I should give you some removal instructions. videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayersv2.2 seems to be a variant of CrossRider that I wrote about previously. If the videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayerv2.2 adware is running on your machine, you will find new add-ons called videosMediaPlayers installed in Firefox and Internet Explorer. I’ll show how to remove videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayersv2.2 in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool in case the removal from the Control Panel fails.

videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayerv2.2 is distributed by a tactic called bundling. Bundling means that a piece of software is included in other software’s installers. I found these two programs bundled with a download called FastPlayer.

Following the standard procedure when I test some new bundled software I uploaded it to VirusTotal to check if the anti-virus progams there find anything suspicious. 13% of the scanners detected the file. Kaspersky names videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayervs2.2 as Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate.dp, Malwarebytes reports PUP.Optional.VideosMediaPlayer.A and VIPRE detects it as Crossrider (fs). The file was digitally signed by Railroad Party Apps.

According to the certificate, Railroad Party Apps is located in the city of Nicosia on Cyprus.

Removing videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayerv2.2 is pretty easy with FreeFixer. Here’s a few screen dumps from the removal that should help you. All files are located under the “videosMediaPlayers..” folder. You may have to restart your machine to complete the removal.

Hope that helped you to figure out how to do the removal.

Did you also find videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 and videosMediaPlayerv2.2 on your system? Any idea how it installed? Please share your story the comments below. Thanks!

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Remove PriceFountain Ads

November 1, 2014adware, freefixerDealPly, GraftorRoger Karlsson

Hello there. Today I wanted to talk about an adware called PriceFountain and give you some removal instructions. This seems to be a variant of PennyBee that I’ve previously written about. If PriceFountain is running on your computer, you will see ads labeled brought by PriceFountain while browsing the web and pricefountain.exe and pricefountainw.exe running in the Windows Task Manager. You will also see PriceFountain in your browser’s add-on menu. I’ll show how to remove PriceFountain in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool.

PriceFountain is bundled with other software. Bundled means that it is included in another software’s installer.

As usual when I test some new bundled software I uploaded it to VirusTotal to test if the anti-virus scanners there detect anything interesting. 19 of the antivirus scanners detected the file. AegisLab reports PriceFountain as Troj.NSIS.GoogUpdate, Avira detects it as Adware/DealPly.1257472, F-Secure calls it Gen:Variant.Graftor.162003, Fortinet names it Riskware/DealPly and McAfee reports Artemis!AD168966F8B7.

You probably came here looking for removal instructions for PriceFountain and you can do so with the FreeFixer removal tool. Just select the PriceFountain files as shown in the screen-caps below. A restart of your machine might be required to complete the removal.

Hope that helped you to figure out how to do the removal.

I stumbled upon PriceFountain while testing out some downloads that are known to bundled lots of unwanted software. Any idea how PriceFountain was installed on your computer? Please share your story the comments below. Thank you very much!

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How To Remove SitesKing

November 1, 2014adware, freefixerRoger Karlsson

Hello readers. Hope you are having a great Halloween. I just found another bundled adware called SitesKing and wanted give you some removal instructions. This seems to be a variant of Website Counselor that I’ve previously blogged about. If the SitesKing adware is running on your computer, you’ll find a new add-on called SiteKing 3.7 in Mozilla Firefox’ add-on menu. I’ll show how to remove SitesKing in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool.

SitesKing is bundled with a number of downloads. Bundling means that software is included in other software’s installers. When I first found SitesKing, it was bundled with the Softsonic Downloader. This is how SitesKing was disclosed in Softsonic Downloader’s installer when I found it. Yes, that is correct, Website Counselor was disclosed, but SitesKing was installed.

Generally, you can avoid bundled software such as SitesKing by being careful when installing software and declining the bundled offers in the installer.

Since you probably want to remove SitesKing, this is the files you should check for removal if you want to remove it with FreeFixer. You may have to reboot your computer to complete the removal. Did that help you solve the problem? Hope this helped you solved the SitesKing problem.

Did you also find SitesKing on your machine? Any idea how it installed? Please share in the comments below. Thanks!

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