Hello readers. Another day, another blog post. Today I wanted to talk about an adware named Strong Signal and give you some removal instructions. Strong Signal appears to be a variant of BrowseFox that I’ve written about before. Here’s how it appears in Firefox:

Strong Signal is bundled in other software’s installers. The following screenshot shows how Strong Signal was disclosed when I found it.

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

None of the anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the file, except Bkav which reported it as W32.HfsAdware.2D5E.

So, how about the removal? You can remove Strong Signal with the FreeFixer removal tool. Just select the Strong Signal files as the screen captures below shows. A reboot of your computer may be required to complete the removal.

Hope that helped you with the removal.

Do you also have Strong Signal on your computer? Any idea how it installed? Please share in the comments below. Thanks!

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Just wanted to put up a short post before going to bed. I just found a new adware named UniDeals and wanted to give you some removal instructions. UniDeals appears to be a variant of UniSales that I’ve blogged about before. If UniDeals is installed on your computer, you’ll notice new add-ons installed into Firefox and Internet Explorer, called UniSales and YouTubeAdBlocker and a new extension installed into Chrome, with a name that appears to change with each install. I’ll show how to remove UniDeals in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool.

I didn’t see any UniDeals ads on the machine, but if it uses the same labelling as UniSales, the ads will say “Ads by UniDeals“.

UniDeals is bundled with a number of downloads. Bundling means that software is included in other software’s installers. This is how UniDeals was disclosed in the installer when I found it.

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

As usual when I stumble upon some new bundled software I uploaded it to VirusTotal to verify if the anti-virus scanners there find anything suspicious. Only 2 of the anti-malware scanners detected the UniDeals file. Avira reports UniDeals as ADWARE/MultiPlug.Gen4 and ESET-NOD32 calls it a variant of Win64/Adware.MultiPlug.F.

Hopefully the others will catch up in the next days.

All you need to do to remove UniDeals is to check the UniDeals files in the scan result and click the Fix button. A reboot of your machine may be required to complete the removal. Here’s a few screenshots that should help you along the way:

Hope this helped you remove the UniDeals adware.

Do you also have UniDeals on your machine? Any idea how it was installed? Please share by posting a comment. Thank you very much!

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Welcome! Just a quick post on the Binkiland adware. This appears to be a variant of Vosteran and Taplika that I’ve previously written about. If you got Binkiland installed and running on your computer, you will see lots of Binkiland.exe processes running in the Windows Task Manager, the search provider and start page changed to binkiland.com in Internet Explorer and a custom-built Chrome browser installed on the computer, named Binkiland. I’ll show how to remove Binkiland in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool.

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

When I run into some new bundled software I usually upload it to VirusTotal to check if the anti-viruses there detect something interesting. 25% of the scanners detected the file. The Binkiland files are detected as Trojan.Generic.12750616 by Ad-Aware, Hacktool.Win32.ADInstaller.d by Baidu-International, Artemis!D946977D16BD by McAfee and Win32/Virus.RiskTool.a62 by Qihoo-360.

All you need to do to remove Binkiland is to check the Binkiland files in the scan result and click the Fix button. You may have to reboot your computer to complete the removal. Here’s a few screenshots that should help you along the way:

Hope this helped you remove the Binkiland adware.

Did you also find Binkiland on your computer? Any idea how it was installed? Please share your story the comments below. Thank you!

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Just found another bundled program called “Positive Finds“. If you are wondering where it came from, it was probably bundled with some free download. In my case it was bundled with a program that extracts RAR files. Currently, no anti-virus program detected it when I uploaded it to VirusTotal.

The software is clearly adware as explained in the EULA:

You can remove Positive Finds from the Windows Control Panel:

If that does not work, just select the files in FreeFixer:

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Hello readers. Hope you are doing ok. I just found another bundled adware called Gate Snapper and thought I should give you some removal instructions. This seems to be a variant of BrowseFox that I’ve previously blogged about. If you got Gate Snapper installed and running on your computer, you will see new add-ons/extensions installed into Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. You may also see ads labeled “By gate snapper“. You can also see “apigatesnapperco-a.akamaihd.net” and “api.gatesnapper.com” appear in the status bar of your web browser or in the network log.

Google Chrome was not affected by the adware.

I’ll show how to remove Gate Snapper in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool.

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

As always when I run into some new bundled software I uploaded it to VirusTotal to see if the anti-virus scanners there detect anything suspicious. 12 of the scanners detected the file. The Gate Snapper files are detected as BrowseFox.F by AVG, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM by Comodo, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O by ESET-NOD32, AdWare/LinkSwift.acd by Jiangmin, PUP.Optional.GateSnapper.A by Malwarebytes and AdWare.Kranet by VBA32.

You probably came here looking for removal instructions for GateSnapper and you can do so with the FreeFixer removal tool. Here’s a few screenshots from the removal that should help you: A restart of your computer may be required to complete the removal.

Hope that helped you with the removal.

Did you also find Gate Snapper on your system? Any idea how it was installed? Please share in the comments below. Thanks a bunch!

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Last post for today. Got problems with ads from MPlayerPlusvideo4? No problem, just uninstall it from the Windows Control Panel:

Or if that does not work, you can remove MPlayerPlusvideo4 with FreeFixer.

Thanks for reading. Good night!