
Showing posts with label a Potentially Unwanted Program. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a Potentially Unwanted Program. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Cannot Uninstall LyricStar (Useful Manual Removal)
LyricStar is a potentially unwanted program categorized as adware that installs to computer systems, and it attaches to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer as a browser add-on, browser helper object and extension. Commonly, this program is supposed to offer lyrics to you when you are watching a video on the computer. However, causes unwanted advertisements. Once LyricStar is installed the browsers, it is able to modify the Internet settings including the home page and default search engine. Meanwhile, you can see that the browser performs poorly, which is often hijacked to LyricStar. It displays unstoppable pop-up advertisements on your screen, every time you visit shopping or social websites. Besides, LyricStar is able to spread itself with your MSN, Twitter and Facebook accounts, which means that it will send malicious messages to your friends automatically. So, when your friends open those messages or click the links, they are likely to be victims of LyricStar. What’s more, this malware is also a spyware, so that it has the ability to monitor browsing activities and steal confidential information. Therefore, in order to protect your computer from more serious damage, it is wise to remove LyricStar as quickly as possible.
