Show Fanatic
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Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
Infected Computers: | 248 |
First Seen: | March 3, 2017 |
Last Seen: | November 14, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Security researchers have analyzed an application called Show Fanatic and have classified Show Fanatic as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may cause some unwanted and annoying problems on the computers it manages to enter besides limiting the PC's performance drastically. If Show Fanatic starts running on your Windows OS automatically, you might have acquired the Show fanatic application while downloading a free program from the net. This method, called bundling, is largely used to introduce applications that, otherwise, could end up been ignored by computer users.
Security analysts add that the Show Fanatic may replace your search settings with a website called fimman.com, control your extensions, themes and applications, scrutinize and alter your bookmarks and monitor and change data on visited websites. Additionally, the Show Fanatic application might hijack your system resources, which will make your computer to slow down greatly. As it is very easy to notice, it may not be a good idea to let the Show Fanatic application running on any machine since the negative aspects of this PUP are far bigger than the positives. You might use a reputable anti-malware solution to remove anything linked to Show Fanatic from your machine.
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