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I Want This Adware

Posted: March 19, 2012

Threat Metric

Ranking: 11,540
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 9,235
First Seen: March 19, 2012
Last Seen: September 11, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

I Want This Adware is an advertisement-supported wish list program that allows you to make a universal wish list for various shopping sites. Although I Want This Adware isn't a direct threat to your PC, there's cause to be wary of I Want This Adware due to its exceptionally broad privacy policy, a policy that gives I Want This Adware permission to share such information as your e-mail address, phone number and browser cookies. Since I Want This Adware is supported by advertisements, any attempt to use I Want This Adware will always cause your browser to display additional advertisements that use your personal information for appropriate targeting. If you don't have any need of I Want This Adware's features or consider its asking price to be too high to pay, you can insure that I Want This Adware is completely removed by scanning your PC with any competent anti-malware application.

Why You Might Not Want I Want This Adware After All

I Want This Adware is distributed as an 'extra' with various freeware and shareware products, such as VLC Player, through general software-downloading sites. In most cases, you should be able to find an equivalent installation option that doesn't include I Want This Adware as a bundled option, and so whether or not I Want This Adware is on your computer is up to you. While I Want This Adware does offer some useful features, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also note that its drawbacks can be significant:

  • I Want This Adware displays advertisements from third parties and affiliates that may not necessarily be safe. These advertisements may also harm your web browser's performance.
  • I Want This Adware monitors and collects a wide range of information, including your e-mail address, phone number, website history, cookie-stored data, zip code, country of origin, web browser, time zone and search queries. This information is shared out to the same third parties as noted above, and I Want This Adware's constant information-gathering activities may also slow down your PC.

Where I Want This Adware Falls Short in Its Benefits

Despite all the caveats mentioned earlier, I Want This Adware isn't directly harmful to your computer, and malware experts label I Want This Adware, at worst, a low-priority potential threat. I Want This Adware does offer legitimate and functional wish list-related features, and will also make automatic posts to your Facebook wall to show your friends about anything that you add to I Want This Adware's wish list. However, I Want This Adware's wish list function is essentially a duplicate of similar features that are found on popular shopping sites, and you may have no need of I Want This Adware in the first place if you're acquainted with the capabilities of sites like Amazon and Ebay.

If you've decided that you want to delete I Want This Adware, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you reboot into Safe Mode, which will insure that I Want This Adware will remain inactive. Afterwards, using anti-malware software to scan your PC should be all that's necessary to find and remove all components of an I Want This Adware installation.

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The following URL's were detected:
perpetratoronpour.com
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