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QuickyTranslator

Posted: November 10, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 5
First Seen: November 10, 2015
Last Seen: August 10, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

QuickyTranslator is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may be on your computer although you don't recall accepting to install it. The purpose of QuicklyTranslator, as you can probably guess by its name, is to translate text from one language to another. Nowadays there are many popular online translation services that are free, so there's no point on relying on an application like QuickyTranslator, especially if you take in account the fact that QuickyTranslator is very unpopular. In fact, the official website of QuickyTranslator doesn't provide a direct link to the installation file, so all installations of QuickyTranslator may occur with the help of unfair propagation techniques.

The QuickyTranslator software may rely on distribution via software bundles, so if you have it installed on your machine, then it is very likely that this happened due to of a piece of freeware you recently downloaded. QuickyTranslator's installation should be optional, but thanks to misleading instructions and information, users may be tricked into agreeing to install not just QuickyTranslator but other PUPs as well unknowingly. To avoid having to deal with apps like QuickyTranslator, users should make sure that their anti-virus software is up-to-date and running at all times. Furthermore, PC users should pay extra attention to the installation instructions when downloading new software, because this may help them decline the installation of PUPs like QuickyTranslator easily.

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