SafetyNut

SafetyNut is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which may be downloaded from the net when a computer user downloads freeware and shareware. SafetyNut may result in a variety of issues when it is downloaded and installed on the computer system. The PC user may allow downloading of SafetyNut when he is downloading other free software products from the net, or he may download SafetyNut inadvertently by not paying enough attention to the installation process. When the web user downloads any free program from the Internet and does not read the download agreement, he may not be aware of what other potentially unwanted programs may come packed with the specific free tool he is downloading. Once downloaded and installed, SafetyNut may run numerous background processes that lead to slow downs of the computer system. SafetyNut may show numerous random pop-up adverts on the screen of the computer. SafetyNut may take over the web browser and cause annoying diversions to various advertising websites.