CelebSauce Toolbar Contains Potentially Unwanted Programs
The website www.celebsauce.com has a toolbar called CelebSauce that contains Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP). Potentially Unwanted Programs are applications that contain adwares, toolbars or web browser hijackers. These programs tend to be difficullt to remove after they have been installed on your computer.
The CelebSauce Toolbar Website - www.celebsauce.com
The CelebSauce Toolbar
The CelebSauce toolbar installation file was scanned at virustotal.com and 11 out of 46 antivirus software detected a threat. The following threats were found:
File name: CelebSauce.exe
Detection: 11 / 46
Analysis date: 2013-03-24Antivirus Threat
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AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.FunWeb
Avast Win32:FunWeb-J [PUP]
AVG Zango
Comodo ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.FunWeb.DA
ESET-NOD32 Win32/AdInstaller
F-Prot W32/MyWeb.G
Fortinet Riskware/MyWebSearch
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.gen
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1210
VIPRE MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
If you have already installed this toolbar, click here to use AdwCleaner to remove the Potentially Unwanted Programs that were installed.. AdwCleaner is a very small program and doesn't require any installation.
Based on the information that we have found, we do not recommend installing the CelebSauce toolbar.
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