There are also reports of other unwanted activities of ByteFence, but we are not going to tackle them all. What is more disturbing is that it does not really provide you its own search results but uses the results of (redirecting you to), the official search engine of. ByteFence Secure Browsing hijacks your browser’s settings and uses the website whenever you open a new window, new tab, and for all your searches in the URL bar. That function is called Browser Hijacker. Moreover, it has another feature or application called ByteFence Secure Browsing, which alters your browser’s default search engine.
PUPs or PUAs are programs installed on your device that does not do you any good, or that even without them, your computer would still function without any issues. That’s why many anti-virus (AV) programs and cybersecurity researchers have tagged ByteFence as PUP (Potential Unwanted Program) or PUA (Potential Unwanted Application).
They were unaware of how it was installed, or they may have remembered but definitely not what they wanted. Users began to notice an unknown software installed on their PC, which is ByteFence. But forums have been filled with questions about this software, asking if it is a “virus” or “malware.” Why is that? Potential Unwanted Program Nevertheless, it is not a virus, nor is it any form of malware-at least, not yet. (Note: Some cybersecurity researchers may say that ByteFence does not have the capability to detect malware or that it also produces fake malware detection results.) You have to buy the premium version to remove the detected malware on your computer. However, it only detects all kinds of malware but does not remove it. Its installation file is ByteFence.exe, and once executed, it runs securely in the “C:Program Files” subfolder.
It is free forever and does function as an anti-malware program. ByteFence is a legitimate anti-malware software by Byte Technologies LLC.
0 kommentar(er)
