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Recently, I somehow downloaded Bytefence to the system and it convinced me that it is capable of taking care of it. It took several scans, found something 'unwanted' and then offered me to buy its license. Before I entered my credit card details, I googled its name and came across with such guide, and similar posts. Norton is also detecting it. Who is right and who is wrong?
Posted: 06-Jun-2018 | 6:58AM · Edited: 06-Jun-2018 | 7:23AM · Permalink
https://malwaretips.com/threads/ever-heard-of-bytefence.56677/
https:// www. bytefence.com/features. html
Posted: 06-Jun-2018 | 7:20AM · Permalink
Well I am sure that I always take all precautions to prevent such bundles on my computer. However, I must agree that bytefence got inside without my knowledge. Definitely removing it, thanks!
Posted: 06-Jun-2018 | 8:15AM · Permalink
Josh this sort of stuff gets downloaded "bundled" with other software, mainly the free junk that is out there. Although not specifically malware its nothing more than a copy cat program, you are well served to remove it immediately.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/614397/bytefence-antimalware/
Cheers
Posted: 08-Jun-2018 | 7:20AM · Permalink
SoulAsylum, following your recommendation, I decided to remove it. However, I was clearly fooled by its professional looks because some of its parts failed to leave my computer! While I managed to uninstall it normally (via Task Manager), it was a pain to change my search engine from Yahoo (Bytefence somehow brought it to my browsers) to Google. Only reset helped to fix everything.
Once again, thanks for advice!
Posted: 08-Jun-2018 | 1:27PM · Permalink
You are most welcome, glad we could assist. Have a great weekend.
Cheers
Re: Bytefence. Good or bad?
Posted: 06-Jun-2018 | 8:15AM · Permalink
Josh this sort of stuff gets downloaded "bundled" with other software, mainly the free junk that is out there. Although not specifically malware its nothing more than a copy cat program, you are well served to remove it immediately.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/614397/bytefence-antimalware/
Cheers