HotShoppy is advertising application for Mac, that installs as extension for Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers. It then starts generating ads, pop-ups, drop-down banners on shopping sites offering coupons, discounts and deals. Adware has website machotshoppy.com and is available for download there. However, HotShoppy mostly installs in a bundle with other free utilities and apps for Mac. HotShoppy track online user activity and collects private information from browsers, such as history, bookmarked pages, cookies, search queries.
Web Shield is unwanted browser add-on, that claims to provide functionality for browser security in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It is developed by Irrational Number Applications or Parallel Lines Development (publisher name changed during last year). Among its features developers mention: tracking sites that leave cookies in browsers, block cookies, speed up browsing. Seems perfectly legit. However, after some time user receive numerous additional advertisements in browsers named like "Ads by Web Shield", "Web Shield Ads" or "brought by Web Shield".
Reimage Repair is a program presented as a system optimizer promising fixing many computer issues and raising the level of the system security. However, after installing it many users have complained about unavoidable messages about fake security risks with recommendations to purchase the full version of the program. Thus, Reimage Repair is classified as scare-ware, that is intended to make money on people's fears about their computers' health.
One System Care is a free application that is not malicious but still may cause trouble with the system. The features of the program and the real abilities do differ, since the official description suggests One System Care being an optimizing tool speeding up the machine. In fact, the user downloaded this program gets a fake application created for squeezing money from people.
Stack Player is adware (advertising software) that allows users to watch online videos using desktop application. Software allows you to search, play and save videos from online resources using window in the right-bottom corner of your screen. Unfortunately, Stack Player also tracks online user activity and displays ads based on user behavior on different websites and inside Google search. It also installs without user permission along with freeware.
