Do you know what Simple Media Player is?
While Simple Media Player might seem like a tool worth running on your operating system, you must be informed that it is not as great as it might appear. We have conducted an extensive analysis of this tool and discovered that it exhibits a couple of suspicious and rather invasive traits even though it is promoted as an excellent tool that provides an ability to view videos in HD and stream all those videos in a quick manner. Such claims are often used by vendors of dubious programs as they seek to lure unsuspecting users into downloading and installing a program that you would not typically want to have active on your PC. In fact due to questionable functionality and suspicious means of distributions we have categorized this application as a potentially unwanted program. Read the rest of this article and find out why we advise its complete removal.
Simple Media Player screenshot
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As soon as Simple Media Player enters your operating system you will be presented with disturbing warning messages within your web browser as you are surfing the web. The warning messages will most likely try to convince you that your operating system is running a suspicious program or is about to be infected. While it could look like a legitimate alert notification, you must know that, in reality, it is entirely fake and should be ignored at all times. In addition to these false and annoying alerts, this potentially unwanted program might trigger random download all by itself without any notification. Such activity could actually have devastating outcomes, to put it mildly. This is so because at times it could download browser hijacker and adware programs, which would shockingly affect your online experience in a negative way. Keeping your PC safe and secure at all times should be your utmost priority; thus a complete removal of Simple Media Player should be executed without any hesitation.
Our reports show that a lot of users get Simple Media Player, not from its official website. This signifies that vendors of this potentially unwanted program use other dubious ways of distribution. It is not surprising that we have discovered that in the majority of cases this suspicious tool is spread via software bundles. To avoid infecting your operating system in such a way you need to download your software from official websites only since such sites do not tend to provide setup files that are filled up with questionable applications. Furthermore, you should always pay as much attention to installation procedure as possible because you might be presented with a chance to cancel the installation of some unwanted questionable program. Finally, make sure to ha a licensed malware detection and removal tool active on your PC because it provides overall system security at all times.
Make sure to remove Simple Media Player as soon as possible as it could turn out to be a major virtual threat. Once you have executed the manual removal, you should check the %APPDATA% folder and your registry system to be sure that no leftover files or registry entries related to Simple Media Player are active on your PC. This is paramount since at times this potentially unwanted program could restore itself without any notification by the help of some traces.
How to delete Simple Media Player from your PC
Windows Vista and Windows 7
- Click the Windows button.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click the Uninstall a program option.
- Select Simple Media Player.
- Click Uninstall.
Windows XP
- Click Start.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Uninstall the unwanted application.
Windows 8
- Move the mouse pointer to the lower-left corner of the screen.
- Right-click.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Double-click Simple Media Player.
- Confirm that you want to remove it.
In non-techie terms:
We are aware of the fact that some user might not feel comfortable executing manual removal themselves. If you are one of those user, do not worry. Our research team has crafted an alternative removal guide for you, which will help you delete this potentially unwanted program in an automatic way.