Do you know what Surf Speed Monitor is?
Surf Speed Monitor is an entirely new adware application that is bound to cause trouble for anyone who has it on their PC’s. It is regarded as an adware application, because it shows commercial advertisements. It does not do anything else, so we recommend that you remove this infection at your earliest convenience. The content it promotes is provided by unreliable people who are likely to be engaged in illicit cyber activities, and Surf Speed Monitor is the perfect vehicle for distributing malicious software. If you are a security minded individual, then you will immediately recognize the risk that arises from having this program on your computer.
Surf Speed Monitor is advertised as an application that will give you everything you need to make your Internet surfing experience. What exactly the advertisers mean by this statement remains to be seen. We think that the application is a joke, along with its advertisement campaign. In truth, Surf Speed Monitor does not do anything except show commercial advertisements. The program’s promotional website is located at Surfspeedmonitor.com. It features a download button that is very hard to miss, but if you click it, nothing will happen, which is an undoubtedly a good thing. However, the application is distributed using other programs as cover to enter your computer. Of course, we are referring to software bundles. When installing them you may not notice that you are installing more than one application, and that is how Surf Speed Monitor can find its way on your computer if you do not remove it from the installation process.
Surf Speed Monitor screenshot
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Once the application is installed, it will immediately connect to a server and begin displaying commercial advertisements. But the ads should not be taken at face value, because they are not supplied by legitimate companies but by unknown entities. So, there is a risk that the computer will become infected with various types of Trojans that will wreak havoc on your computer if you do not have a program that protects it from malware. Your computer might also become infected with ransomware, which will lock your computer and will not grant you access to it until you pay a certain amount of money. But that is only if the worst case scenario plays out. Usually though, your computer might become infected with adware, browser hijackers, bad toolbars, and other mildly malicious applications, but you should remove them as well.
Information collecting is one other malicious feature for which you should remove Surf Speed Monitor. The application’s developers and their associated partners might get hold of your browsing preferences, email addresses, usernames, and other information via browser cookies. This information is mostly used for marketing purposes, to make custom advertisements in order to increase their profits, but you may start receiving emails that contain malicious content, such as Trojan downloaders.
So do not hesitate to remove Surf Speed Monitor. You will definitely feel safer and less annoyed when browsing the web. Keep in mind that this application can severely compromise your computers security by promoting unreliable content and collect personal and non-personal information about you. So, if you do not want that to continue please remove the application using our manual removal guide or an antimalware application.
Remove Surf Speed Monitor from your computer
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
- Navigate the mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Open the Sidebar and click Settings.
- Go to the Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Find Surf Speed Monitor and right-click on it.
- Click the Uninstall button.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista
- Open the Start Menu and open the Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Find Surf Speed Monitor and right-click on it.
- Click the Change/Uninstall button.
Windows XP
- Open the Start menu and open the Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Surf Speed Monitor.
- Click the Remove button.
In non-techie terms:
Surf Speed Monitor is an adware application that is bound to cause you trouble if you allow it to stay on your computer. The ads it promotes are not supplied by legitimate companies, but by unreliable entities that can engage in promoting malware downloads and other illicit content. So you should remove it using the guide provided above, or just make it easier by downloading SpyHunter.