Do you know what Zombie Alert is?
Zombie Alert application published by Creative Island Media LLC might appear on your system if you have downloaded and installed it from its official website zombiealertapp.com or if it has entered your system secretly bundled with other applications. In either way, this program will not do anything beneficial for you even though it claims that it is going to “scour the web for additional news and other content to determine the risk of zombie invasion”. Actually, it is more probable that you will notice advertisements provided by Zombie Alert program instead. It does not really matter which browser you use because this application is compatible with all of them and you will have to get rid of it if you want to stop it.
Zombie Alert screenshot
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One of the most distinctive features of Zombie Alert is a green ”button” that will be added in the top-right corner of your screen. If you click on it, you will notice that various news are provided for you and the program will also let you know about the probability of zombie invasion. As you can see, it is a rather useless piece of software; however, it tends to record some of the information related to your browsing processes and show some kind of relevant advertisements. If you click on them, you will be probably redirected to other websites that might seem decent from the first sight. However, you will never know whether they do not contain any other malicious components.
If you have noticed new applications on your system, it might be very true that they have entered your system together with Zombie Alert application. If you carefully read its official website, you will definitely notice such information stating that “you may receive additional offers such as a search toolbar”. Of course, you will have a possibility to click Accept or Skip during the installation, which is why you should be very attentive in order not to skip this step.
If you have found Zombie Alert useless and want to erase it from the system entirely, you should know that you can delete it easily via Control Panel. Adware programs are also detected by malware removers, which mean that you can acquire one in order to remove Zombie Alert easily and quickly. What is more, such a tool will make sure that you will not infect your system with malicious software in the future.
How to remove Zombie Alert
Windows XP
- Open the Start menu.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Locate the application and select it.
- Click Remove.
Windows 7 and Vista
- Click the Start button.
- Select Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.
- Right-click on Zombie Alert and select Uninstall.
Windows 8
- Tap the Windows key + R simultaneously.
- Type in Control Panel and click OK.
- Select Uninstall a program.
- Right-click on undesirable software.
- Select Uninstall.
In non-techie terms:
The majority of advertising-supported applications might not only bother you with ads that will take you to third party websites, but also might do other activities behind your back, for instance, record such non-personally identifiable data as your browsing history, your search queries, and the content that you access. It is not an illegal activity, but it might be still rather suspicious.