Adware.Fast and Safe

Fast and Safe is a browser add-on that promotes its functions as a security tool to identify and remove various PC threats. While these claims are remarkably similar to those of legitimate anti-malware and Web security products, malware experts confirmed that Fast and Safe is adware that uses its pretensions of security to display browser advertisements. Like all other adware, removing Fast and Safe is more likely to benefit your PC's safety than hinder it.

When 'Fast and Safe' Means Slow and Insecure

Although adware programs may use less than perfectly honest marketing campaigns, they normally restrict their tactics to claiming that it will provide improvements to your online shopping and Web-searching experiences. Fast and Safe is unusual due to its claim of providing the security features of a PC security program, such as detecting and removing threatening software and other threats. Fast and Safe also goes so far as to claim that its functions will improve the performance of your computer.

Unsurprisingly, threat researchers have not confirmed Fast and Safe's ability to perform any of its advertised functions, with the exception of one: its ability to inject advertisements into your browser, ostensibly as a means of financing its 'free' software. Fast and Safe also tracks which websites you visit and the terms used in your Web searches, which Fast and Safe uses to configure its advertising settings. Although none of these functions would categorize Fast and Safe as a threat, its status as adware is concrete, and its security advantages safely can be considered nil.

Getting Away from Fast and Safe as Fast as Possible

Although Fast and Safe may lead you into an erroneous sense of safety about how safe your Web browser is, Fast and Safe's greatest risk lies in the potentially unsafe content that could infiltrate its third-party advertisements. With respect to protecting your browser safety, although malware experts do find appropriate security add-ons to be useful, you never should trust products like Fast and Safe when promoted by companies with poor reputations and limited marketing.

Since Fast and Safe already has effectively verified that its word can't be trusted regarding its features, malware experts, likewise, wouldn't encourage trusting Fast and Safe to uninstall itself from your computer. PC security programs from reputable companies, particularly products that specialize in the removal of adware and browser-based unwanted add-ons, can be considered more reliable for this purpose. The full range of browsers affected by Fast and Safe is being investigated, but popular Windows browsers seem to be the primary targets.

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