So earlier today I found a course in wireshark, downloaded a .bin image and decided to install powerISO to run the file and see what is inside. As soon as I installed powerISO, I noticed a new software program "Seach project" was installed as well, my immediate action was to re install it from the control panel. Then I checked the web and I am not sure whether to worry or not, apparently it downloads/installs files or programs by itself. It was on my pc less than 1 minute but still it could've done quite some things .. i realized it because my default search engine was changed on my browser. So after resetting back to default settings and removing it, + avast doesnt find any malicious software on my pc, should I be worried about search engine being on my pc? Also, i deleted powerISO right away as well ... and I am pretty sure than I did customized installation, and there was nowhere mentioned about search project being installed ...
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Jump to PostBe careful with all this freeware / shareware / crapware programs like PowerISO. The Windows landscape is full of such non-sense software that you can get for free, but it usually comes with a bunch of other programs that piggy-back on its installation, such as a browser toolbars, default search-engines, …
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