



Our program Malwarebytes can detect and remove this potentially unwanted application. This particular one was downloaded from their website: These so-called system optimizers use different methods of getting installed. You may see this entry in your list of installed programs: You will find these icons in your taskbar, your startmenu, and on your desktop:Īnd this type of screens during "operations": This is how the main screen of the system optimizer looks: How do I know if I am infected with WinOptimizer? This one also uses web push notifications: More information can be found on our Malwarebytes Labs blog. Then they try to sell you their software, claiming it will remove these problems. These so-called "system optimizers" use intentional false positives to convince users that their systems have problems. The Malwarebytes research team has determined that WinOptimizer is a "system optimizer".
