Online gaming websites belong to the part of the Internet where you should be really careful about what you click on. Otherwise, you would end up installing iWin Games and a bunch of other potentially unwanted programs that may lead to an ultimate system downfall. Now, we are not trying to convince you that iWin Games is a malicious application. Quite the contrary, this program is just a potentially unwanted piece of software that might have been installed on your PC accidentally. Nevertheless, if you want to keep your computer safe and clean (and you most certainly do), removing iWin Games should be at the top of your To Do list.
If you were to visit the official website for iWin Games via iwin.com, you probably would not notice anything suspicious. It looks like a genuine (and a rather simple) homepage for online games, offering you to choose from PC Games and Online Games. You can also register on the website, to receive the latest news and offers from the site. However, it does not seem like it would be easy to download the actual program on your computer from the web page. In fact, it is far more common for users to download such applications in software bundles. That is why they often do not notice how the likes of iWin Games manage to get installed on their systems.
The iWin Games application is promoted and presented as a download manager. That is to say, if you want to download multiple games from the iwin.com website, this application supposedly should make the task easier. iWin Games provides you with free games to download, and users get the impression that with this application they can save money while playing online.
However, there is a catch to it. The games provided via iWin Games are free because this application displays third-party advertisements DURING the game, thus covering its development costs. Although the program does not show commercial ads anywhere else, our security researchers suggest that the iWin Games ads usually contain corrupted content. For example, the ads may offer you to run a free scanner, install a software update, and so on. You should never click those ads because when software updates are being promoted via third parties, it almost always means that the ads are part of adware distribution network.
What’s more, clicking the iWin Games ads that are embedded with corrupted links might as well lead to malware websites and web pages that steal personal information for marketing purposes. The bottom line is that it is NOT SAFE to keep iWin Games on your PC because this application could be easily misused by malevolent third parties.
Luckily, you can remove iWin Games without any difficulties through Control Panel. When you do that, scan your PC with a licensed antispyware tool to locate all the other potential security threats. You did not think iWin Games arrived at your computer on its own, did you? When we deal with potentially unwanted programs, it is important to realize that without investing in security applications, you will not be able to secure your PC against similar intruders. Thus, do all you can to make sure that you will not have to face similar issues in the future.
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