Adware.ChameleonTom

Adware.ChameleonTom, also known as Riskware.WebToolbar.Win32.ChameleonTom!IK, is a deceitful application that can affect operating Windows 98, 2000 and XP systems. The application is available at chameleon-tom-facebook-layouts-profile-editor.apponic.com and filecluster.com. Here the browser extension is promoted as Facebook Profile Layout Editor. You should be extremely wary about toolbars, web page editors and browser extensions that are not supported by the authentic services they are representing. If you continue reading, you will discover more reasons to delete Adware.ChameleonTom.

You should not download ChameleonTom programs onto your computer, despite of seemingly beneficial services it may offer:

Bring life to your Facebook with Chameleon Tom! Change layouts, backgrounds and colors of your Facebook to anything you want! Select a layout from our gallery to pimp your Facebook. […] Chameleon Tom - Facebook Profile Layouts 3.0 is licensed as Freeware for the Windows operating system / platform. Chameleon Tom - Facebook Profile Layouts is provided as a free download for all software users (Freeware).

It has been researched that FlvTube.Toolbar, a second potentially unwanted program, may be installed automatically after you download the toolbar onto the computer. This is a sign of unauthorized activity, which is why you should rush to delete Adware.ChameleonTom..

The toolbar has a variety of different components that may be infiltrated onto the computer to perform highly illicit processes. The dynamic link library file wit4ie.dll (215.55K), found under C:\Program Files\ChameleonTom\wit4ie.dll, is one of the most notable components. This file may be implemented as a browser helper object (BHO), which could spy on your virtual activities and steal highly sensitive information, including login data.

Other files you should beware of are ChameleonTom.exe, FLVDirect.exe, BabelFish.exe, FLVPro.exe and addon.exe. If you do not delete these files, they will produce fake advertisements, connect to remote servers, delete or hijack system processes, download other malicious programs, modify IE settings, reconfigure Firewall and disable Windows Security Center. All of this might make it impossible to remove Adware.ChameleonTom.

If you think you can delete Adware.ChameleonTom by uninstalling it via Control Panel utilities, you will be crushed to discover that malignant components that need to be removed are highly prevalent and resistant. It would be best to install legal and automatic threat removal tools to delete all of the malign components running on the PC. For your convenience we offer you SpyHunter, which will remove adware and will ensure that malware removal is no longer an issue.