{"id":1489,"date":"2014-08-21T07:38:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T07:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:02:46","slug":"remove-maxiget-software-manger-softsonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-maxiget-software-manger-softsonic\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Maxiget Software Manager (Softsonic)? – Removal Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you find something called\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger<\/strong> on you machine and wonder where it came from? The\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger<\/strong> is a desktop application showing a web page named “Softsonic<\/strong>” that promotes software downloads and shows, what to appears to be Google Adsense Ads:<\/p>\n

\"Maxiget<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger<\/strong>\u00a0installed on your computer you may also see a process called MaxigetUpdater.exe<\/a> running in the Windows Task Manager.<\/p>\n

So, how did\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>install on you computer? It could have been installed as a bundled offer, that was displayed when installing some other software on your machine. I found Maxiget while installing software, and here’s how Maxiget was disclosed:<\/p>\n

\"maxiget<\/a><\/p>\n

As usual when I find some bundled software, I upload it to VirusTotal to see what the anti-virus programs says about the file. AVG was the only anti-virus scanner that detected Maxiget, under the Generic.E22<\/strong> detection name:<\/p>\n

\"maxigetupdater.exe<\/a>If you would like to remove the\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger<\/strong>, you can do so by selecting the MaxigetUpdater.exe file in FreeFixer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"maxigetupdater.exe<\/a> \"maxiget<\/a><\/p>\n

Or by using the Uninstall programs dialog:<\/p>\n

\"maxiget<\/a><\/p>\n

Hope this helped you figure out what Maxiget is.<\/p>\n

Did you also get Maxiget as a bundled software offer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you find something called\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger on you machine and wonder where it came from? The\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger is a desktop application showing a web page named “Softsonic” that promotes software downloads and shows, what to appears to be Google Adsense Ads: If you have\u00a0Maxiget Software Manger\u00a0installed on your computer you may also see … Continue reading What is Maxiget Software Manager (Softsonic)? – Removal Instructions<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}