What is Video Dimmer?
Video Dimmer is an application that should enhance your online video watching experience. While it’s unknown what benefits you will get from this application, because all they say about this is that it will “change your viewing experience” and offers to “experience your favourite websites in a completely new way by dimming the lights”, it’s clear that it will display ads on your web browser. Video Dimmer is listed as an adware and you can find out it even on their official website. It says that “Video Dimmer is entirely free to use, but may show advertisements while Video Dimmer is installed. These promotions help us keep Video Dimmer 100% awesome and free for you.”. Due to this reason Video Dimmer is listed as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) that you should not keep on your computer. You will not gain any benefits from it and those ads can be really annoying or even malicious at times. There are also a chance that some additional software like web browsers toolbars will be installed: “During installation of Video Dimmer, you may receive additional offers such as a search toolbar. These offers are optional and you will be given the choice to ‘Accept’ or ‘Skip All’ the offers. Search toolbar offers may include the option to change your default search, your home page and/or your new tab page. “. Even though they declare that you will be able to chose whether install additional software or not, the installation process can be tricky and you will find yourself with added toolbar and changed default home page or search engine. Video Dimmer is an add-on that works on a Windows OS and can be added to all most popular web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Another unfair attribute of Video Dimmer is it’s distribution method. Yes, it can be downloaded form its official website at http://videodimmertool.com but it is also distributed through free software, bundled with it. That means you can be even not aware that Video Dimmer was installed on your computer. If you don’t want this adware on your PC, be sure to pay attention to the installation wizard of freebies downloaded from a malicious looking websites. Do not skip any steps and pay attention to the installation process of freebies. Don’t forget to opt out for a custom or advanced install mode to be able to see all available options. Don’t allow installation of any additional software that you are not aware of. If your computer is already infected the only way to stop those annoying ads is to completely remove Video Dimmer. This task can be more complicated than you thought. Use a trustworthy anti-malware program, such as Spyhunter or malwarebytes. Scan your PC with it and it will automatically remove the threat. If you want to do this manually, feel free to follow our step-by-step Video Dimmer removal guide given below.
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