Amazon Assistant is an adware that is usually installed along with a program found on-line. Probably the install process for the downloaded program was modified to include unwanted programs such as Amazon Assistant. Even though this program looks official, we must remember that it was not developed by Amazon but by some other company. This program uses both Amazon’s search engines and APIs to allow you to search through the website. Once you get to the full webiste a cookie will be set in your computer; this cookie is used to pay Amazon Assistant if you purchase something in the following 24 hours.
Of course, Amazon does not promote the use of these tools, and it makes great efforts in keeping them clean by deactivating any partner using adware to install itself onto thousand of users. However, the process to make a new affiliate account is so easy and quick that to keep them all in line turns out really hard. On the other hand, as this is not an official tool we must remember that it could have hidden functionalities like a spyware would.
In any case, we offer you here a 100% free removal guide to get rid of Amazon Assistant. We strongly advice you to use all programs included in our guide to make sure you remove not only Amazon Assistant but any other unwanted program that might have arrived at the same time.
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