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Triangulum is a small constellation in the north sky. It’s also the name of a malicious PC infection. Classified as adware, the Triangulum virus quickly takes over your entire Internet experience, serves as a sneaky back door to malware, irritates you every single time you surf the Web and spies on your personal information. Are you searching for a reason to get rid of this program? Triangulum gives you plenty. Keep in mind that adware-type parasites only become more dangerous as time passes. As you could imagine, Triangulum will not delete itself. It’s highly recommended that you uninstall this nuisance the minute you encounter its unwanted presence on board. Make sure you remove the virus before it manages to cause you damage. It’s perfectly capable of doing so. This program starts wreaking havoc immediately after installation. By adding a browser extension, Triangulum effectively injects all your browsers with ads. Then it proceeds to modify your browser settings even further. Why is the extension needed? So you could be bombarded with pop-up ads and pop-under ads and banner ads and interstitial ads and video ads and many more types of ads on a daily basis. It goes without saying that if you’re seeing a certain commercial, you’re only seeing it because hackers want you to. Triangulum comes for free but that doesn’t stop its developers from gaining revenue out of their creation. Thanks to the devious pay-per-click mechanism and some other equally questionable monetizing techniques online, hackers both make money AND get on your nerves. Quite nasty, isn’t it? The Triangulum parasite is ad-supported so it generates an excessive amount of sponsored web links. As we mentioned, the advertisements come in various shapes and are extremely intrusive, What’s much worse, though, is the fact those pop-ups are misleading. Hackers aim for gaining profit online, not for taking care of your safety. That means you could click a corrupted commercial which leads directly to malware. If you don’t avoid the numerous coupons, discounts, deals, price comparisons, “best prices”, etc., you expose your own security to danger. Clicking a malicious web link disguised as an attractive commercial will automatically install more infections on your computer system. Furthermore, Triangulum slows down the PC speed as well and might even cause some Internet connection issues. Your overwhelmed browsers may start crashing and freezing and your overall browsing experience ends up seriously disrupted. In addition, the parasite jeopardizes your privacy because it steals your browsing-related data. Hackers usually sell it to questionable third parties with unclear intentions. Therefore, your browsing history, passwords, usernames, email addresses, etc. might end up in the wrong hands. Some personally identifiable data might be stolen as well. You should know that although identity theft is a rather rare scenario, it’s definitely not a threat to be taken lightly. Do the right thing concerning your safety and get rid of the parasite. You won’t regret it.

How did I get infected with?

Adware is notoriously stealthy. Such programs usually slither onto computers in complete silence because the longer you remain oblivious to the installation, the better for hackers. That means you didn’t download Triangulum voluntarily. The most plausible explanation of its presence is that you installed some illegitimate freeware or shareware bundle. A rule of thumb for the future – never trust unverified websites. The bundles they offer tend to include at least one “bonus” infection. However, this is a bonus you don’t want. To avoid virus infiltration, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. It will allow you to watch out for potential threats. If you fail to spot and deselect a parasite on time, it will land on your PC alongside the programs you were originally going for. Also, you know those Terms and Conditions that you accept without reading? Remember, they might include some term or condition you strongly disagree with. You should at least be aware what you accept because otherwise you have no one to blame later on when you realize your computer has been compromised.

Why are these ads dangerous?

To begin with, the Triangulum ads are irritating. Browsing the Web becomes less of a fun experience and much more of a hassle when you constantly have to deal with pesky commercials. Triangulum floods your machine with its endless pile of ads without asking for any permission or authorization first. As you could imagine, hackers aim for generating web traffic; your preferences and opinions are not a part of the picture. Money is. In addition, the commercials this program stubbornly forces on you are unreliable. You might end up on some highly questionable website infested with malware without even knowing it. As mentioned already, Triangulum serves as a back door to other infections. It also spies on your private details and sends some incredibly sensitive data of yours straight into the greedy hands of hackers. The longer it stays on board, the more damage it could cause. Just to make your headache a little bit more severe, the infection works just fine with three of the most commonly used browsers out there. It takes down Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. To get rid of the parasite’s shenanigans, get rid of the parasite. If you decide to remove Triangulum manually, you will find a detailed removal guide down below.

How Can I Remove Triangulum Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Triangulum infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Triangulum from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Triangulum from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Triangulum from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Triangulum from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Triangulum program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Triangulum from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on
• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Triangulum Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.