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Quick Ref is identified as adware program. If you are currently preparing for exams or your job involves searching for and translating information, you might find Quick Ref to be a useful application because it promises to make this process faster and easier. The application is supposed to do that by enabling you to highlight the chosen text and then provide your with Wikipedia and Bing results in an in-page window. Thus, you will not have to leave the page you are on to receive the information you need. Unfortunately, Quick Ref is not as good an application as it is advertised to be because it is ad-supported. This means that it will display countless ads on every web page you visit and will make you a subject to various infections. This is the main reason why you should not even consider keeping the application on your system.

How did I get infected with?

You might have come across Quick Ref’s official website if you were looking for study tools on the web. At quickrefapp.com you will find a working download button that you can use if you are interested in acquiring the application. Still, it is possible for it to get installed on the PC without your permission. This can happen when you download and install questionable free apps or when you click random ads you see on the web. In any of the cases the infiltration of the adware application could be prevented if you choose carefully the content you download and the websites you visit. Also, you should stay away from pop-up ads promoting media players, program updates, security tools, and so on.

Why are these ads dangerous?

The fact that Quick Ref provides Bing search results is kind of disturbing because this search engine is known to present unreliable search results that include sponsored links. Also, the ads displayed by Quick Ref are related to the application’s third-party affiliates as they contain redirection links to the websites of those affiliates. There is no information disclosed about the third parties behind the ads, so there is a great chance that they are cyber criminals. Landing on websites designed by cyber criminals can only lead to seriously infecting your system, which is why clicking Quick Ref ads should be avoided at all costs. It is also important not to tolerate the application’s intrusive activity, so erasing it immediately is the best you can do for your virtual security.

How Can I Remove Quick Ref Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Quick Ref 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 Quick Ref from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Quick Ref from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Quick Ref from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Quick Ref from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Quick Ref 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 Quick Ref 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 Quick Ref 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.