Remove Infonaut Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Infonaut is a software program that promises to improve your online experience by providing you with different options for searching and translating information. With the application on your PC you are supposed to be able to highlight any text you like on the Internet, and then receive results from Wikipedia and Bing in an in-page window. This functionality of Infonaut should save you time because you will not have to open a new tab or page and do a separate search every time you are working with a text. Described this way, Infonaut sounds like a wonderful application that any user would be happy to have on their PC. Unfortunately, this is far from the reality. Infonaut is ad-supported which means that it is not an application that deserves your trust. It will flood your browser with countless ads that will disrupt your online activity and will expose you to a number of threats. Hence, it is essential to avoid clicking Infonaut ads and to remove the application from your system right away.

How did I get infected with?

For anyone willing to acquire the Infonaut application it is available for download at infonautapp.com. On the website you will also find important information about it like its Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and how to uninstall the app. We would advise you to look through the third option as letting an ad-supported program remain on your PC is not recommended. In case you do not remember downloading Infonaut, it is clear that the application got installed on your computer without your consent. This is likely for ad-supported applications because the majority of them are distributed together with bundled downloads. This takes place when you download freeware from dubious file sharing websites as the free apps found there carry installers of additional programs. These programs get installed on your PC along with the chosen one unless you prevent that from happening by declining additional offers during the installation steps.

Why are these ads dangerous?

To be ad-supported literally means to get paid to display ads. These ads come from various third parties who take advantage of the particular ad-supported application’s advertising services. They use them to promote their products and services, so whenever you come across Infonaut ads, you should know that they are actually presenting you with offers which come from unknown third parties. Therefore, what the particular ad shows is not necessarily what you will find on the website you will be sent to by it. Keep that in mind because it can save you a lot of trouble. The web pages you will be redirected to by Infonaut ads might be created by cyber criminals with the single purpose to spread malware or to extort sensitive information from users. So, not clicking the means avoiding such dangerous web pages. This is the main reason why you should do your best to ignore Infonaut ads. Still, since the ads tend to pop up quite unexpectedly, there is a great chance to click one by accident. The only way to make sure you will not click any is to delete the application generating them, so the immediate removal of Infonaut is certainly necessary.

How Can I Remove Infonaut Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Infonaut from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Infonaut from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Infonaut from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Infonaut 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 Infonaut 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 Infonaut 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.