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Boxworther.info is a malicious phishing site. It’s highly intrusive, not to mention, damaging. If you find yourself wondering what a phishing website is, it’s pretty straightforward. It’s called “phshing” for a reason. It much resembles actual fishing. Just try to imagine the following situation. A fisherman goes to seas and tries to catch fish. How? What does he do? He casts his lure and waits. He waits and hopes fish will bite. Well, that’s how a phishing site operates, as well. Its primary objective is to deceive you. It’s designed to lure you in and use you. Don’t fall victim to its schemes! Don’t be that fish that bites That’s not just an imaginary scenario, but a real-life situation. Phishing websites are a real threat, and should not be underestimated. As soon as you first encounter such a page, do your best to find the malware that’s supporting it as soon as you possibly can. Once you locate where it’s lurking in your system, delete it! The sooner you get rid of it, the better! You’ll save yourself a ton of headaches and troubles, and your future self will thank you for it.

How did I get infected with?

The malevolent tool that’s behind Boxworther.info has managed to infect your system by resorting to the usual trickery. Such tools rely on the old but gold methods of invasion to sneak in undetected. They pray on your distraction, haste, and naivety. More often than not, they hitch a ride with freeware as it provides possibly the easiest access point to your computer. That’s because users tend to rush its installation and don’t even bother to read the terms and conditions. Instead, they agree to everything and hope for the best. Well, unless you WISH to end up installing malware, do NOT do that. Be more careful and don’t rush! A little extra attention can go a long, long way. Other ways of infiltration, such malicious tools often turn to, include hiding behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, or websites. They can also pose as a false system or program update, like Java or Adobe Flash Player.

Why are these ads dangerous?

If you go to Boxworther.info, you will be greeted by a big red warning. The warning will state that this page has been reported as fraudulent and was, therefore, blocked. That shouldn’t surprise you as that is the fate of phishing websites. They only last about two or three weeks, and then they’re taken down. But not before they wreak some serious havoc. If you take no actions towards the removal of the malware behind this site, and allow it to lurk on your computer, pretty soon you’ll start to experience the “joys” they bring. One such “perk” is the never-ending stream of pop-up ads that will be thrown your way. Oh, yes. The site displays adware’s most infuriating characteristic. Each and every time you try to browse the web, you’ll be bombarded by an entire waterfall of pop-ups. And, aside from being incredibly obnoxious, the ads are also extremely damaging. For one, their incessant appearance will result in a slower computer performance, and frequent system crashes. Furthermore, they’re immensely unreliable. If you click on just one, by accident or choice, you’ll unwillingly agree to install more malware. So, do yourself a favor, and ignore the pop-ups no matter how enticing they seem. Their primary objective is to fool you into clicking on them, so your click can generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the third parties behind the tool. What’s worse than the threat of more malevolent tools slithering into your system is the fact that the site severely jeopardizes your privacy. Once the malware behind Boxworther.info sneaks in, it starts to spy on you. It keeps track of your browsing activities and catalogs your every move you make until it feels it has collected enough data from you. Then it sends it to the people that support it. Do you think anything positive will come from the fact that strangers with agendas will have access to your personal and financial information? It’s up to you to decide whether or not Boxworther.info is worth the risk.

How Can I Remove Boxworther.info Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Boxworther.info from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Boxworther.info from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Boxworther.info from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Boxworther.info 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 Boxworther.info 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 Boxworther.info 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.