Remove PriceMinus Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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PriceMinus is an application that should enhance users’ online shopping experience by presenting them with offers for items at reduced prices. This should help users by enabling them to save money while they purchase things from web stores. Unfortunately, although there are many genuine application that do provide avid online shoppers with coupons and exclusive deals, PriceMinus is not one of them. This program is classified as adware and all it can ever do is to display numerous potentially dangerous ads on the websites you visit. Many of the ads generated by PriceMinus may seem beneficial, however, they are only misleading and can cause problems with your virtual security. It is of great importance to avoid interacting with these ads if you do not want your system to get infected with malware. What you should do when you come across PriceMinus ads on your browser is to take measures for the immediate removal of the program from the PC.

How did I get infected with?

One of the main things that signify that PriceMinus is not a legitimate program is the fact that it does not have an official website. When an application does not feature a homepage, it cannot be acquired in an official manner, hence, there is nothing genuine about it. There are different ways for such applications to get distributed and it is sometimes difficult to determine the exact way a particular infection enters the system. The most common distribution methods are via spam emails, random pop-up ads, and software bundles. If you remember opening such emails and the attachments to them, clicking various ads you see on the web, or downloading different free application prior the appearance of PriceMinus ads, then it might become clear to you how this adware program managed to infiltrate your computer. What you should remember about adware infections is that they cannot enter your system unless you allow them to, so make sure you do not do that.

Why are these ads dangerous?

If you see a PriceMinus ad presenting you with this super attractive cheap item you have wanted to buy for so long, do not click it. PriceMinus ads will surely be very tempting because they will mainly promote things similar to the ones you view on the web. You are seeing such items because the ads are based on your online preferences which are identified thanks to the application’s ability to record data about your web activity. By presenting you with relevant content, the developers of PriceMinus hope that you will click as many ads as possible, which will help them earn more money. The creators of PriceMinus are paid through the pay-per-click method, so the more clicks mean bigger profit. Think twice whether you want to make adware developers richer at the expense of your virtual security because each of your clicks does not only mean more money for them, but it also means exposing yourself to potential threats. Interacting with PriceMinus ads will take you to third-party websites which are most likely to be malicious. Entering such websites may initiate the setup of severe infections which will worsen the performance of your PC and will assist cyber criminals in damaging your system and extorting sensitive information from you. Do not let this happen and delete PriceMinus and all other applications that will make your computer vulnerable towards hackers’ attacks.

How Can I Remove PriceMinus Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete PriceMinus from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove PriceMinus from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall PriceMinus from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the PriceMinus 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 PriceMinus 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 PriceMinus 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.