Remove Deal Maverick Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Deal Maverick is an adware tool. Its selling point is that it’s a helpful application that assists you in increasing your savings. How? Well, it provides you with an endless supply of information on all the best deals and bargains, and with coupons for various online sales, as well. The key word is ‘endless’. This news is displayed with the help of pop-up advertisements. They start showing up shortly after the tool settles on your computer and continue to do so until you delete it entirely. There is no middle ground. You either don’t see a single ad or all you see is ads. That can get pretty annoying, pretty fast. But the pop-ups won’t just be vexatious. They’re also dangerous as they’re bundled with all kinds of malware, just waiting to be unleashed on your PC. And, here’s the catch. To take advantage of the information the ads display and, supposedly, save money, you have to click on the pop-ups. But if you do that, all you’ll have to show for it is more unwanted malware getting to your PC. That’s right. A click on an ad unleashes the malevolent tool it’s hiding. So, the bottom line is – do you think the ads are worth all that? Is Deal Maverick worth the risk? Hardly. Don’t buy any of the rubbish the application is selling you. It’s all lies. Lies aimed to reel you in and make you believe in the usefulness of a fake and harmful program. Don’t underestimate the dangers the tool places upon you! It’s nothing more than a run-of-the-mill adware. A potentially unwanted program you need to remove as soon as possible.

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How did I get infected with?

How do you think Deal Maverick managed to make its way into your computer? If your answer isn’t ‘through me’, you’re wrong. Right now, you’re probably quite perplexed by this statement, but it’s nonetheless true. The tool invades your system by using you. Or, more precisely, your carelessness, gullibility, and haste. Think about it. Adware cannot enter your PC without you giving it the green light of approval. So, at some point, it asked you for your approval, and you obviously gave it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be in this current predicament. But don’t beat yourself up too hard. Such applications are immensely deceptive, and Deal Maverick is no exception. It’s masterful when it comes to fooling you into approving it in. Its usual means of infiltration include hiding behind freeware, spam email attachments, corrupted sites, or links or posing as a fake update. For example, you may think you’re updating your Java or Adobe Flash Player, but you’d be wrong. In reality, you’ll be installing a PUP. If you don’t throw caution to the wind and don’t rush, maybe you’ll succeed in keeping your system free of such infections. Be extra attentive and double-check everything, every term, and each condition, instead of agreeing to all of them in haste and hoping for the best. That kind of demeanor only leads to adware slithering into your system and, subsequently, making a mess.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Deal Maverick bombards you with pop-ups for a reason – to secure its future. If you just raised an eyebrow questioningly, it’s about to get clearer. The application is ad-supported. That means that if it’s to proceed with its operations, it has to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the third parties that published it. So, to ensure its continuation, the application exposes you to an ever-flowing waterfall of advertisements. But don’t think they’re just any ads. Oh, no. Instead of showing you random ads, the tool only displays ‘appropriate’ ones. It determines which ones are appropriate by spying on you. After infiltration, it starts to observe your browsing habits in the hopes of understanding what you like, what appeals to you, etc. When it grasps what your preferences include, it selects the ads, which are best-fitted for your interests. Unfortunately, Deal Maverick doesn’t stop at merely monitoring you. It takes it a step further. The application keeps a record of every single move you make while online. When it deems it has collected a sufficient amount of information from you, it sends it to the people behind it. Think on that. Strangers will have access to your personal and financial details. Are you prepared to take such a colossal risk for such a worthless, and altogether harmful, program? Don’t. Do what’s best for you and your system, and delete Deal Maverick at once.

How Can I Remove Deal Maverick Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Deal Maverick from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Deal Maverick from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Deal Maverick from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl

Locate the Deal Maverick 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 Deal Maverick 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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

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  • Close IE

Permanently Remove Deal Maverick 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.

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