Remove Diet Bright Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Diet Bright belongs to, arguably, the most obnoxious group of cyber infections. As you might have guessed already, it’s adware. It’s a potentially unwanted program, which uses cunning and finesse to slither its way into your system while keeping you in the dark about it, and then messes everything up. From the very first moment, the tool settles on your computer to its very last, it continuously wreaks havoc. You need to understand that it doesn’t stop causing trouble. Not unless you remove it from your system entirely. And, until you do that, it will throw issues your way all day, every day. It’s a nuisance, to say the least. But it doesn’t just test your patience with annoyances like pop-up ads. The PUP also places a severe security threat upon you. It’s designed to spy on you, steal data, and send it to the third parties, which published it. Shortly after it sneaks in, the application starts to keep track of your browsing habits and thoroughly records your every online move. When it deems it has gathered a sufficient amount, it proceeds to hand it over to the unknown individuals behind it. Are you prepared to grant access to your personal and financial information to strangers? Strangers with questionable, possibly wicked, intentions? Does that seem like a risk, worth taking? And, for what? Diet Bright is a useless, unreliable, harmful program, which will only cause you headaches and bury you in problems. It’s not worth the gamble. Delete the nasty PUP the first chance you get. You won’t regret it.

How did I get infected with?

The Diet Bright application is bound to ask for permission to enter your system. And, unless you explicitly grant it access to install itself on your computer, it cannot. That means, at some point, the PUP asked for you to approve it in, and you did. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be in your current predicament. But don’t be too hard on yourself. Don’t think the tool openly asks you for approval. Oh, no. It does it covertly through every known trick in the book. It usually resorts to the old but gold means of infiltration to fool you into agreeing to install it. And, do you know what? Not only does it succeed in duping you, but it also keeps you oblivious to its existence. Oh, yes. Until the application decides to clue you into its presence, you have no idea it’s lurking somewhere in the corners of your PC. To slither in undetected, Diet Bright tends to resort to hitching a ride with freeware as it provides possibly the easiest access point. That’s because most users throw caution to the wind when installing freeware, and don’t even bother reading the terms and conditions. They just agree to all of them and hope for the best. That’s a losing strategy. Don’t rely on luck! Do your due diligence and leave nothing to chance. That way, you are better suited to keep infections away from your PC instead of unknowingly agree to install them. Carelessness leads to nothing positive. So, be extra careful and don’t give into naivety and haste. A little extra attention goes a long way.

Why are these ads dangerous?

After Diet Bright settles in your system, it commences a full-on flood of pop-up advertisements. Each and every time you attempt to browse the web, it will interrupt you with myriads of ads. But don’t think the frustrating intrusion is for not. It has a purpose, and it’s to ensure the tool’s survival. It may seem overly exaggerated, but it’s the truth. Diet Bright is an ad-supported program, which means that if it’s to continue its operations, it has to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the people that support it. If it fails to do so, they take it down, and it ceases to exist. Naturally, the PUP does everything in its power to avoid the fate of oblivion. Hence, the bombardment of ads. Each pop-up you see was carefully selected for you and your eyes only. They’re not random. The application picks them specially, according to your unique preferences. But how? How does it distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate? Well, it was already established that the tool monitors your browsing activities closely, and that’s how it gathered knowledge on your interests. When it grasps what you like and what you might find interesting, it bombards you with ads, which represent your idea of ‘enticing.’ Regardless of how appealing the advertisements may seem, do NOT press them! They’re immensely unreliable and bundled with various malicious tools. If you click on an ad, by choice or accident, you unknowingly agree to install the malware, it’s hiding. So, unless you wish to flood your PC with more unwanted infections, steer clear of the pop-up ads! Add to that the security risk, the endless nuisance of the intruding pop-ups, the slower PC performance, frequent system crashes, and everything else Diet Bright exposes you to, and it should be pretty clear what you need to do. Protect yourself and your computer, and get rid of the nasty adware tool as soon as the opportunity presents itself. It’s the best course of action you can take.

How Can I Remove Diet Bright Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Diet Bright from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Diet Bright from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Diet Bright from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Diet Bright 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 Diet Bright 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 Diet Bright 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.