Remove Discount Locator Ads (Permanent Removal)

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Discount Locator is classified as adware. If you allow this potentially unwanted program into your system, you’ll certainly regret it. Once it has successfully infiltrated your system, it proceeds to wreak all kinds of havoc. For one, it bombards you with a never-ending array of pop-up advertisements every time you try to browse the web. The ads will stop appearing if you get rid of the program altogether. If you choose not to, you’ll soon regret it. Don’t allow Discount Locator to stay and make a mess, instead do yourself a favor and remove it as soon as you possibly can. You’ll save yourself a ton of headaches, and your future self will thank you for it.

How did I get infected with?

Discount Locator resorts to the usual antics when it comes to infecting your system. More often than not, the program hitches a ride with freeware. That’s because freeware provides possibly the easiest access point because most users pay little to no attention when going through its installation process. They seem to think it’s a good idea to not read the terms and conditions, and instead just agree to everything in haste, and they certainly pay the price for their distraction. Discount Locator certainly has many more tricks up its sleeve with which to deceive you into allowing it in. Some of the most common ones include the use of corrupted websites, corrupted links, and spam email attachments. The application can also pose as a false system or program update. Bear in mind that Discount Locator prays on your distraction, so maybe if you are a bit more attentive, you’ll avoid getting stuck with it.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Discount Locator’s selling point is that it’s a tool that helps you save money by providing you with coupons and showing you all kinds of deals. However, that’s not all this bargain hunter does. Once you look past the sugary layer of marketing, it becomes quite evident that it harms you much more than help you. Due to the incessant waterfall of pop-up ads, your computer’s performance slows down to a crawl and your system experiences frequent crashes. This program is ad-supported, which means it has to generate pay-per-click revenue for the third parties behind it, if it is to continue its existence. Every ad, it tricks you into clicking on, is profit for these people. These individuals couldn’t care less that the application floods you with unreliable and harmful ads, which may lead to further system damage. They also don’t care about your privacy. Discount Locator is designed to keep track of every move you make, catalog it, and then send the collected data to the aforementioned individuals. Are you willing to risk handing your personal and financial information to wicked people with malicious intentions? If not, be sure to delete Discount Locator immediately after you realize it has slithered its way in your computer.

How Can I Remove Discount Locator Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Discount Locator from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Discount Locator from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Discount Locator from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Discount Locator 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 Discount Locator 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 Discount Locator 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.