Remove Free2you Ads from Chrome/FF/IE

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Free2you is classified as adware and a potentially unwanted program. Once it makes its way into your system, you’ll rue the day you were foolish enough to let it in. Because it was you, you let it in. It somehow managed to trick you into giving your approval for its installation, and now you’re stuck with it. The application will bombard you with a never-ending array of pop-up advertisements in the hopes of tricking you into clicking on them. That’s crucial for an ad-supported program, like Free2you, which is entirely dependent on clicks. Other than the frustration from the pop-ups, you will also suffer from many other system issues due to Free2you, like frequent system crashes and slower PC performance. The best thing to do, after you find out that the application has slithered into your computer, is to delete it immediately. You’ll save yourself the troubles of having to deal with its daily messes.

How did I get infected with?

Free2you has an entire array of methods it can resort to in order to infect your system. For example, it can always hide behind freeware, spam email attachments, corrupted links, and corrupted websites. And that’s just to name a few. Keep in mind that freeware is its preferred and most commonly used method as it provides possibly the easiest access point. That’s because users tend to pay little to no attention when going through freeware’s installation process. Instead of familiarizing themselves with the terms and conditions carefully, they agree to all of them in haste. That’s the way to go if you want to get stuck with adware, or worse. If you don’t, be more attentive, and you might avoid having to deal with Free2you.

Why are these ads dangerous?

After Free2you infects your computer, it starts to monitor your browsing habits. By keeping a close eye on you, the application gets to know you a bit better. It learns what your preferences are and, therefore, which ads have a better shot at sparking your interest and result in a click. Then it bombards you with them. After all, every ad you are fooled into clicking on, is profit for the unknown third parties behind the tool. But the program doesn’t just monitor your browsing activities. It also catalogs them, and once it feels it has collected enough data on you, sends it to the aforementioned individuals. Think long and hard whether or not it’s worth the risk of handing out any and all personal and financial information, you might have shared, to unknown malicious people. If the answer is “no”, be sure to get rid of Free2you the first chance you get. You’ll spare yourself a lot of troubles and headaches.

How Can I Remove Free2you Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Free2you 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 Free2you from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Free2you from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Free2you from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Free2you from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Free2you 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 Free2you 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 the unwanted 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 Free2you 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.