Remove HitBuzz Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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HitBuzz is categorized as adware. This is a malicious, intrusive, and quite damaging application. It slithers its way into your system by means of deception and finesse, and then proceeds to make a mess. Once it latches onto your computer, the issues start piling up almost instantaneously. The first one you’ll be faced with, which is the most obnoxious of all, is the never-ending waterfall of pop-up ads the tool will flood you with. Shortly after infiltration, HitBuzz commences a full-on bombardment of pop-ups. They appear every single time you try to browse the web and continue interrupting your experience until you get rid of the program altogether. If you choose not to, you’ll regret it as the vexatious ads will be the least of your worries. Even though they will most likely infuriate you to no end, they’ll seem like a walk in the part compared to the severe security risk the application places upon you. HitBuzz starts spying on you as soon as it infects your PC. It collects data from you in an attempt to steal your personal and financial information and send it to unknown third parties. Make no mistake! If you decide to allow it to stay instead of deleting it immediately after it first reveals its presence, it WILL succeed in its endeavors! So, unless you wish to have your private life handed to strangers, don’t delay getting rid of HitBuzz! Remove it now, so you don’t have to deal with it later.

How did I get infected with?

HitBuzz resorts to the usual antics so as to invade your system. Its trickery involves using the old but gold methods of invasion. More often than not, the application hitches a ride with freeware as it provides possibly the easiest access point. That’s because, for some reason, users rush its installation process and don’t pay nearly as enough attention as they should. Instead of carefully reading the terms and conditions, they just consider it a good idea to agree to everything. Well, it is most certainly NOT a good idea. It’s not even an “okay” one. Agreeing to something without knowing what it is exactly, is a horrendous idea that leads to horrible repercussions. And, unless you wish to experience them first-hand, don’t give into naivety, haste, and distraction! Other ways of infiltration HitBuzz often turns to involve hiding behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, or websites. The tool can also pretend to be a bogus system or program update. For example, while you may be convinced that you’re updating your Java or Adobe Flash Player, but, in reality, you’re giving the green light to a malevolent, harmful tool. Remember that it’s crucial to be more careful if you wish to avoid getting stuck with adware such as HitBuzz. A little extra attention can save you a lot of troubles and headaches.

Why are these ads dangerous?

HitBuzz doesn’t throw so many pop-ups your way for fun. It is an ad-supported application, and the ads help it continue its existence. By tricking you into clicking on its pop-ups, the tool generates web traffic and produces pay-per-click revenue for the third parties that support it, and, thus, is able to proceed with its operations. Since it’s so important for the program to fool you into clicking on the pop-ups, it leaves nothing to chance. In order to increase its likelihood of success, the application does its homework on you. Once it settles in your system, it begins observing your browsing habits so it can learn what your preferences include. Once it understands what you like and dislike, the program known which ads will have a better shot at sparking your interest and result in a click, i.e. profit. Then it floods you with these “appropriate” ads. However, whatever you do, do NOT be deceived into clicking on them! The pop-ups are highly unreliable, and a click will only result in you unwillingly approving the installation of more malware. So, do your best to ignore the ads no matter how enticing they seem. As was already mentioned, there’s an issue much worse than the ads and the troubles they cause. HitBuzz doesn’t stop at merely monitoring your browsing habits. It catalogs every move you make, and then sends the collected information to the people behind the program. Are you willing to grant access to your personal and financial details to wicked strangers with agendas? Think long and hard before you answer.

How Can I Remove HitBuzz Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete HitBuzz from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove HitBuzz from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall HitBuzz from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the HitBuzz 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 HitBuzz 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 HitBuzz 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.