Remove LyricsWatch Ads (Permanent Removal)

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Ads by LyricsWatch start showing up on your screen when the ad-supported application LyricsWatch gets installed on your PC. The ads may appear in all kinds of forms, such as web banners, pop-ups, coupons, text links, and so on. They will most likely offer you products at discount prices or will enable you to compare prices for the same item in order to find the most affordable one. Whatever the case, you should not trust ads by LyricsWatch because the application responsible for their appearance is known to be unreliable and should not be kept on the PC.

How did I get infected with LyricsWatch?

There is no sign of an official website for LyricsWatch. Even if there was, it would not make any difference because it would most probably be fake with no or a broken download button provided. As a typical adware application LyricsWatch is most often distributed bundled with freeware. This means that its installer lands on your system alongside a free app you have downloaded from an unauthorized source of software. You must have missed to notice the additional programs offered to you during the setup process and this is how you ended up with LyricsWatch and probably other unreliable applications on your system.

Why are LyricsWatch ads dangerous?

One of LyricsWatch’s features is its ability to track your web-related activity and record information about it. This information is used to improve the service, which basically means to provide you with more relevant ads. Thus, there is a greater chance that you will be tempted to click on them. If you do that, you will be taken to some unfamiliar websites that belong to the application’s third-party affiliates. Displaying third-party ads and you clicking on them and visiting suspicious web pages is the way the developers of LyricsWatch earn money. Do not help them with that and so not put your system at risk by letting LyricsWatch remain on your PC. Delete the program now before any adverse consequences take place.

How Can I Remove LyricsWatch Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete LyricsWatch from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove LyricsWatch from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall LyricsWatch from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the LyricsWatch 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 LyricsWatch 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 LyricsWatch 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.