Remove Package Tracking Toolbar (Complete Uninstall)

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Package Tracking Toolbar is categorized as potentially unwanted program (PUP). This tool isn’t your everyday toolbar. It is a threat to both your security and privacy. It penetrated your system’s security and is now controlling your web browser. Everything you do online is no longer private. The Package Tracking Toolbar is monitoring your online activities. It collects data and uses it to select the right kinds of ads for you. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into some search engine, the malicious tool will start displaying advertisements for similar items. You must have noticed the ads, haven’t you? They are everywhere. Discounts, coupons, and great deals are blinking in every imaginable color. Ad-blocking apps are useless. Ads are promoting items that you want. Whatever you do, try not to click on those adverts. The Package Tracking Toolbar has no checking mechanism. Anyone with money can use it to promote. Oftentimes, such applications are used to spread misleading and deceptive content. This toolbar can create a virtual layer which blocks content from its competitors. You will see only what the app allows you to see. Soon, you will lose track of the current prices. You will become an easy target. You will think that you are getting the best deal available. Yet, you will be charged too much. Prevent this. Use our guide to remove this threat manually. If you are not confident in your computer skills, use a trustworthy anti-virus program. Don’t delay it. Remove the Package Tracking Toolbar immediately.

How did I get infected with Package Tracking?

There are many ways for a PUP to travel the web. Freeware bundling, spam emails, corrupted ads, and torrents are just the most common ones. Yet, all these techniques rely on your negligence. When installing a program, opt for an advanced installation option. If you happen to be installing a bundle, the advanced method will let you deselect all unwanted programs. Developers often add extra programs to the installation files of many free applications. This method is known as bundling. If you rush through the installation process, you may install programs that are dangerous. The Package Tracking Toolbar might have arrived as such an extra program. Or it may have been disguised as a software update. Have you seen those program update alerts? They usually pop-up ant the most unexpected times. You want to check some interesting website, but an alert stating that your flash or java software is outdated appears. Don’t click on those messages. Scammers use them to deceive you. If you want to update a program, download the newest version from a reliable website. Otherwise, you risk infecting your PC with malware. The Internet is bursting with dangerous threats.

Why is Package Tracking dangerous?

The Package Tracking Toolbar looks useful, yet, looks are deceiving. This tool will affect your web browsers. If you have more than one browser installed, know that all of them are infected. The Package Tracking Toolbar modified their settings. You are now exposed to a constant stream of advertisements. It appears that all your attempts to block the ads are useless. The PUP forces ads even on websites that are otherwise ad-free. You can’t get any work done without being constantly interrupted. On top of that, the PUP is also slowing your machine down. Your computer may start to freeze and crash frequently. And is not the end of the stream of issues. This parasite is monitoring your browser related data. If you aren’t careful, it may get some personally identifiable information too. Do yourself a favor and remove this menace immediately. The sooner, the better.

How Can I Remove Package Tracking?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Package Tracking 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.

• Open your task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Locate the process of Package Tracking.exe and kill it

• Open your windows registry editor by typing”regedit” in the windows search box

Navigate to (Depending on your OS version)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

and delete the display Name: Package Tracking

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Package Tracking 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.

Navigate to C:/Program Files and delete Package Tracking folder. Double check with any antimalware program for any leftovers. Keep your software up-to date!