Remove Price Defend Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Price Defend is a potentially unwanted adware program. This PUP is highly intrusive and malicious, not to mention, harmful. It slithers its way into our system by means of deception and finesse and starts wreaking havoc. Shortly after the program latches onto your computer, it commences a full-on bombardment of pop-up ads. Each and every time you try to browse the web, you will be interrupted by an entire array of pop-ups. The only way to cease this disturbance is to get rid of the malevolent adware entirely. If you choose not to, you’re only setting yourself up for a bad time as the vexatious ads will be the least of your worries. For one, due to their incessant appearance, you’ll start to experience frequent system crashes, and your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl. Furthermore, as the pop-ups are immensely unreliable, if you click on one, by choice or accident, you’ll unwillingly give your permission to install malware. But the worst part of getting stuck with adware such as Price Defend is the fact that it places your personal and financial information in grave jeopardy. It spies on you, collects data, and then sends it to strangers with agendas. The question is, are you going to allow that to happen?

How did I get infected with?

Price Defend relies on the old but gold methods of invasion to sneak into your computer undetected. More often than not, the application hitches a ride with freeware as it provides possibly the easiest entry point. That’s because users tend to rush its installation and don’t even bother to read the terms and conditions. Instead, they just agree to everything and hope for the best. Well, that’s a horrible idea that results in horrendous consequences. Don’t allow haste, naivety, and distraction to be your guide as they will most certainly lead you to regret. Be more careful, don’t rush, and remember that a little extra attention today can save you a lot of troubles tomorrow. Other preferred ways of infiltration the tool often turns to include hiding behind corrupted links or websites, or spam email attachments. It can also pretend to be a false system or program update.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Price Defend’s selling point is that it is a useful tool and with its assistance you can save a lot of money. But is that so? The application claims that it gives you coupons for various online sales and also news of all the best deals and bargains you can take advantage of. However, its claims are highly exaggerated. As is usually the case with adware, the reality of the situation quite differs from what’s advertised. Once you look past the smoke and mirrors, this proves to be nothing more than a mere marketing ploy. Yes, it’s true the program provides you with coupons and information on all sorts of deals and bargains, but it’s no good to you. It’s as useless as the program itself. Why? Well, because Price Defend displays it via its pop-up ads, and, as was already mentioned, they’re highly unreliable. If you click on one of them, just once, all you’ll have to show for it is more malware slithering into your system. Do yourself a favor and do your best to NOT click on the ads. As soon as the program invades your computer, it starts to spy on you. It keeps a close eye on your browsing activities and catalogs your every move. When it determines that it has collected enough data from you, it sends it to the unknown third parties that support. Are you going to allow Price Defend to steal your private information and hand it to strangers with malicious intentions? Protect yourself and your computer, and delete the application as soon as you first become aware of its presence. You won’t regret it.

How Can I Remove Price Defend Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Price Defend from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Price Defend from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Price Defend from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Price Defend 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 Price Defend 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 Price Defend 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.