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Hackers tend to be quite creative when it comes to naming the parasites they constantly develop and the Smarter Password virus is yet another example of that. Now, you should know that this thing is a classic member of the pesky adware family which makes it very predictable and yet impressively dangerous. According to its official website, Smarter Password is a perfectly harmless application which offers “the best way to help you create passwords for your online accounts”. In reality, though, Smarter Password has in store for you nothing but threats. Since the moment it manages to land on your PC till the moment your patience finally runs out and you delete this pest, Smarter Password will be constantly throwing issues your way. Just like all the other adware-type programs out there, Smarter Password is ad-supported which means the never-ending pile of commercials it generates is not only extremely annoying. It is also very dangerous. This virus doesn’t discriminate between safe, corrupted and fake web links so you will be seeing all three kinds on your PC screen. Everywhere. All the time. Smarter Password installs a browser extension which successfully injects your browsers with ads thus making them utterly unreliable. Why? Because in the upcoming mess of discounts, coupons, product deals, best prices, price comparisons, various pop-ups, video ads, etc. you could easily install malware just by clicking the wrong link. Remember, there is no telling which ad is harmless and which one is not so you should restrain yourself from trusting ANYTHING the virus brought to you. If you’re seeing a certain advertisement on the computer screen, you’re only seeing it because hackers want you to. Thanks to the dubious pay-per-click mechanism and other similar monetizing techniques crooks can easily gain profit online. However, their revenue comes at your expense so unless for some reason you want to become a sponsor to cyber criminals, you will take immediate action. Infections don’t just disappear when you ignore them and the only way to regain control over your machine (and browsers) is by deleting the parasite. In addition to the never-ending parade of potentially harmful ads, Smarter Password also seriously jeopardizes your privacy. The virus steals about as much private information as it possibly could and it might even include some personally-identifiable data as well. How anxious do you feel knowing that hackers have free access to your browsing history, search queries, IP addresses, email addresses, passwords and usernames? Long story short, due to this program’s presence on board, you will be bombarded with unreliable commercials and other random web links, your browsers might start occasionally crashing/freezing and your private life online will no longer be private. Why would you allow Smarter Password to harass you?

How did I get infected with?

You should know that crooks keep coming up with fresh ideas how to infect you with malware. Having said that, hackers don’t seem to be giving up some of the older distribution techniques. One of the relatively new methods for crooks to cause you cyber trouble is called freeware or shareware bundling and it is just as simple as it is efficient. Every time you install program packages (especially from unverified websites and especially for free) you should keep in mind that you expose yourself to numerous threats. Don’t overlook any potential parasite that you might stumble across online and don’t trust the illegitimate bundles offered by illegitimate pages. Make sure you opt for the Advanced/Custom option in the Setup Wizard so that you remain in control of the software you’re giving green light to. This way you will be able to spot and deselect any “bonus” infection attached to the safe programs in the bundle and you will not risk accidentally installing a bunch of viruses. Pay attention to the installation process and don’t be careless when it comes to your own cyber security.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Well, first of all, the Smarter Password are generated by a nasty cyber infection; that sentence alone should answer the question whether they are dangerous or not. They are. Being sponsored, the Smarter Password commercials are incredibly unreliable and very harmful. You simply can’t afford to trust something as malicious as a PC parasite, can you? Unless you’re wiling to end up on some compromised website infested with viruses, you will do your best to avoid the ads that Smarter Password constantly forces on you. The virus also displays some highly questionable software updates and other potentially malicious web links so keep in mind that you have to be extremely cautious as long as the parasite is still present on board. Also, as it spies on your browsing-related activities, this program might cause various privacy issues and lead to the absolute worst case scenario – identity theft. Hackers usually sell the data collected to third parties for monetizing purposes which only makes the overall situation nastier. Therefore, don’t waste time. To delete this sneaky infections manually, please follow the detailed removal guide that we have prepared for you down below.

How Can I Remove Smarter Password Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Smarter Password from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Smarter Password from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Smarter Password from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Smarter Password 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 Smarter Password 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 Smarter Password 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 and to prevent this from happening again!