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Today’s article aims to help you learn a bit more about the pest that is StartRevApp. Once this malicious program makes its way to your device, it will immediately disrupt your browsing activities, jeopardize your personal data and annoy the hell out of you in the process. StartRevApp is a potentially unwanted adware program that is supposed to improve your online shopping experience. However, at the end of the day this is nothing but a nasty computer virus. Instead of displaying discounts and coupons, the StartRevApp virus shows you unreliable third-party web links and nonexistent offers. You should know this is an extremely useless program that will lead to a general sluggishness of the PC system and even some Internet malfunctions. To prevent further damage, our advice is to get rid of this parasite the minute you discover its presence on your device. StartRevApp will definitely not make your online experience any better. It will make it a lot worse though.

How did I get infected with?

The most likely scenario as well as the most unpleasant one, is that you downloaded StartRevApp yourself without noticing. Is that even possible? Unfortunately, yes. Most adware programs use underhanded techniques and manage to trick PC users into installing them. Being a classic representative of the adware family, StartRevApp works the same way. The virus gets attached to freeware so every time you download programs off of the Internet, there’s a high possibility you’re also installing StartRevApp. Or something much more harmful. Remember, Trojan horses and other similar threats travel the web applying the same techniques so you can’t afford to underestimate any danger. To make sure you remain the one in control, always opt for the Advanced or Custom option in the Setup Wizard and deselect anything that looks suspicious. We’re perfectly aware of the fact that reading the Terms and Conditions is more of a myth than an actual habit but this is another thing you should do if you want to protect your device. There might be an incredibly unacceptable term or condition that will cause you a massive headache in the future. Do yourself a favor and prevent this on time.

Why are these ads dangerous?

The StartRevApp parasite exists to serve one purpose only – make the hackers rich. This happens through the dubious pay-per-click system which means cyber crooks desire your click. And they will not stop at anything to get it. Once installed, StartRevApp adds an extension which works with the most popular browsers out there – Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. The virus then injects your once trusty browser with the pesky StartRevApp ads and they are so ridiculously intrusive that your entire online experience will be affected. Get ready to be seeing pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, intestitials, etc. on every single web page that you try to visit. The inconveniences around StartRevApp though, do not end here. However appealing these ads may seem to you, they should be avoided at all costs. This is an ad-supported program and it has nothing to do with online safety so you never know where exactly the commercials may lead you. You could end up on a corrupted website thus infecting your own computer a lot more. There’s no saying which ad is safe and which is not but as long as StartRevApp is present on your machine, you have all rights to be suspicious. Furthermore, even if you keep avoiding the ads, StartRevApp has even more trickery to offer you. The virus has access to your browsing-related data and it may use it to adjust the commercials and make them specifically attractive to you. Not to mention that the parasite might also try to let more infections enter your computer without your permission. To sum up, do you really need StartRevApp in your life? To get rid of this malicious thing manually, please follow the removal guide bellow.

How Can I Remove StartRevApp Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete StartRevApp from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove StartRevApp from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall StartRevApp from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the StartRevApp 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 StartRevApp 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 StartRevApp 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.