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Treasure Track is an adware application. If it managed to slither its way into your system and latch on, you should expect a whirlwind of issues. After the PUP sneaks in, it spends some time laying low. During that time, it monitors your browsing habits until it’s able to distinguish your likes and dislikes. When it understands what appeals to your personal preferences, the program selects advertisements that correspond to them, and bombards you with them. That’s a big part, of what an adware tool does. It floods you with pop-up ads every time you try to browse the web. But it isn’t for not. The incessant waterfall of ads has a purpose. The pop-ups’ objective is to entice you enough into clicking on them as each lick produces profits for the people that published the program. And clicks are crucial to the survival of the application. If it’s to proceed with its operations, it’s required to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the third parties that support it. If it fails to do so, they take it down. That’s why the tool goes through all the troubles of studying you, and then through the selection process. It does everything it can to increase its chances of success. Don’t fall for the seeming appeal of the ads! A click will only result in more unpleasantness and damages. So, the first issue you’ll encounter, courtesy of Treasure Track, will most definitely put your patience to the test. And, it’s only going to get worse from that point on. Don’t you want to avoid all of the grievances and headaches? Do yourself a favor, and protect both yourself and your system by deleting Treasure Track at once. The sooner, the better.

How did I get infected with?

Treasure Track doesn’t magically appear out of the blue one day. Oh, no. The application cannot get into your computer unless you explicitly agree to it. Right now, you’re probably staring at the screen with confusion, wondering how you got stuck with it when you know you haven’t agreed to allow it in. Well, it’s pretty straightforward. Even though, the tool does ask for your approval before it installs itself as it’s bound to do, it doesn’t do it openly. Instead, it relies on slyness and deceit. It’s a master of trickery. More often than not, it uses freeware as a means of invasion as it provides possibly the easiest access point. Why is that, you ask? Well, for some reason, users deem it appropriate to rush through its installation. The skip reading the terms and conditions and choose to rely on luck as they still agree to all of them. That’s a poor decision as thy soon come to realize. Freeware is usually bundled with all kinds of malicious tools just waiting to pounce on your system and wreak havoc. And, by giving into naivety, haste, and carelessness, you let them in right through the front door. In fact, you hold it open as they pass by you. Don’t grant adware like Treasure Track an all-access pass to your system by not being cautious enough! Remember, a little extra attention goes a long way.

Why are these ads dangerous?

The Treasure Track tool is published by the notorious entity SuperWeb LLC. You might have come across that name already as it’s behind many more malicious tools, not just this one. When it comes to adware, the application is nothing special. But, even though, it’s your basic, run-of-the-mill PUP adware, it should not be underestimated! It’s still a threat you should remove from your computer as soon as you possibly can. Otherwise, you risk implementing severe damages to your PC, which have a grand chance of leading up to the ultimate demise of your system, The Blue Screen of Death? Do you want that to happen? If not, as soon as the first ad “Powered by Treasure Track” pops up, take action! Find and delete the application! That way, you won’t have to endure the endless myriad of vexatious advertisements, and the issues they cause. Oh, yes. The continuous appearance of the ads eventually slows down your computer’s performance and leads to frequent system crashes. But these unpleasantries will seem like non-issues compared to the security risk you’ll be faced with because of  Treasure Track. The application places your personal and financial information in grave jeopardy as it doesn’t just observe your browsing. It catalogs every move you make online, and when it decides it has collected a sufficient amount of data from you, sends it to the individuals behind it. Do you think anything good will come from strangers having access to your private life? Don’t wait to find out. Delete Treasure Track the first chance you get.

How Can I Remove Treasure Track Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Treasure Track from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Treasure Track from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Treasure Track from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Treasure Track 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 Treasure Track 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 Treasure Track 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.