DiscountWizard seems to be a practical tool which is developed to supply discounted coupons, up to date sales and other promotion programs so that users can save their money when they buying stuff online and have a better browsing experience. But in fact, it is an adware program or potentially unwanted program used to deliver many customized ads to you, so that it can help promote particular products and generate advertising revenue. Given this, this malicious browser add-on may gather your search terms, browsing history, clicks, precious data stored on the browser for the purpose of providing you with personalized ads. Be advised that no matter how attractive 'Ads by DiscountWizard ' may appear, do not click on them, because these ads may be utilized to promote safe websites or not. As a result, PC users will be redirected to other malicious sites like game, porn, casino, shopping, or other unsafe sites frequently, PC users will be even cheated if they want to purchase something on those unsafe webpages. You should take immediate actions to remove DiscountWizard once found.
How
Does DiscountWizard Infiltrate Your Computer?
Adware programs like DiscountWizard
can infiltrate users’ machines with ease, for they often hide in freeware and
shareware that have been downloaded from the Internet. User’s carelessness and
unawareness are the main reason of adware attack like this, it is users who
open a door for such computer threat during software installation. It is finally
clear to us that this adware is able to attach on other resources, so, you
should be on high focus when you are installing some plug-ins, toolbars,
add-ons and extensions. It is suggested that PC users should use custom
installation to avoid the adware bundled with the program, here are some tips
to help you avoiding. First, pay attention to End-User's License Agreement when
you are downloading or installing third party process, it can help you find
related information about the target program. What's more, be patient when you
installing the program and choose Advanced or Custom installation mode will
make the process and optional items more clear. The last but not the least, you
should check out the questionable options which states you agree to install
this extension or other unwanted program. Or else, there will be random
computer troubles or unwanted installations appear to disturb you when you are
browsing.
How
to Remove DiscountWizard from the Infected Computer
DiscountWizard will
bring other threat to your computer to cause chaos and damage. Hackers can use
it to get access to your computer and record your sensitive data. This guide
will help you remove this malicious adware from your browser and computer
completely.
Step 1: Remove
unwanted add-ons added by DiscountWizard.
Internet Explorer:
Start the IE
browser.
Click on “Tools”
and navigate to “Manage add-ons”.
On “Toolbars and
Extensions”, find out and disable the questionable add-ons.
Mozilla Firefox:
Open the Firefox
browser.
Click on “Tools”
and select “Add-ons”.
On “Extensions”
and “Plugins”, find out and remove/disable the suspicious add-ons.
Google Chrome:
Launch the Chrome
browser.
Click on the
Wrench icon, select “Tools” and go to “Extensions”.
On “Extensions”,
find out and delete the unwanted extensions.
Step 2: Open the
Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt+ Del. Search for the adware related
processes and kill them by selecting “End Process”.
Step 3: Find and
delete the adware related files from the following folders.
%UserProfile%\
%ProgramFiles%\
%AppData%Local%\
%Profile%\Local
Settings\Temp\
C:\Documents and
Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\
Step 4: Press
Windows key + R key together. Type "regedit" into the box and press
Enter. In the Register Editor, search for the adware related registry entries
and delete them from your computer.
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