What is Awesome-Promos?
Awesome-Promos is a program that comes in the form of an extension to the browser Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari. Awesome-Promos comes to PC bundled with other software without the user’s consent. After penetrating, it begins to spread a large amount of advertising content. Awesome-Promos shows various banners, coupons, links to other sites and advertising. Therefore, it’s trying to get you to make purchases that you do not need. In addition, it is worth noting that most of the promotional offers are not valid. Awesome-Promos threatens to the safety of your personal data. It can analyze your browsing, to gather your personal information and pass it to third parties. Awesome-Promos is a potentially unwanted program and useless, so if you find it on your computer, remove it immediately.
How Awesome-Promos gets on your PC?
Awesome-Promos isn’t a virus, but this program can be classified as potentially unwanted software. Such malware comes on your computer with other free programs. Most often, it comes without the user’s knowledge. Therefore, many users aren’t even aware that their computer has been compromised by malware. Remember, no need to rush during installation of programs. Always follow the installation process, read the user agreement and select only the “Advanced” installation type. Don’t settle for installation of the suspicious software. Don’t rush to press the “Next” button. Also, you can always read reviews about a particular program. Be careful and attentive. If Awesome-Promos has already come into PC, then you urgently need to get rid of this program. To do this, use our detailed instructions, which are listed below.
How to remove Awesome-Promos from your computer?
To uninstall Awesome-Promos remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Awesome-Promos in their database. You can try to use them for removing Awesome-Promos.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to Awesome-Promos – files, folders, registry keys.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as Awesome-Promos.
You can try both of these products to remove Awesome-Promos
Or uninstall Awesome-Promos manually.
Step 1: Remove Awesome-Promos from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Awesome-Promos.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find Awesome-Promos and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find Awesome-Promos, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows 10:
- Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
- Click on App & features on the left menu.
- On the right side, locate Awesome-Promos and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
- Click on Uninstall to confirm.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10
Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.
After that remove Awesome-Promos from your browser.
Step 2: Remove Awesome-Promos from browsers
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Awesome-Promos.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose Awesome-Promos.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable Awesome-Promos.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Step 3: Remove following files and folders of Awesome-Promos:
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Written by Rami Douafi