What is FoxyDeal
FoxyDeal – is a typical online shopping browser extension, which is developed by R&E Media GmbH. It can be installed on popular internet browsers: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. What does it do? FoxyDeal downloads and displays various coupons and deals to help user to save users money and time. You may think, that it is a good program, but it isn’t, FoxeDeal can generates an shows different advertisements. Such advertisements may redirect user to potentially dangerous websites.There is why we recommend you to remove FoxyDeal from computer.
How is FoxyDeal installed on my PC?
Since FoxyDeal is classified as potentially unwanted software, it needs sneaky method for PC infection. The most exploitable method of PC infection is bundling. How it works? Designers bind malware to free or share software, so when user installs this freeware or shareware, he installs bundled malware too. To avoid this situation, don’t download freeware and shareware from unknown and suspicious sources. Be attentive and careful during installation process. Try to find checkboxes with installations, they mighty hide in advanced or custom setup settings (unmark those checkboxes if you find them).
How to remove FoxyDeal?
To remove Foxy Deal you may use our manual removal guide, which you can find below and remove threat by yourself. Another way, is removal tool, that fully removes malware.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to FoxyDeal – 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 FoxyDeal.
Manual FoxyDeal Removal Guide
Windows 7:
- Click the Start;
- Click Control Panel;
- Click Uninstall a program (if computer’s settings Viewed By: Category);
Click Programs and Features (if computer’s settings Viewed By: Icons); - Find programs possibly related to FoxyDeal;
- Click Uninstall;
- Follow the instructions on the screen or just wait.
Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8:
- Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search (If you’re using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.);
- Enter control panel in the search box, and then tap or click Control Panel;
- Under View by:, select Large Icons, and then tap or click Programs and features;
- Find programs possibly related to FoxyDeal;
- Tap or click the program, and then tap or click Uninstall;
- Follow the instructions on the screen or just wait.
Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows XP:
- Click Start;
- Click Control Panel;
- Double-click Add or Remove Programs;
- Find programs possibly related to FoxyDeal and Click it;
- Click to Remove;
- Follow the instructions on the screen or just wait.
Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Google Chrome:
You can skip steps 2-4 point by typing “chrome://extensions/” in address bar.
- Open Google Chrome;
- Click on Options Icon or press Alt+E, Alt+F;
- Click Settings;
- Click Extensions;
- Find FoxyDeal;
- Click on bin icon to remove extension.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
You can skip steps 2-3 by typing “about:addons” in address bar or pressing Shift+Ctrl+A.
- Open Mozilla Firefox;
- Press Alt+T or Click Tools on the top of the browser;
- Click Add-ons;
- Click Extensions;
- Find FoxyDeal;
- Click Disable or Remove.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open Internet Explorer;
- Press Alt+T, or Click on Gear Icon in the right-top corner;
- Click Manage Add-ons;
- Select Toolbars and Extensions;
- Find FoxyDeal and Click Disable ;
- Click More information button;
- Click Remove
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Conclusion
FoxyDeal – is another annoying adware, that distracts user from web work or rest. It is recommended to remove FoxyDeal from computer.