What is FriendsBrowser?
FriendsBrowser – is a program that comes to your computer in the form of an extension to the browser Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. It penetrates to the PC without the user’s consent. FriendsBrowser is not a virus, but if this program has come, it can deliver a lot of inconvenience and problems. FriendsBrowser distributes promotional content and collaborates with some online shops. It displays advertising banners and coupons that inform the user about the presence of discounts on various products. In fact, the purpose of the developers – is to make money. Most of the offers are not real. Also FriendsBrowser distributes its files all over your computer and creates entries in the registry. Because of this removal will be difficult. If you find FriendsBrowser on your PC, then you should immediately remove it.
How FriendsBrowser gets on your PC?
Malicious software that is often among the potentially unwanted programs penetrates a computer with other free programs such as archivers, players, editors and so on. This happens without the user’s knowledge. The main reason for this – the user carelessness. Few people read the user agreement and other information during the installation. Sometimes ad sites create their download managers and hide therein potentially malicious software. If you want to prevent the infiltration of unwanted software, then you need to follow a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Select advanced type of installation and make sure that you aren’t offered to install something to supplement. Do not agree to install unfamiliar software. You can also use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your PC is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of FriendsBrowser and all PUP.
How to remove FriendsBrowser from your computer?
To uninstall FriendsBrowser remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have FriendsBrowser in their database. You can try to use them for removing FriendsBrowser.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to FriendsBrowser – 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 FriendsBrowser.
You can try both of these products to remove FriendsBrowser
Or uninstall FriendsBrowser manually.
Removing from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find FriendsBrowser.
- 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 FriendsBrowser 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 FriendsBrowser, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
After that remove FriendsBrowser from your browser.
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find FriendsBrowser.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose FriendsBrowser.
- 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 FriendsBrowser.
- 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.
Remove following registry entries:
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Written by Rami Douafi