What is Start4u‎?

Start4u – Potentially unwanted program that comes into your computer in the form of an extension to the browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer). This program comes without user consent. Start4u is an advertising product, since the main problem with this program – distribute advertising, products of partner sites, and so on. After penetrating the computer, Start4u begins to display banner ads and coupons, promotional links, and more. Thus, the program tries to make the user spend money. In addition, Start4u can change the settings of your browser home page, configure your computer. Start4u can redirect the user to other sites and replace the search results. Start4u – very dangerous program. It can collect and transmit your personal information to third parties. Remove Start4u now.

How Start4u‎ gets on your PC?

Malicious software infects a computer without the user’s consent. Usually, it comes with free applications and programs that you can download from popular free sites such as download.com, Softpedia, Freewarefiles, Shareware, Soft32 and many others. These sites tend to create their own download managers that implement a potentially unwanted program. Users are not attentive during installation, so the computer can be infected. Always follow the important rules. Read user agreement. Take your time. Do not press the “Next” button, if you are not sure that the program will not harm your computer. Select advanced installation type. Do not settle for questionable deals and carefully follow the installation process. If Start4u has already penetrated to the PC, you can use our instructions to remove it immediately.

How to remove Start4u‎ from your computer?

To uninstall Start4u‎ remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Start4u‎ in their database. You can try to use them for removing Start4u‎.

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You can try both of these products to remove Start4u‎

Or uninstall Start4u‎ manually.

Step 1: Remove Start4u‎ from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Start4u‎.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Start4u‎ and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Start4u‎, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate Start4u‎ and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. 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 Start4u‎ from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Start4u‎ from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Start4u‎.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose Start4u‎.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Start4u‎.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Remove following files and folders of Start4u‎:

Remove following regitry entries:

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Written by Rami Douafi