What is Video Abductor?

Video Abductor is a potentially unwanted program that comes to the PC without user consent. According to the developers, this is a unique program that allows you to easily and quickly download the necessary movies, music, videos and other media files from popular sources. In fact, Video Abductor is an annoying program, which brings a lot of problems. After a while, it installs its extension into your browser. This adware displays a huge amount of advertising content, coupons, pop-ups, banners, links to third-party sites and so on. This constantly opens up new tabs that contain advertising. Video Abductor can change your homepage, search engine and other browser settings. Also, Video Abductor increases the traffic and slow down your computer. If you find Video Abductor on your PC, you must uninstall the potentially unwanted program.

How Video Abductor gets on your PC?

Programs, that are among the potentially unwanted programs come bundled with free software. Typically, such programs penetrate the PC without the user’s consent. Because of this, many users do not realize that a computer is infected with malware and the PC is at great risk. However, it is worth noting that the main reason for such penetrations – carelessness user. People do not read the terms and conditions during the installation of free software. It was there that may contain a consent to install PUP. Also, during the installation, ensure that the installer did not offer you a third-party software. To prevent such problems, you should always follow the installation process, read the terms and conditions, do not agree to install additional software, and select the Advanced type of installation. If malicious software has already penetrated your computer, you can use the instructions below.

How to remove Video Abductor from your computer?

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

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You can try both of these products to remove Video Abductor

Or uninstall Video Abductor manually.

Step 1: Remove Video Abductor from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Video Abductor.
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 Video Abductor 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 Video Abductor, 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 Video Abductor 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 Video Abductor from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Video Abductor from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Video Abductor.
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 Video Abductor.
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 Video Abductor.
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 Video Abductor:

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Written by Rami Douafi