Hello, I need some help to remove this ProductManualsFinder toolbar by MyWay from my Google Chrome. Several days ago, I accidentally install this tool bar into Chrome when I visit a website. Since then I’ve tried many times to uninstall this toolbar from my Chrome, but nothing worked. I even run my security tool to make a full scanning, but nothing malicious is found. But I always see some strange pop-ups, fake security message or flash pictures coming from the webpage I visited even though the website is legitimate. Before I got this toolbar, I didn’t see any pop-ups when browsing webpages. So I believe all these pop-ups should result from this nasty toolbar. Please help me!
Brief Description of ProductManualsFinder toolbar by MyWay
ProductManualsFinder toolbar by MyWay is a potentially unwanted program or adware which can be installed into web browser like Google Chrome, IE, Firefox or Safari without your permission. It may come into computer by bundling with some free-charging software installing package, unsafe website, opening up an attachment from a malicious email or strange links etc. When this ProductManualsFinder toolbar gets installed into your web browser, some problems will occur. Web browser would be hijacked by some malicious domain, the default homepage and search tool will be modified and some unwanted toolbar or add-on will be added in background. Even some strange webpage link will be added into bookmark or favorite. When you open new tabs, some strange page will open automatically. And if you visit webpage as usual, you will find some strange pop-ups keep displaying to interrupt you a lot. Specific product deals, discount, coupon or fitness ads will show up as some kind of cookie is installed into your web browser to track and spy on what you usually will browse online. In this case, some important personal data used online will be in at a high risk of leaking out in public or used illegally. Your data like credit card, online banking, paypal or login password would be taken by remote hackers.
ProductManualsFinder toolbar by MyWay must be removed soon even though at the beginning this toolbar seem no harm. Gradually, it will bring some other vicious adware, add-on, unwanted program, malware, rogue program or Trojan virus into system through pop-ups. ProductManualsFinder toolbar can create junks to occupy system capacity and take up too much internet resource. Slow internet speed will happen commonly. Some website can’t be displayed well. And computer will also run at a slow speed. Opening many programs will make computer get stuck or frozen and Windows explorer will stop working soon. If many other computer threats access the system, many serious computer problems will happen. For example, system settings like start-up item is altered, CPU usage percentage suddenly become high even up to 100%, computer can’t shut down normally and often crashes down for unknown reason. Some aggressive and dangerous virus even can severely attack windows firewall and troubleshooting mode. Therefore, you’re strongly suggested to clean out this ProductManualsFinder toolbar from your computer completely as soon as possible.
Main Symptoms of ProductManualsFinder toolbar by MyWay
-Can change your homepage or the default search engine and it totally prevents you from changing them back
-Can always redirect you to other websites
-Can pop up various advertisements and sponsored links randomly to interrupt your online activities
-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive
-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.
-Can collect and send data concerning your search history and other browsing activities.
-Your sensitive information can be tracked and stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of browser hijacker.
Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)
There is a removal guide of browser hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.
Step 1: Press CTRL, SHIFT and ESC these three keys together at the same time to pull up Windows Task Manager; click Processes tab on top and scroll down the list to find and end odd processes related to this ProductManualsFinder toolbar. Names of the processes are random.
Step 2: Open Control Panel from Start Menu, then open Programs, click on Uninstall a program. Find suspicious programs or tool-bars related to the ProductManualsFinder toolbar. Right click on it and select Uninstall.
Step 3: Go to Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then mark “Show hidden files, folders, and drivers” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files” (Recommended) and then click Apply or OK.
Step 4: Go to Registry Editor to delete the path of the related items with the ProductManualsFinder toolbar.
Step 5: Clear all history, data and cookies of your infected web browser.
Browser hijacker has the ability to insert into web browser and spy on user’s online activities, so it is suggested to delete all history, data and cookies of the infected web browser before a complete removal. Take Internet Explorer for example:
a. From the “Tool” menu button in the upper-right corner of the Internet Explorer window, choose “Safety” > “Delete browsing history…“.
b. Then tick Cookie and website data and History, click Delete.
Step 6: Change your homepage of the infected web browser (Take Internet Explorer as Example)
From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools menu and select Internet Options, then click General tab, and input the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK.
Conclusion:
ProductManualsFinder toolbar is just a malicious browser hijacker. It changes the homepage and search engine like Google, Bing or Yahoo. Your start page will be replaced with another new one. You will be often redirected to some unwanted links and websites and receive annoying popups on the website you visit. It created junk files into system to occupy the reset of system capacity. Internet resources are also taken up, which will cause slow internet speed. Web browser works slowly and can’t display the website you want to visit. Sluggish computer performance will start to happen. If you open many programs at the same time, computer may get stuck as windows explorer just stops working there. This toolbar has the ability to bring other computer threats like virus, worm, malware or spyware into system to further damage computer. Therefore, you must remove it as soon as you find it on your machine.
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