Remove Customer Promos Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Supposedly, Customer Promos is a useful online application. It’s supposed to improve your online shopping experience and, ultimately, to save you money. Needless to say that if Customer Promos really was so amazing, we wouldn’t be writing this article. And you wouldn’t be looking for a way to uninstall the application. Long story short, this thing has been classified as adware as well as a PUP (potentially unwanted program). It slithers onto your machine in complete silence and immediately starts messing with your browser settings. Obviously, your preferences about your own browsers are now irrelevant because this parasite has only one goal and it’s not to enhance your Internet experience. The reason why hackers keep developing adware-type infections is just about as simple as it’s aggravating – money. Customer Promos is currently on your PC system to generate web traffic thus helping crooks gain devious profit online. Thanks to the pay-per-click mechanism and some other equally unreliable monetizing techniques, cyber criminals manage to both gain revenue and harass you. Are you upset already? This is just the beginning. In order to boost web traffic, Customer Promos bombards you with commercials. What is worrisome here is the fact those pop-ups are sponsored and highly unreliable. Keep in mind that hackers would inject your browsers with any type of malware at the right price. That means there are some incredibly malicious web links among the safe ones on your PC screen. And, as you can imagine, you never know whether you’re seeing a real advertisement that leads to a safe website or a corrupted one that leads straight to more viruses. Clicking a malicious web link will automatically install more parasites so we assume this is not something you’re trying to do. Stay away from all questionable discounts, coupons, deals, price comparisons, best prices, etc. unless you’re willing to compromise your already compromised machine much further. Also, keep in mind that Customer Promos also jeopardizes your privacy. This thing sneakily starts monitoring your browsing activities since the very moment it gets installed so hackers get free access to some private information of yours. The virus might even collect some personally identifiable data as well which puts you in a very unpleasant situation. Even though financial scams and identity theft are some rather rare scenarios, they are definitely not a threat you should overlook. To regain control over your computer, don’t hesitate. Remove Customer Promos as soon as possible; you will not regret it.

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How did I get infected with?

Most infections of this type travel the Web bundled. You should know that bundled freeware/shareware does save you time when it comes to installing a bunch of programs at once. However, it also offers hackers an extremely convenient distribution method. And adware-type programs aren’t the only ones that apply this sneaky technique. Some much more virulent parasites such as ransomware and Trojan horses often get bundled too. In order to prevent virus infiltration, always pay close attention to the programs you give green light to. Sometimes all that’s needed to compromise your PC is a single moment of haste or distraction and voila. You have installed a nasty parasite without even knowing it. Opt for the advanced/custom option in the Setup Wizard instead of the basic one. This will allow you to keep an eye on the programs you install and might easily protect your machine from malware. Remember, caution pays off. It would be much more time-consuming to uninstall a virus that already managed to sneak in. Don’t jeopardize your own safety and don’t install software that you don’t trust.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Customer Promos, like all the adware programs out there, is very annoying. Every time you surf the Web you inevitably come across its shenanigans, manipulations and dangers. Therefore, the only reasonable thing to do right now is get rid of the parasite before it manages to cause you some irreversible damage. There’s nothing beneficial about keeping a virus on board, right? Once its installation is complete, Customer Promos adds a browser extension which works with three of the most commonly used browsers out there. That means it effectively infects Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer so now none of them is trustworthy anymore. Furthermore, the never-ending pile of pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, etc. is very stubborn and covers all websites that you attempt to visit. However intrusive those links might be, though, you have to restrain yourself from clicking any of them open. As we mentioned already, the Customer Promos ads are very harmful and should be avoided. Also, due to the parasite’s malicious presence, your PC speed gets significantly slowed down and your overwhelmed browsers might start occasionally to crash and/or freeze. Why would you need such a nuisance in your life? To get rid of this pesky virus manually, please follow the detailed removal instructions that you will find down below.

How Can I Remove Customer Promos Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Customer Promos infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Customer Promos from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Customer Promos from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Customer Promos from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Customer Promos from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

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Type “Appwiz.cpl

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Locate the Customer Promos program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Customer Promos from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

  • In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
  • Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
  • If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
  • Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

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  • If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
  • go to settings – Add person

  • choose a preferred name.

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  • then go back and remove person 1
  • Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

  • Open Firefox
  • Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
  • Disable and remove any unknown add on
  • Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

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  • Then Troubleshoot information
  • Click on Reset Firefox

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Remove from Internet Explorer

  • Open IE
  • On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
  • Go to Toolbars and Extensions
  • Disable any suspicious extension.
  • If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
  • On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
  • Click on Internet options

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  • Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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  • Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

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  • Close IE

Permanently Remove Customer Promos Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.

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