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Faster Light doesn’t really sound like the name of a PC virus, does it? You should have stopped feeling surprised at the names that hackers choose for their malicious programs long ago because Faster Light is not even the most original thing your could infect your computer with. Let’s just mention Computer Chair and Gangnam game. Even though their names may sound interesting, you should know that there are some very nasty, unoriginal and harmful programs lying behind them. Now, back to your problem. If you encounter the nasty (not to mention, highly undesirable) presence of the Faster Light adware parasite on your PC system, you’re in for trouble. Also classified as a PUP (potentially unwanted program), the virus has been developed by SuperWeb LLC. If you’ve had to deal with this company and there pile of infections before, just knowing who created Faster Light should be enough to convince you that this parasite has to go. And it has to go quickly because the more time it manages to spend on your machine, they bigger danger it exposes you to. First of all, after the virus sneaks in without your permission, it immediately modifies your browsers in order to serve hackers’ malicious purposes. Not to correspond to your preferences. Then the parasite floods your PC screen with an endless pile of intrusive pop-up ads, pop-under ads, banner ads, interstitial ads, video ads and all other types of ads imaginable till the moment you can barely even see the website you’re attempting to visit. In addition, the Faster Light commercials are sponsored which makes them extremely unreliable and very dangerous. Nothing you see on your computer screen once the device has been compromised is trustworthy so it goes without saying that you should stay away from all advertisements, product discounts, program updates, additional toolbars and other suspicious web links the virus might try to force on you. Remember, you already have an infection on board to worry about; you don’t need to compromise your computer further. Instead, make sure you get rid of the nasty Faster Light adware before it gets completely out of control.

How did I get infected with?

Adware-type programs usually apply sneaky and secretive techniques to get distributed online so there are many possible answers to the question how Faster Light managed to bypass your caution and got installed. The most popular infiltration tactic is called ”freeware bundling” and it’s just as simple as it sounds. All you have to do in order to get infected with malware is download some questionable freeware or shareware bundle from some equally questionable website. Voila. As you can see, unless you opt for the Advanced/Custom option in the Setup Wizard, you can never know what programs exactly you give green light to. There might be some highly malicious bonus parasite attached to the bundle and if you don’t deselect it on time, it could easily cause you serious damage later on. You should also take your time to read the Terms and Conditions of the programs you install or the EULA (End User License Agreement) even though this is a bit more troublesome that simply clicking the “I agree” button. However, it allows you to control the software that lands on your computer so you will know for sure what you’ve installed and why. You should also restrain yourself from clicking third-party web links, spam email-attachments, spam messages from unknown senders, etc. Your own cyber security depends on your own caution, keep that in mind.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Being a particularly unoriginal infection, the Faster Light virus follows the typical adware pattern. After the parasite tricks you into installing it, you are about to view some drastic changes in your browser settings. You might be interested to know that this parasite is perfectly compatible with three of the most commonly used browsers out there so it quickly takes down Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. From this moment on, get ready for advertisements. As we mentioned, the Faster Light ads include a huge variety of discounts, price comparisons, coupons, deals, etc. and clicking any of them might lead you directly to malware. Even if you don’t end up infecting your already infected machine with parasites, you might still fall victim to some nasty cyber scam and lose money without receiving anything in exchange. At the very least you will lose your time dealing with stubborn commercials on every single website you visit so it’s clear that the Faster Light parasite will cause you annoyance. Its various manipulations also cause poor PC performance and your overwhelmed browsers might start to freeze or crash as well. Just to make an already bad situation worse, the pesky Faster Light parasite steals some personal data so hackers could sell it to third parties later on in order to gain more illegal revenue. This time however, their profit comes solely at your expense. It goes without saying that to have your browsing history, search queries, passwords and usernames, email-addresses and so on into the greedy hands of hackers is indeed a horrible thought. If you’ve had with this parasite’s shenanigans, proceed to removing it. To help you do so manually, we have prepared a detailed guide down below.

How Can I Remove Faster Light Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Faster Light 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 Faster Light from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Faster Light from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Faster Light from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Faster Light from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Faster Light 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 Faster Light 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

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

• choose a preferred name.

• 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

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

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

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Faster Light 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.