PriceChop is an irritating adware known to get inside computer along with free downloading programs such as Adobe Flash Player, Java update, spam email attachment, video converter etc. If paying not enough attention on installation process, the stuff will be downloaded into computer unknowingly.
As long as it is installed, web browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome will be constantly bombarded with pop-up ads, especially for those shopping websites. It is intending to tracking your visiting websites and online habit to constantly delivering coupons, discounts and price comparison so that to help users save money from online shopping. However, not all ads promoted by PriceChop are trustworthy. To click on them, users can be redirected to harmful websites managing risky program.
To make situation worse, the existence of PriceChop is also a risk to your privacy data which can be collected by the adware and used for illicit purpose. For avoiding such harmful things, it is highly suggested to remove PriceChop as quickly as possible with the following guides as below.
PriceChop screenshot
Best way to get rid of PriceChop completely
It is a bad luck to get interfered with PriceChop. However, what makes users really frustrated is that almost all the antivirus software won’t be able to find and terminate this tricky pest. It is true that PriceChop is very annoying to pop up on website once the browser is open. It conceals itself quite well on system that common security tools won’t be able to remove it thoroughly. Fortunately, manual removal method is very effective in handling this issue. Here are the step by step instructions as below.
Step by step removal guide to remove PriceChop completely
NO.1 Open the Windows Task Manager(CTRL+ALT+DELETE) to stop all PriceChop processes.
[random name].exe
NO.2 Click "Start" menu and click "Run", enter "regedit" into the box and press the Enter key.
Method 1
(Available on Windows XP, Windows 7 /Vista, and Windows 8 /8.1):
•Call out “Run” box by pressing “Windows” key + “R” key on your keyboard;
•Type “Regedit” into the Run box and click OK to open Registry Editor
Method 2
(Available on Windows 7/ Vista):
•Click on Start button to open Start Menu
•Type “Regedit” into the search box and click on Regedit to open Registry Editor
NO.5 Terminate these Registry Entries created by PriceChop.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""%LocalAppData%\<random 3 chars>.exe -a "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe""
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "courts" = %AppData%\p1.exe
Tips: Please be careful while removing files and registry entries from your system. Any mistaken operation can lead to system crash and data loss. That dealing with system file needs sufficient computer skills to locate the correct files and get them removed. If you are not a computer literate or not so confident to do it by yourself, please click and get an instant help from expert here.
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