How to Delete adfreeapps Completely?(Removal Instruction)

What is adfreeapps?

Did you think adfreeapps is not a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) for it is too tiny to mess things up? Actually, you did not figure it out. Being an unwanted adware, adfreeapps is able to generate tons of ads and redirect your webpage. Once installed, you will encounter with a lot of troubles. Do not look down on adfreeapps, it can put your Internet security at risk.

Why do you need to eliminate it?

Adfreeapps can drive you crazy for its harmfulness:

1. Endless ads display on the webpage through various ways like pop-ups, banners, coupons to disturb your smooth surfing.

2. Browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer can be hijacked by adfreeapps.

3. Unwanted programs or malwares can be installed without any notice.

4. Redirect you to other malicious websites.

5. Confidential information including phone number, password, email address may be stole and used for vicious activities.

Why do you need to eliminate it?

Maybe you have tried many times to delete adfreeapps from Control Panel and browser, but you did not make it eventually. You may think it is very strange that why it can stay in your PC stubbornly without your permission. The answer is that adfreeapps is quite foxy and it capable of changing your program and file names. So if you are not skillful in computer, it is quite difficult for you to get rid of adfreeapps completely. So just clear it away by following this removal instruction.

How to Remove adfreeapps?

There are five steps to remove adfreeapps.

Step 1. Show hidden files by changing system folder setting.

Step 2. Find out and delete adfreeapps related malicious files in hidden folders.

Step 3. Delete adfreeapps from Control Panel.
Step 4. Remove the plug-ins of adfreeapps of browsers.
Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by adfreeapps.  

Step 1. Show hidden files by changing system folder setting.

   For Windows xp:

1. Press Win key  + R together on the keyboard → Type "control panel" → OK

2. Click "Folder Options"

3. Select View → Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

  For Windows 7:

1. Click Start button → hit Control Panel

2. Choose Appearance and Personalization → folder option

3. Click View  → select Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

   For Windows 8:

1. Press Win key  + R together on the keyboard → Type "control panel"→ OK

2. Type "folder" into the search bar → Show hidden files and folders

3. Click View → choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

 

Step 2. Find out and delete adfreeapps related malicious files in hidden folders.

Removing adfreeapps manually requires advanced computer skills. If you are lack of relating skills and experience, you may not find out the hidden files related with adfreeapps and delete some important files. Moreover, you may ruin your system once you remove some inportant system files from your PC. So you need to concentrate on the process of manual removal. And if you want to remove adfreeapps safelier and quicklier, just use SpyHunter to remove it.

Step 3. Delete adfreeapps from Control Panel.

For Windows xp Users:

 1. Hit start button → choose Control Panel.

 2. Enter "Change or Remove Programs" as follow.

 

3. Click adfreeapps → Remove → Yes → OK.

    For Win 7 & Win 8 Users:

1. Click start button → choose Control Panel.

2. Select "Category" view, click "Uninstall a program"under the Programs.

 3. Click adfreeapps → Uninstall → Yes → OK.  

Note: Above steps may not be enough to get rid of all malicious parasites related with adfreeapps from Control Panel. And your PC is still easy to be damaged by adfreeapps if you do not clear it away completely. So you need a more powerful tool to help you deal with it. Under this situation, you can rely on SpyHunter to finish this step.

 

Step 4. Remove the plug-ins of adfreeapps of browsers.

For Internet Explorer Users:

1. Open IE, press "Alt" and "A" at the same time → Tools → Manage add-ons.

 

2. Hit "Toolbars and Extensions", then choose adfreeapps → Enable.

   

For Google Chrome Users:

1. Start Google, click on the top right corner → More tools → Extensions.

 

2. Find out adfreeapps and click it → select → Enabled.

For Mozilla Firefox Users:

1. Open Firefox, hit on the top right corner → Add-ons → Extensions.

 

2. Choose adfreeapps and hit Enable.  

Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by adfreeapps.

1. Open Registry Editor.

a. Press Win key + R together on the keyboard b. Type "regedit" → OK

b. You can see the Registry Editor tag as follow.

 

2. Search for and remove registry files generated by adfreeapps.

HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[adfreeapps]<br /> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM<br /> HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftGoogleChromePage_URL”<br /> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm<br /> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[adfreeapps]

Annoying adware can invade your PC easily through free-download programs and other ways. In order to protect your PC  from damages of Potentially Unwanted Programs and other unwanted adware, I recommend SpyHunter to you for its powerful function.