Completely Remove Traffic.outbrain.com - Uninstall Guide

How do you know about Traffic.outbrain.com?

 Are you always bothered by Traffic.outbrain.com? Have your computer ever attacked by Traffic.outbrain.com adware? If you are unfortunate enough to find that your PC is now subjected to Traffic.outbrain.com, then this article is a best news for you to completely get rid of it.

 First, we need to talk about what Traffic.outbrain.com may cause to your PC. Typically, ads by Traffic.outbrain.com are used to generate advertising revenue or to promote certain websites. If your computer is affected by Traffic.outbrain.com, when you tries to visiting a website by clicking on a link or entering an address into the address bar, you will be redirected to the wrong websites or domains associated with Traffic.outbrain.com.

Moreover, it is important to note that Traffic.outbrain.com is a severe threat to your personal privacy and interests. It is really despicable enough because it would download and install in your computer without your permission. Then it will track your data and send back to its programmer without you even knowing it. What’s more , Traffic.outbrain.com will deliver various other ads based on your personal searching habit and affiliate marketing links to your PC. Closing the pop-ups is troublesome and being redirected to phishing websites is risky. What perplex you most is that you could not close ads by Traffic.outbrain.com once for all.

 Last but not least, Traffic.outbrain.com drops many other unwanted programs to consume the system resources. Thus, you will find that you computer runs slower and slower. Sometimes Traffic.outbrain.com will pops up a fake alert saying your computer is carrying some virus and you can call the given number or download the appointed software to get help. If you believe and click OK, then you get trapped into its fraud. Hence, you have to delete Traffic.outbrain.com as soon as possible to make you PC work rightly and efficiently.

Instructions to remove Traffic.outbrain.com manually.

Step 1: Stop the process from Task Manager.

Open your task manager (Windows 7), right-click on the taskbar then you can see the menu.

Also you can press Windows + R , type “taskmgr” in the input box and click “OK”.

After seeing the below image on your PC screen, you can choose the process related to Traffic.outbrain.com and end it.

Step 2: Find hidden files and folders related to Traffic.outbrain.com and clear out.

Click “start” button then click on the “control panel” option

1.    Click on “appearance and personalization”. This option is shown in the image below.

2.    You will find “show hidden files and folders” under “folder options” and select it.

3.    Finally, you can follow the below image to achieve finding the relevant hidden files and folders.

 Step 3: Remove Traffic.outbrain.com from Registry Editor.

Press “Windows” together with “R” to open the registry (Windows 7) , then you will come to a window as below. Fill “regedit” in the input box.

 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "<random>" = "%AppData%\<random>.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "<random>" = "%AppData%\<random>.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Step 4: Delete Traffic.outbrain.com from Browsers.

1.    Click on Customized and Google Chrome-> Choose Settings -> Go to Extensions. Locate Traffic.outbrain.com and select it -> click Trash button

2.    Click on Customized and Google Chrome, click on “History”

Choose the surfing history related to Traffic.outbrain.com and clear it.

Get rid of Traffic.outbrain.com with SpyHunter automatically

Although you can delete Traffic.outbrain.com with the above instructions, you cannot always clear all the useless and harmful files or softwares on your PC manually. Thus, SpyHunter is urgently needed for your PC. Because SpyHunter can help you get rid of all the detrimental elements on your computer. You can download SpyHunter from its official website. The following are detailed instructions.
Click on “Download"

1.    Then it will popup “File Download-Security Warning” window, click on Run.

2.    When a window popup, asking “Do you want to run this software?”. Again you choose to Run.

3.    Select your wanted language. Click OK.

4.    As the image shown below, click on the small circle before the right item. Then “INSTALL” it.

5.    Scan for the threats related to Traffic.outbrain.com and clear up.

You will benefit a lot from SpyHunter with its usefulness. It is a powerful safeguard for your interests. Use it now, safe your computer now.

(Sheryl)