Easy Method to Uninstall StartRevApp

What is StartRevApp?

Being dubbed as adware, StartRevApp is capable of getting install on your PC without asking for users’ permission. So it is also categorized as PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). It claims that it can provide users a better browsing experience. However, it is a tedious and annoying application which can make you in troubles and disturb your online activities.

How does your PC get infected with StartRevApp?

PUPs including StartRevApp are good at invading your PC without any notice. Never install StartRevApp but you get it on your PC. How strange it is. In general, it is able to enter your PC via free programs for StartRevApp is packed together with them. If you choose to install free programs automatically and neglect some important steps, your PC may get infected with StartRevApp. Aside from that, there are many other channels of installation of this nasty adware such as spam email, attachment, fake hyperlink or malicious websites.

Harmfulness of StartRevApp:

1. Browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer can be attacked by StartRevApp. Once it happened, your browser setting can be changed and you may encounter with Internet crashes.
2. Your online activities can be disturbed by tons of ads. Various ads like pop-ups, banners, coupons display on the webpage you visiting.
3. Unnecessary or vicious programs may have chances to get install on your PC.
4. Slow down your browsing speed and degrade your PC performance.

StartRevApp not only expose your PC in danger, but also put your online activities at risk. Therefore you are better to remove in quickly. Take your immediate action to eliminate it now!

How to Remove StartRevApp ?

There are five steps to remove StartRevApp .

Step 1. Show hidden files by changing system folder setting.
Step 2. Find out and delete StartRevApp related malicious files in hidden folders.
Step 3. Delete StartRevApp from Control Panel.
Step 4. Remove the plug-ins of StartRevApp of browsers.
Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by StartRevApp .

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 StartRevApp related malicious files in hidden folders.

Removing StartRevApp manually requires advanced computer skills. If you are lack of relating skills and experience, you may not find out the hidden files related with StartRevApp 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 StartRevApp safelier and quicklier, just use SpyHunter to remove it.

Step 3. Delete StartRevApp from Control Panel.

      For Windows xp Users:


 1. Hit start button → choose Control Panel.

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

3. Click StartRevApp → 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 StartRevApp → Uninstall → Yes → OK.

Note: Above steps may not be enough to get rid of all malicious parasites related with StartRevApp from Control Panel. And your PC is still easy to be damaged by StartRevApp 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 StartRevApp 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 StartRevApp → Enable.

  For Google Chrome Users:

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

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

 For Mozilla Firefox Users:

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

2. Choose StartRevApp and hit Enable.

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

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 StartRevApp .


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


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.

(Natasha)