How to Remove privilegesbox.net?

What is privilegesbox.net?

Being tagged as adware, privilegesbox.net belongs to redirect virus which can redirect you to other vicious websites. Although it is promoted as functional program which can enhance your browsing experience. In fact, it is a troublesome and nasty program which brings you inconvenience. So do not trust this fraudulent URL for its harmfulness.

How does your PC get infected with privilegesbox.net?

You may not aware that you get privilegesbox.net on your PC for it is so crafty and foxy. PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) including privilegesbox.net are usually packed together with free programs. If you select Automatic Installation instead of step-by-step installation, you may get privilegesbox.net on your PC. Beyond that, you still need to pay attention about spam email, fake hyperlink, and vicious website.

Infected Symptoms:

1. Hijack your browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer. Once it happened, your browser setting may be altered and you will encounter with many Internet crashes.
2. All kinds of ads such as pop-ups, coupons and banners flood into your PC. Sometimes, your screen can be occupied and frozen by ads of privilegesbox.net.
3. Most obviously, you may be redirected to unknown or strange websites which are unreliable and dangerous. Do not believe in any ads or messages on its fake websites or you will lose your important information even money.
4. PC performance can be degraded. You will find your PC become slower and slower.

Do remember privilegesbox.net is a troublesome adware and you are strongly advised to clear it away. Take you immediate action to remove it before more terrible things happen.

How to Remove Privilegesbox.net ?

There are five steps to remove Privilegesbox.net .

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

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 Privilegesbox.net related malicious files in hidden folders.

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

Step 3. Delete Privilegesbox.net from Control Panel.

      For Windows xp Users:


 1. Hit start button → choose Control Panel.

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

3. Click Privilegesbox.net → 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 Privilegesbox.net → Uninstall → Yes → OK.

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

  For Google Chrome Users:

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

2. Find out Privilegesbox.net and click it → select Enabled.

 For Mozilla Firefox Users:

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

2. Choose Privilegesbox.net and hit Enable.

Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by Privilegesbox.net .

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 Privilegesbox.net .


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


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)