Tuesday, March 4, 2014

How to Remove/Uninstall CoolWords and Stop Pop-up Ads


I’m sorry to hear that your browser is made chaotic by CoolWords program. And you can’t figure out an effective solution to remove this pesky program from your computer. If you still have annoyances, you can try to follow the removal guide in this post to solve your problem.

Why CoolWords Is An Unwanted Program?      


1) It is created by cyber hackers to promote sponsored products.
2) It provides you with many suspicious advertisements and gets revenue.
3) It generates malicious codes and slows down your computer performance.
4) It injects a bunch of viruses into your Windows operating system secretly.
5) It keeps tracks of your traces and actions on the affected computer.

Learn More about CoolWords


It is not recommended that you install CoolWords onto your Windows operating system. The reactions of some Internet users are really bad when they add this program onto their machines. They say that this program shows a lot of advertisements to make chaos in their web browsers. In conclusion, we identify CoolWords as a malicious adware program. This kind of harmful program is often bundled with freeware, shareware and SPAM. You ought to scan these dubious resources before you access them. Then you can reduce the risk of being infected.


CoolWords can be compatible with different web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. After being added to your PC, this adware program carries out its nasty actions. You are disturbed by a mass of unsolicited advertisements when you are visiting Facebook, YouTube, Amazon and so on. All pop-up ads provided by this CoolWords are very suspicious and insecure. Some of them recommend certain paid toolbars and programs to you. You’d better not confirm any installation options though this adware claims that these extensions and applications can optimize your browser experience.

If you are cheated by CoolWords, your credit card information will be collected stealthily. Also, these unwanted programs eat up lots of system resources, which results in slow computer performance. Some pop-ups are able to distribute computer viruses such as redirect viruses or Trojan horses when you click on them accidentally.  To make sure that your computer can not be damaged seriously, you should uninstall CoolWords from your computer right away.

Manually Remove CoolWords Step by Step (Manual Removal Guide)


To remove CoolWords from your compute completely, you need to find out uninstall any unwanted programs installed by this pest. If they are not removed thoroughly, your browser is still out of order.

Step1: Uninstall CoolWords from your computer

Open Start Menu and go to Control Panel. And click Programs and Features, then look for CoolWords and uninstall it.
 




Step 2: Remove additional unwanted programs from your browser

For Google Chrome

1. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and navigate to Tools > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions by clicking Bin button.

2. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and click Settings > Appearances > Show Home button > click Change button to reset your homepage.


For Mozilla Firefox
 
1. Click Ctrl+Shift+A at the same time to open Add-ons page > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

2. Click the Firefox button > Help > Troubleshooting Information > click on Reset Firefox button.



For Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Toolbars and Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

2. Click Search Providers, delete CoolWords from IE.

3. Click Tools > Internet Options > General. And create a new homepage on Home page box.


Also you need to find out all malicious files and registry entries of this CoolWords. During the removal process you should be more attentive and careful. If you mistakenly remove a certain system files, you will meet with some error messages.

Step 3: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Then use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.

Step 4: Delete all files related to CoolWords as below:

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
%ProgramFiles%\random.exe
   
Step 5: Click Start button and search for “regedit” to open Registry Editor. Then remove registries of CoolWords as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main"Default_Search_URL" ="http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&From=tugs
&uid=<harddrive id>&q={searchTerms}"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Search
Page" ="http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&Uid
=<harddrive id>&q={searchTerms}"

Step 6: Reboot your computer