QuickShare Adware – Complete Removal Guide!

March 25, 2013 Adware, Malware, 0

QuickShare is an adware which can be installed to the popular internet browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer. Many of computer users do not know how they got QuickShare and noticed this when unwanted coupons starts to appear. It is an adware which is generally comes from freeware downloads, spam emails and many more. It changes the browser default settings which cannot be set back by normal antivirus. QuickShare generate thousands of pop ups and adds which takes you to some unsafe website as a result your system will run slowly and other problems will occur. Not only that it can help a computer hacker to steal the users personal information, net banking information, credit card information, confidential data and several others. So, you should remove QuickShare adware from your system immediately.

Screenshot of QuickShare Adware!

Harmful Characteristics of QuickShare Adware!

It installs at the victims PC automatically.
It displays lots of annoying ads and commercial pop-ups.
It may come with dangerous privacy-invasive software and spyware’s.
It tracks the online behavior and Internet activity of user.
It may steal your valuable personal data and compromises security of the PC.
It presents itself as a toolbar in the Internet browser.
Victims may find it difficult to remove it from their PC and browser.

How it QuickShare Adware Spreads?

It is actually not certain how this malware gets into the computer system particularly. If it takes the help of any method to intrude in to any particular PC then you can’t be sure it will do the same for others. Since it does not requires any kind of administrator permission to get inside, so it is really hard to find how it gains entry into the PC. Some of common intrusion methods include –

Clicking links of pop-ups and ads which are malicious in nature.
Downloading free stuffs like movies, codec’s, videos etc. from un-trusted or malicious websites.
Through peer to peer file sharing tools.
Taking the help of some sneaky Trojans, viruses and other malware’s.
Downloading email attachments containing infected codes or malicious stuffs.
And many more.

How to Remove QuickShare Adware from PC Effectively?

Removing QuickShare adware manually is really very tiresome and back breaking task. Not only that, removing this adware from manually does not ensures the complete elimination of this rogue. So it is better to use the other method and try to remove QuickShare adware using the software provided below. This effective software will automatically scan the entire PC and eliminate all the traces of this rogue completely. Moreover, It will also help the PC to works faster with improved performance and avoid further invasion of threats like such. So, without wasting any more time, just download this powerful software and remove QuickShare adware from your computer system as quick as possible.

To view complete installation process, check out Installation Guide!

Manual removal methods of QuickShare tends to be little less reliable & effective, but still those methods are explained below :

Step 1 – Start your Windows system and keep pressing ‘F8’ button on your keyboard until Windows Advanced Option menu shows up. Then select the ‘Safe Mode with Command Prompt’ option from the list and press ‘Enter’.

Step 2 – Click Start > Control Panel, under Programs, click Uninstall a program.

Step 3 – Look for the name QuickShare select it and click Uninstall. If this action prompts for confirmation, click OK.

NOTE: To represent QuickShare, we used the term ‘Unknown’. Be aware that QuickShare may also use other names or terms.

Step by step procedure to remove QuickShare from various browsers including Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox.

Internet Explorer

Step 1 – Start Internet Explorer, navigate to Tools (on top menu) > Manage Add-ons.

Step 2 – Now select the add-on you don’t want on your browser.

Step 3 – Now look at the bottom for the button ‘Disable’, click the button to disable the add-on. Moreover you can also remove the add-on completely from your PC.

Mozilla Firefox

Step 1 – Launch Mozilla, navigate to Tools (on top menu) > Add-ons or you can also use the shortcut ‘Ctrl+Shift+A’.

Step 2 – Navigate to section says ‘Extensions’ and then select and remove the add-on that you don’t want on your browser.

Google Chrome

Step 1 – Start Google Chrome and click the customization button on top right corner of the browser.
Step 2 – Then navigate to Tools > Extensions