Have you ever tried to remove GetPrivate toolbar because you install it by mistake?
Have you been disappointed to remove GetPrivate
toolbar through "Add or Remove Programs" in Windows Control Panel,
but you failed?
Have you ever been confused that you have
deleted GetPrivate normally, but it is still there?
I've tried going into programs, running a virus scan, and searching through my google chrome extensions to remove GetPrivate. I have constant pop ups, and random words are becoming links.
To avoid this trouble, you could learn and
follow GetPrivate toolbar uninstall instructions in this article.
How to entirely remove GetPrivate from your PC?
Tips1: Remove GetPrivate with a standard way
Tips 1: How to delete GetPrivate through Windows Uninstall applet
Most of you would like to get rid of
program through Windows Control Panel. However, you might miss some steps so
that you are not able to delete GetPrivate. Here are the removal guides:
You should reboot your PC and press F8 key on your keyboard.
This will open
up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Vista, or the Windows
Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard,
highlight the option labeled Safe Mode
with Networking. Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your
keyboard.
Click “Start Menu” > Select Control
Panel option > “Uninstall a Program” (Programs and Features) > Find GetPrivate
on the currently installed programs list and its related entries > Click “Uninstall
or Change” to delete the application.
And then, you should go back and click
“Start menu” button and select “Run.” > Type “regedit” into the box and
click “OK” to open Registry Editor > search and locate all registry entries related
to GetPrivate.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM
CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion
How to Manually Get Rid of GetPrivate from your pc
Step
1: stop all the related processes in Task Manager
Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time.
Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
Disable all the malicious processes
Step
2: show hidden files and folders and delete all the
following files.
Guide: click the Start button
and choose Control Panel, clicking
Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected
operating system files (Recommended).
Delete all the following files related to GetPrivate
%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
Step
3: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries
entries as below
Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button
and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit
and pressing Enter. )
Delete all the related registries as below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe
After that, you should remove GetPrivate
Toolbar from browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and IE by manual
For Chrome:
1.Open Chrome.
2.Click on the Chrome menu and select
Settings.
3.Click on Extensions in the left side
menu.
4.Remove/Disable the GetPrivate Toolbar.
5.In the Search section, click Manage
search engines and remove GetPrivate from the default search engines list.
6.Click OK to save the changes.
7.In the Chrome menu, select Settings.
8.In the On Startup section, Click on Set
Pages and delete the GetPrivate URL (you can set a different home page by
entering a URL of your choice).
9.Click Ok to save the changes.
10.In the Appearance section, click on
Change and delete the GetPrivate URL (you can set a different home page).
11.Click Ok to save the changes.
For Internet Explorer
1.Click on “Tools” and select Manage
add-ons.
2.Under Add-on Types, select Toolbars and
Extensions.
3.In the right pane, select GetPrivate
Toolbar and click on the Disable button.
4.Under Add-on Types, select Search
Providers.
5.Select GetPrivate and click the Remove
button.
6.In the General tab, delete the GetPrivate
URL from the Home page text box.
7.Click OK to save the changes
For Firefox
1.Open Mozilla Firefox.
2.From the Firefox orange button (or from
the standard Tools menu), click on Add-ons.
3.Make sure Extensions is selected in the
Add-ons manager left side menu bar
4.Disable or remove the GetPrivate Toolbar
add-on
5.In the General tab, delete the GetPrivate
URL from the home page text box.
6.Click OK to save the changes.
If you open a new tab in Firefox and GetPrivate
as home page, do the following:
Type: about:config in the address bar and
press enter
Confirm the message.
Type: browser.newtab.url in the Search text
field
Right-click on the result and select GetPrivate
(or Reset in older versions)
After you finish steps, you should restart
your pc to confirm the GetPrivate removal. If you are not good at handling this
method, you could try Tips 2 as
following.
Tips 2: How to delete GetPrivate with Perfect Uninstaller?
If you can not follow the removal guides
above, it is advised you to get rid of GetPrivate with Perfect Uninstaller as following.
2.Close all running processes including
programs and browsers in the Task Manager before you run Perfect Uninstaller
3.Find and locate the program on the
currently installed programs list
4.Click “Uninstall” button on the right
side to remove GetPrivate.
5.Alternately,
if the unwanted program is not listed on the display window, you could force
uninstall GetPrivate completely and easily with program uninstall tool.
Step 1: Run Perfect Uninstaller
Step 2: Click the “Force Uninstall” option on the interface of software uninstall tool
Step 3: Select the scanning program path. That
means you should locate and select the unwanted program for scanning. Usually it
is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)
in Windows 7, Windows 8 and C:\Program
Files in Windows XP
Step 4: Select and click the “GetPrivate”
folder.
Step 5: Click “Next”
button to follow the processes.
Step 6: Click "Next" to start scanning the registry files about the unneeded
program.
Step 7: It will take some time to finish registry
scanning. If you don't want to wait, you could click "Skip" option and cancel the scanning.
Step 8: After the registry scanning is completed,
click "Next" button to
select all related files.
Step 9: Click "Next" button to delete all related files.
Step 10: Click “Finish”
button when it stops scanning files and extensions.
After you finish the onscreen removal
steps, GetPrivate has been deleted from your PC.
Do you want to fully remove GetPrivate? Follow it uninstall tips carefully.(100%
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