How to Uninstall Swiki From Your PC?

Do you suffer ads on your browser provided by Swiki adware? You can not find out why your browser runs slowly? Swiki adware should be the mail reason that causes these problems. If you want to get rid of all those needless ads, you have to remove the adware from your machine. Don't know how to do? Why not take a look at this post which shows the step-by-step removal guide?

Introduction of the Adware

Swiki is considered as an adware application or Potentially Unwanted Program which can slip into the computer along with third-party freeware that users download from the Internet. Such adware programs are often bundled with other applications and installed on the target computers without letting users know. Commonly, the adware appears as a useful tool that provided computer users with some good services. Yet what it really wants is gaining benefits from the users by displaying tons of annoying ads and luring them to order commodities of poor quality. Once executed on your computer, this adware will make some modifications to users' browser settings. It will display various types of ads like sponsored links, coupons, deals, banner ads, pop-unders or interstitial ads frequently while going online. Please note that the adware may work as a spyware and collect your personal information so as to know your browsing habits and send you more personalized ads. It will not miss any trace of the online behaviors including the IP address, search terms and often-viewed websites, and that information will be sent to the developers. On this occasion, you need to take immediate actions to remove Swiki from your computer the first time you find it.

Symptoms of Swiki

1. It will add itself to your web browser without your approval.

2.It downloads and installs many unwanted programs to make your PC sluggish.

3. It may deliver various pop-ups including bogus security alerts, commercial ads and other ads on your computer.

4. It prevents you doing search normally by redirecting you to unknown but malicious websites.

5. It collects and sends your crucial data to remote cyber hackers.

How to Remove Swiki from Your Machine?

All you need to do is to remove this adware completely from your computer in order to stop those annoying pop-up ads and other threat. You can use a powerful malware removal tool to automatically delete it or you can just follow the effective guide provided below to manually remove it.

1. Remove Swiki related program.

For Windows
Click on Start button > Select Control Panel > Click on Add/Remove Programs > locate any adware related program > Click on Remove button.

For Windows 7/Vista
Click on Start button > Select Control Panel > Click on Uninstall a Program / Programs and Features >locate any suspicous program > Click on Uninstall button.

For Windows 8
Move the mouse pointer to the right side corner > select Search > search for "control panel" to get Control Panel > click on Uninstall a Program > locate any unwanted program > click on Uninstall button.

2. Remove Swiki related add-ons from your PC.

Internet Explorer:
Find and click Tools in your browser, then select Manage add-ons.
Click Toolbars and Extensions.
Find the adware related add-ons in the list and select Disable.

Google Chrome:
Open your browser, type chrome://extensions/ in the address bar of your browser and press Enter.
Find the unwanted add-ons in the list and delete them.

Mozilla Firefox:
Open your browser.
Find Tools button and click on it, then click Add-ons.
Find the unwanted add-ons in the list and disable/remove them.

How to Avoid Adware Infection?

To prevent the PC from such sneaky unwanted programs, please pay more attention to the programs and files you download from the web because some adware are preinstalled in the installer of those files. You'd better not just click on "Next" or "I agree" carelessly in that you may accept to download additional program with the desired one. Also, you should remember not to open strange email attachments, especially ones send from unknown people. Clicking on attachments from unknown people may lead to adware infection. In the same time, you cannot trust all the links on the web sites especially those in the emails sent by strangers.