Manual Guide to Remove MPC Cleaner

by Miranda D. Web Owner

You keep getting numerous pop-up ads from this MPC Cleaner and put up with the sluggish browser performance? Don’t know why those ads show up and wonder how to stop them from popping up? Take it easy. Read this post, you will find the answer and know how to remove MPC Cleaner completely with removal instructions.

MPC Cleaner is one of the most annoying adware programs which is super hateful. It may claim to have the possibility to enhance your browser performance when you are surfing the internet. It can appear on your web browser including IE, Firefox and Chrome as an add-on. It engenders a range of pop ups, including suspicious links, unwanted banners, video related ads, interstitial, text ads and also audio commercial advertisements. In addition, it’s reported this program has the capability of tailing after you to monitor your browsing performance, such as web indexes, IP locations, and other data, and even tries to make you get involved in lots of troubles. It means that having this adware on your computer may lead to identify theft. What’s more, you have a high risk of getting infected by other malware when clicking on the ads by the adware, since those ads are not checked for reliability and you may be redirected to corrupted or hacked websites.

How Does the Adware Get Into Your Computer?

Downloading and installing freeware/shareware: Such adware programs usually come bundled with other free applications that shared on the web. If you randomly visit an unidentified website and download a program from it, the program you obtain may bring other potentially unwanted programs and cause browser hijacking issues.

Surfing on non-regular websites: Some unofficial websites also have the chance to redirect you to the page of the malware. The hackers can embed malicious code on the websites so if someone enters the infected pages and he or she will be infected too.

Opening the attachments or click on links from strange emails: The adware may be embedded in spam emails sent by cybercriminals. If you open them intentionally or unintentionally, it can get installed automatically on your computer.

Expired anti-virus program: The computer will be in a high-risk situation of being attacked if PC users choose to use old version security tools, Adware or PUP can easily invade the targeted machine. Besides, other malware would also take the chance to infect your computer aggressively.

How to Remove MPC Cleaner out of Your Computer?

Once MPC Cleaner installed, you probably suffer from a mass of nasty pop-ups flowing on your computer, which tends to destroy your good mood of browsing. Beyond that, the adware may collect and record your browsing histories and send your personally non-identifiable information to third parties for unknown purposes. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you should delete this adware as soon as possible. You can refer to the instructions below to remove the adware manually.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to bring up Windows Task Manager and stop MPC Cleaner related processes there.

Step 2: Remove the adware related programs.

Windows Vista/7:
Click the Start Orb and click Control Panel.
Make sure you are in the category view in control panel (indicated in the top right hand corner).
Click Uninstall a Program under the Programs heading.
Search for the adware related programs, click Uninstall from the options at the top of the list.

Windows XP:
Click the Start menu and click Control Panel.
Click Switch to Category View, if you are not already in this view.
Click Add or Remove Programs.
Select the adware related programs , and click Change /Remove or Remove.

Windows 8:
Press Windows key + R.
Type “control panel” in the box shown and hit Enter.
Go to Uninstall a Program.
Look for the adware related programs , and click Uninstall.

Step 3: In the C drive, find out and delete all adware associated files.

Step 4: Press Windows+ R keys and type "regedit" into the Run box. When the registry editor is opened, search for and delete the adware associated entries completely.

Step 5. Remove all add-ons and extensions.

Internet Explorer
1. Click Tools > Manage add-ons.
2. Under “Toolbars and Extensions”, search for MPC Cleaner adware related add-ons. Highlight them, and disable them.

Google Chrome
1. Click the 3 bar options icon or wrench icon and navigate to Tools >Extensions.
2. Search for the adware related extensions and remove them all.

Mozilla Firefox
1. Click Tools > Add-ons (Ctrl+Shift+A).
2. Under “Plugins”, search for the adware related add-ons. Disable or remove them. You may also search for other unwanted add-ons under “Extensions”.

Please be informed that manual removal is effective to get rid of MPC Cleaner, but is only for advanced PC users who can handle the process, files and registry entries. Therefore, it’s wise for you to delete this terrible program with a professional malware removal tool such as SpyHunter.