Removal Tips for Eliminating BoBrowser

Posted by Alice Bonnie
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Sep 21, 2015
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What Is BoBrowser?

BoBrowser is a categorized as an unwanted adware which can attack the vulnerable computer terribly through multiple channels. This adware can deliver many ads on your browsers when getting installed on your computer. It will finish its installation without your notice together with the program or process that you have downloaded it from the unsafe sites.

Although BoBrowser may not be considered as a malicious program, it’s able to bring in lots of attachments that come from hackers. It helps to increase a huge number of visitor via showing random commercial advertisements and unrelated links to trick clicks. This adware will also monitor your online activities in order to pop up more ads based on your interests or habits. If you are using any of the services or coupons that is shown by BoBrowser, it will produce fund or earns advantage from it.

How Did You Acquire the BoBrowser Adware?

Usually PC users will get this adware infection while downloading and installing infected programs. When you download any of these free softwares, this adware can seize the chance to invade into your system. You will also get infected by this adware when the time you install the wanted program, but the once thing you do not know is, the wanted program you are downloading has been infected by BoBrowser adware and you just choose to ignore the installation process. In addition, some special programs that contain this adware can be dispersed on CNET’s download.com. Once gets onto the computer, it will attack Windows, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome and make itself hard to be removed.

How Can You Remove BoBrowser Completely?

It is strongly suggested that PC users should remove this BoBrowser adware completely to keep the computer safe. Here is a manual removal guide on below which can help you get rid of such virus. Please follow the steps to remove this nasty adware now.

Step 1: Remove the BoBrowser related programs.

Windows XP
Go to Start, navigate to Settings and click on Control Panel, navigate to Add or Remove Programs, choose Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and hit Remove.

Windows 8
Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel. Select Uninstall a program and remove the adware related programs.

Windows 7/Vista

Go to Start, navigate to Control Panel, select Uninstall a program/Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and click on Uninstall.

Step 2: Remove the adware related add-ons from the browsers.

Internet Explorer
Open IE and go to Tools or gear icon in IE9 and then to Manage Add-ons.
Select add-ons related to BoBrowser or other which you find is unknown to you and remove it.
Restart IE.

Mozilla Firefox
Open Mozilla Firefox & click on Tools from the top menu.
Now go to Add-ons and select the unknown extensions from the list related to the adware.
Remove them by selecting and clicking on Remove button.
Restart the browser.

Google Chrome
Open Google Chrome, click 3-Horizontal Bar icon at the top left corner.
Now go to Tools and then Extensions.
Search for extension exact or similar to the adware and delete it by selecting and clicking Trash icon next to it.
Restart the browser.

Step 3: Remove all BoBrowser related files and registry entries.

Go to the Local Hard Disk C to find out and delete any adware related files from your computer.
Click the “Start” button and choose the “Run” option. Type “regedit” in the “Open” field and click the “OK” button. Then the Registry Editor will open. Then, find out and delete the adware related registry entries.


BoBrowser should be removed from your PC immediately because it may cause some troubles if left behind. For this reason, you would better check if your computer has been infected by such virus and if so, carefully do as the removal guides to completely be away from it and adware like it. Also learn some learn some computer security knowledge, which will be helpful to keep your computer safe.

Tips to Prevent Malware from Infecting Your PC

1.Use security tools. The first line of defense on your computer should be a professional and powerful anti-virus program that can offer a fully protection. Many famous antivirus programs can help protect the PC from cyber threats effectively. These tools have the capable of scanning files and monitoring your Internet condition, especially preventing malware from spreading.

2. Make sure the software installed on your computer up-to-date. It has a big chance to get infected with BoBrowser if you download software/application from unknown websites. Having the security programs updated makes computer more secured and helps against from Trojan, worms, adware, and rootkits attacks. If your program is not set for instant update, you can download from vendor's web site.

3. Maximize the security potential of your network. To prevent malware, it is also important to make some changes to the settings of each of your browser. It is suggested that PC users should maximize the level of the security on your browser.

4. Always to keep an eye while using the Internet. The Internet contains both helpful information and various potential cyber threats. There are many unidentified links which can be delivered through email attachment, suspicious pages and third party programs as well. Then it will perform a lot of malicious actions to corrupt your computer. Keep away from those suspicious websites that display free services or freeware downloads. 

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