RainbowPrices

Posted by Max Lehmann on August 13, 2015

What is RainbowPrices?

RainbowPrices is one of those adware applications that you definitely can live without. It enters your computer because it needs to generate financial profit for its creators. RainbowPrices will spam you with multiple commercial advertisements, at the same time slowing down your browser and exposing you to a variety of security threats. You need to take your system’s security into your own hands and remove RainbowPrices immediately. This program may not intend to infect you with malware, but it could be used as a malware distribution tool, so you have to do everything in your power to prevent that from happening. Download Removal Tool100% FREE spyware scan and
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Where does RainbowPrices come from?

RainbowPrices is based on the JustPlugIt engine. This open source engine can be used by anyone who knows how to create applications. All programs that RainbowPrices is related to are based on the same engine. We can group them under the Multiplug family name. They are also sometimes called the semi-random name adware. Programs from this group, including MonsonRevenue, WorkApp, RepliApp, and so on, rely on third-party installers to spread around the web.

Sometimes these programs might have official websites, but none of them can be downloaded directly because such web pages simply do not have working download links. Therefore, if RainbowPrices happens to be on your computer, it means that it has entered it via the Amonetize, Vittalia, or InstallRex installers, along with a bunch of other potentially unwanted applications. For example, we know that this program might be traveling together with LightningDownloader, Websearch.hotfindings.info, oursurfing.com, and other suspicious applications. If you want to avoid installing such programs on your PC, you should stay away from third-party websites that distribute freeware.

What does RainbowPrices do?

Adware programs are created for monetary purposes, so it is clear that RainbowPrices enters your system to make money for its developers. When the program is installed on your PC, it adds an extension to your default browser. This extension is supposed to help you find the best deals online, economizing your spending in the process.

However, all the pop-ups the RainbowPrices extension generates display third-party content.

This means that the application is not responsible for the security of the ads and the links embedded into them. It is very often that adware applications outsource their ad content, and at the same time they shake off any legal responsibility by claiming that third party content security is subject to the privacy policies of the respective third parties. This creates an opening for malevolent exploitation, which could eventually lead to malware infection. This is exactly what you have to prevent by removing RainbowPrices right now.

How do I remove RainbowPrices?

Open Control Panel and uninstall the application manually. You will also have to delete the extension from Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome because removal via Control Panel does not affect the settings on those two browsers.

When you are done with that, scan your computer with the SpyHunter free scanner, because you have to figure out what other programs must be deleted from your PC. Finally, to seal everything off, invest in a computer security tool of your choice to prevent similar intruders from entering your system in the future.