DealBrowsing

What is DealBrowsing?

DealBrowsing is a browser add-on which supposedly acts as a shopping assistant. Does this sound intriguing? Well you should not trust the application because it may put your personal security at risk. The program has been developed by Visicom Media Inc and its main objective is to track information about your personal online preferences. If you think this is harmless, this article may be interesting to you. According to the spyware researchers at Anti-Spyware-101.com, the application not only spies on you but also shares the collected information with third party members. This is suspicious and if you are not comfortable with it – remove DealBrowsing right away.

Why should you delete DealBrowsing?

Once you install the application onto the computer, you may discover that the home page of your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers has been changed to mystart.com. The search engine is quite unreliable, even though it is stated that it is powered by Yahoo. This particular search engine is based on promotional content meaning that some of your searches may be filtered. Additionally, it can employ tracking cookies to discover your private information, which consequently could be used to flood you with interesting but misleading and even dangerous advertisements. Should you click on any of them, your PC could become infected with dangerous computer threats. Even though the DealBrowsing plugin may have no malicious intentions, it is recommended that you delete the add-on so that malicious third parties could not access your private data.

How to remove DealBrowsing?

DealBrowsing removal depends on your experience and skills. If you have time and you know what to do – delete the threat manually. In fact, even if you do not know much about the Windows system you may find manual removal quite straightforward. Your second option is installing automatic spyware detection and removal software. This alternative is highly rewarding because authentic software can remove unwanted programs and guard the PC again dangerous computer infections.

Manual Removal Instructions

Remove DealBrowsing from Windows XP:

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs and Remove the unwanted application.

Remove DealBrowsing from Windows Vista and Windows 7:

1. Click the Start menu icon and select Control Panel.
2. Open Uninstall a program.
3. Right-click the program you want removed and select Uninstall.

Remove DealBrowsing from Windows 8:

1. Right-click on the Metro UI start screen and select All apps.
2. Go to Control Panel and then Uninstall a program.
3. To remove the add-on, right-click it and select Uninstall.

Remove the add-on from browsers

Internet Explorer:

1. Launch the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+T and select Manage Add-ons.
2. Select Toolbars and Extensions, then Remove the undesirable add-on and click OK.
3. Tap Alt+T once more and select Internet Options.
4. Click the General tab, overwrite/remove the unwanted Home Page and click OK.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Launch the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+T and select Options.
2. Click the General tab, overwrite/remove the unwanted Home Page and click OK.
3. Simultaneously tap Ctrl+Shift+A and select Extensions.
4. Click the unwanted add-on and select Remove.

Google Chrome:

1. Launch the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+F and select Settings.
2. Under On Startup mark Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set pages.
3. Remove/change the provided URL and click OK.
4. Under Appearance mark Show Home button, click Change and repeat step 3.
5. From the menu on the left select Extensions.
6. Delete the unwanted extension by clicking the trash icon and selecting Remove.

Note: if you have deleted the program manually, it would be best to examine the system with a reliable spyware scanner so that other threats would not be missed.

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