What is Fireplayer Ads?
Fireplayer Ads are irritating commercial advertisements which might start coming from a program Fireplayer. It is promoted on fireplayr.com, and it calls itself “the ultimate HD media player.” In reality, it is known to be a potentially unwanted program or even adware because of those annoying commercial advertisements it disseminates, so keeping it installed is the worst thing users can do. Although such programs like Fireplayer do not act like harmful malicious applications, they still perform activities which might cause a number of problems to users. In this case, ads might not only disrupt your browsing session, but also expose you to potential threats. Therefore, the flow of ads you see on your screen must be stopped. The only thing you need to do is to remove Fireplayer from your system. Do this even if you have found it quite useful because, unfortunately, it is not a program that could be called trustworthy. Read this article till the very end if you have never deleted an untrustworthy program before – you will be told everything you need to know about the removal process.
What do Fireplayer Ads do?
Users might start seeing Fireplayer Ads on their screens after installing a program called Fireplayer, as mentioned in the first paragraph. If it happens that you notice them too, you must get rid of them as soon as possible because their presence might cause trouble. For example, these ads might contain third-party links and redirect you quickly to third-party websites if you click on them. This usually does not sound like a dangerous activity until users find out that these websites might contain untrustworthy software and even try to extract personal details from them. In fact, Fireplayer itself might record all kinds of details about users. It is hard to say what details it is interested in because its Privacy Policy document does not exist. Well, there is a button Privacy Policy available on its official website fireplayr.com, but it does not open any document. Such programs like Fireplayer might collect non-personally identifiable information, e.g. users’ clicks on links, websites they visit, and various technical details about users’ PCs. Additionally, personal details like name, surname, address, and demographic information might be recorded too. According to specialists at anti-spyware-101.com, the dissemination of annoying Fireplayer Ads and the collection of information about users might be two main drawbacks of Fireplayer, so you should consider removing it even though it claims that you could watch videos in a HD format and play YouTube videos through this application.
Where do Fireplayer Ads come from?
Those users who start seeing Fireplayer Ads when they surf the web must have Fireplayer installed on their computers. If you do not know about the presence of this program, it does not mean that it is not active on your system – it could have sneaked onto your PC without permission and now perform activities behind your back. At the time of writing, it is impossible to download Fireplayer from its official website, which suggests that it is spread in software bundles mainly. Of course, its official website might be fixed in the future. Delete it no matter if you have downloaded it willingly or it has sneaked onto your computer without permission because it acts the same no matter where users get it from. After the successful removal of this potentially unwanted application, install a tool for protecting your PC from the entrance of similar threats in the future.
How do I remove Fireplayer Ads?
If you see Fireplayer Ads, the only way to remove them is to delete Fireplayer from the system. You should do this even if you do not see any advertisements yet because this program still cannot be called fully trustworthy and might start displaying commercials in the future. All you need to do to erase it from your computer is to delete its folder FirePlayer from C:\Program Files (x86). The manual removal of this program might be quite complicated for inexperienced users, so we recommend checking our removal guide first. Also, users should know that this suspicious application can be deleted automatically using an automated malware remover.
How to get rid of Fireplayer Ads
- Open the Windows Explorer by tapping Win+E.
- Go to C:\Program Files (x86).
- Find and delete the FirePlayer folder.
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