Prize-Party

What is Prize-Party?

Prize-Party is a browser hijacker that changes your home page and search engine settings without your permission. It is not a genuine computer virus, but it can seriously jeopardize your system security by exposing you to various third party websites. It happens so, because Prize-Party is related to a list of coupon and commercial webpages, and it actively promotes them. It goes without saying that being exposed to a list of third party unverified websites increases the possibility of getting infected with malware. Therefore, it is important that you remove Prize-Party from your computer immediately.

Where does Prize-Party come from?

Prize-Party is directly related to Prize-Party.com website that offers you lottery for free - you simply need to choose an item you want to win (a MacBook, an iPad and so on), and then log in to the website through your Facebook account. Prize-Party has a Facebook account as well, and it is where Prize-Party posts various deals and offers, saying that users can benefit from random coupon deals and lotteries online. It shows that Prize-Party is related to a list of other websites, and although the website does not initiate any kind of download when you land on it, it is highly possible that Prize-Party hijacker is downloaded onto your PC via third party websites, bundled with other freeware.

Why is Prize-Party dangerous?

The hijacker forcefully redirects you to prize-party.com in order to increase the overall website traffic. Also, when you perform a search via Prize-Party search engine, you are most definitely presented with sponsored results, leading you to websites related to this infection. It is very likely that Prize-Party monitors your browsing activity. In case this program gets exploited by a third party, you might as well get your personal information leaked. Therefore, you should remove Prize-Party from your PC right now.

How to restore browser settings

For Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+X and click Manage add-ons. Select Search Providers on the left.
2. Delete prize-party.com from the list and select a new default search engine.
3. Press Alt+X and click Internet options.
4. Delete prize-party.com from home page section under General tab.
5. Enter a new h0me page address and click OK.

For Mozilla Firefox

1. Click Firefox button and select Options.
2. Under General tab, remove prize-party.com from home page section.
3. Enter a new domain address and click OK.
4. Click search engine icon on the left of search box (top right corner).
5. Click Manage search engines and remove prize-party.com from the list.
6. Set a new default search engine and click OK.

For Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and click Settings.
2. Select Open a page or a list of pages under On Start-up. Click Set pages.
3. Delete prize-party.com from the list. Enter a new home page address you prefer. Click OK.
4. Select Manage search engines under Search and remove prize-party.com from the list.
5. Set a new default search engine and press Done.

Usually for browser hijackers, it is not enough to restore default browser settings to remove them. Therefore, you should perform a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner and see whether there are any malicious residual files in your system. Do all it takes to safeguard your PC from harm.

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