Fake Amazon Assistant “Virus” – How to Remove Fully from Windows

This article has been created to help you by showing you how to remove the Amazon Assistant virus from Google Chrome and Windows.

Malware researchers have reported the Amazon Assistant app to still be roaming around the web, pretending to be the legitimate browser extension supported by Amazon. The application may display adds, change your web browser’s settings and perform other activities on your computer, without your consent, making it potentially unwanted. If you see advertisements by the suspicious Amazon Assistant app, recommendations are to uninstall it immediately.

Threat Summary

Name	Amazon Assistant
Type	Potentially Unwanted Program
Short Description	Aims to display various advertisements that generate profit to it’s developers via pay-per-click or other schemes.
Symptoms	You may see banners, ads, pop-ups and other unwanted content which may slow down your computer.
Distribution Method	Via bundled installers, fake setups or via other PUP that has already been installed on your PC.
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by Amazon Assistant Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss Amazon Assistant.

Amazon Assistant “Virus” – Spread

In order for this app to be slithered into your computer, you may have installed a free program that is bundled. Such programs are often available online on software providing websites. They are also often bundled with third-party installers, like the one of the fake Amazon Assistant browser extension. It may be concealed somewhere in the “Advanced” or “Custom” installation options of your web browser, concealed in the form of a free extra added to your current installation.

Amazon Assistant “Virus” – More Information

After becoming affected with the Amazon Assistant “virus”, the fake app may be added as a browser extension to your web browser. This may result in the app, changing some of your web browser’s settings, like allowing it to display different ads and run processes in the background.

One of the activities that may be performed by the Amazon Assistant “virus” is to employ cookies on your web browser. Such technologies may track different information from your PC, like:

• Online search history.
• Browsing history.
• Online clicks.
• Most visited websites.

Such information may be used by the application to automatically generate you advertisements to various suspicious websites, that are not well-known and in most cases may not be certified. These websites may come to you in a variety of ads, like:

• Pop-ups.
• Browser banners.
• Redirects.
• Highlighted text on a website you are visiting often.

The advertisements displayed by the Amazon Assistant “virus” may be dangerous to your computer in several different ways, like:

• Redirect you to phishing sites that may steal information.
• Lead you to scamming websites that may ask you to call a fake tech support number.
• Transfer you via multiple redirects to a malicious site that may infect your computer with malware.

Unlike the actual Amazon Assistant browser extension, some of the third-party websites to which the fake Amazon Assistant app may lead you to may be dangerous for your computer, experts strongly advise removing this potentially intrusive app.

Remove Fake Amazon Assistant “Virus” from Your Pc

In order to remove the fake Amazon Assistant virus, recommendations are to follow the removal instructions, shown down below. They are specifically created in order to best help you delete this software either manually or automatically. Be advised that you should perform the removal manually only if you have some experience with removing such applications, so that they do not appear again. Otherwise, security experts strongly advise using an advanced anti-malware software, which will ensure much faster removal of this unwanted app from your computer plus future protection against any threats and intrusive software as well.

Note! Your computer system may be affected by Amazon Assistant or other threats.
Scan Your PC with SpyHunter
SpyHunter is a powerful malware removal tool designed to help users with in-depth system security analysis, detection and removal of threats such as Amazon Assistant.
Keep in mind, that SpyHunter’s scanner is only for malware detection. If SpyHunter detects malware on your PC, you will need to purchase SpyHunter’s malware removal tool to remove the malware threats. Read our SpyHunter 5 review. Click on the corresponding links to check SpyHunter’s EULA, Privacy Policy and Threat Assessment Criteria.

To remove Amazon Assistant follow these steps:

1. Uninstall malicious programs from Windows

How to Uninstall malicious programs from Windows:

Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).

In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).

This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC.
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.

2. Clean your Browser and Registry from Amazon Assistant

Remove Amazon Assistant by cleaning your Browser and Registry.

Remove an extension from Mozilla FirefoxRemove an extension from Google Chrome Remove an extension from Internet Explorer Remove an extension from Microsoft Edge Fix registry entries created by Amazon Assistant on your PC.

Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu.

Select the unwanted extension and click “Remove“

After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” button at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its “Remove” button.

After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” button at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click on the gear icon labeled ‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window.

Select the extension you want to remove and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ button located at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Edge

Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.

From the drop menu select “Extensions”.

Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.

Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.

Some malicious scripts may modify the registry entries on your computer to change different settings. This is why cleaning your Windows Registry Database is recommended. Since the tutorial on how to do this is a bit long and tampering with registries could damage your computer if not done properly you should refer and follow our instructive article about fixing registry entries, especially if you are unexperienced in that area.

Use SpyHunter to scan for malware and unwanted programs

3. Scan for malware and unwanted programs with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

Scan your PC and Remove Amazon Assistant with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool and back up your data

1. Install SpyHunter to scan for Amazon Assistant and remove them.2. Scan with SpyHunter, Detect and Remove Amazon Assistant. Back up your data to secure it from malware in the future.

Step 1: Click on the “Download” button to proceed to SpyHunter’s download page.

Download

Malware Removal Tool

It is recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by SpyHunter. Click on the corresponding links to check SpyHunter’s EULA, Privacy Policy and Threat Assessment Criteria.

Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.

Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to update automatically.

Step 1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Malware/PC Scan’ tab. A new window will appear. Click on ‘Start Scan’.

Step 2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 3: If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

Back up your data to secure it against attacks in the future

IMPORTANT! Before reading the Windows backup instructions, we highly recommend to back up your data with a cloud backup solution and insure your files against any type of loss, even from the most severe threats. We recommend you to read more about it and to download SOS Online Backup .

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Vencislav Krustev

Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.

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Vencislav Krustev

Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.

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1 Comment

1. Sarah Crawford February 20, 2018 at 12:26 am

   I keep getting an error that says windows installer cannot be run in safe mode.

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