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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum for 4 years. Enjoys ‘Mr. Robot’ and fears ‘1984’. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles!
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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum for 4 years. Enjoys ‘Mr. Robot’ and fears ‘1984’. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles!
HD4Good, also known as Ads by HD4Good is a typical adware program that promises to enhance video viewing. Instead, it generates numerous pop-up windows. No matter how intrusive and annoying the ads by HD4Good may seem, it is a legitimate application developed by Buca Apps. Its installation, however, may be avoided if the user opts for custom installation when downloading freeware.
Adware generally is distributed via bundled downloading. The term means that developers have included additional software in the package of another free application downloaded by choice. Advanced installation is the best way to avoid bundling. The sole purpose behind the described process is gaining financial revenue by increasing traffic to certain web pages.
Is HD4Good threatening to My PC?
Adware is not malicious by character. However, it may open the door and let other malware variations in your system. The latter happens if the user is tricked by the displayed ad-related content and clicks it. As a result, he may be redirected to a malicious web page with questionable content. Other possible issues associated with the ads by HD4Good are:
Browser slow-downs and crashes.
Addition of tracking cookies for the purpose of personally identifiable information theft.
Redirects to unwanted pages.
Due to all the potential threats, HD4Good’s removal is advisory.
How can I uninstall HD4Good?
To stop the display of HD4Good’s ads, users should aim at its complete removal. Experienced users may try to remove the adware manually, following the guide provided below. If you don’t feel confident enough to do the removal by hand, you may want to perform a full system scan via a trustworthy anti-adware tool. In future, always opt for advanced installation to spare the appearance of potentially unwanted programs in your system.
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1. Remove/Uninstall HD4Good
1. Remove/Uninstall HD4Good in Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program.No matter if you are using Windows 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 get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes 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 HD4Good.
2. Restore the settings in your browser
2. Remove HD4Good from your browser
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari
Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu
Select HD4Good and click “Remove”
After HD4Good is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in 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 HD4Good and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.
After HD4Good is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Internet Explorer:
Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’
In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’
Select HD4Good to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.
After HD4Good has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Safari
Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.
From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’ In the new window select ‘Extensions’ Click once on HD4Good Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall HD4Good. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the HD4Good will be removed.
To clean your computer with the award-winning software Spy Hunter – It is highly 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.
An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum for 4 years. Enjoys ‘Mr. Robot’ and fears ‘1984’. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles!
HD4Good, also known as Ads by HD4Good is a typical adware program that promises to enhance video viewing. Instead, it generates numerous pop-up windows. No matter how intrusive and annoying the ads by HD4Good may seem, it is a legitimate application developed by Buca Apps. Its installation, however, may be avoided if the user opts for custom installation when downloading freeware.
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
Remove a toolbar from Google Chrome
Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer
Remove a toolbar from Safari
