Remove PicZoomer and Stop Pop-Up Ads

Milena Dimitrova

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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PicZoomer is yet another potentially unwanted program that may have been installed in a bundled download. On the other hand, PicZoomer’s installer may prompt you to install additional software that you don’t actually want or need. To avoid additional/ recommended downloads of the sort, always go carefully through the installers of freeware products.

PicZoomer Application Details

• Primary Files: PicZoomer.exe, Piczoomer-setup.exe
• Status: Potentially Unwanted
• Detection: PUP.PicZoomer; TR/Dropper.Gen (Avira)

PicZoomer Description & Distribution Method

The application is available for download on its official page. It is advertised as it follows:

→The application is your all in one tool for grabbing images, picking colors, as well as for zooming in screen on your computer. It offers convenience as there’s no need to use different apps for each of the said tasks.

PicZoomer may also be promoted on multiple freeware/shareware websites.

Surely, the description sounds luring and may trick many users into running the executable. However, users should note that the app has been detected as potentially unwanted by 2 AV programs. Yes, potentially unwanted software is not malicious. But it still can cause many issues on the system and users typically decide to uninstall programs that have been flagged as PUP/PUA:

PicZoomer Privacy Policy

If you pay attention to the app’s privacy policy, you will immediately notice several alarming paragraphs. Please, have a look at the images displayed below. As you will see, the provider of the program may use tracking technologies and supports third party advertising strategies.

Cookies and Third Party Collection

Data Collection and Data Usage

PicZoomer Removal Options

Even though PicZoomer is not a virus, we would recommend that you uninstall it from your system. First, the application may perform a bundled download. The additional piece of software may be different in various cases:

Second, once installed, affiliate advertisers may flood your browser with unwanted advertisements such as pop-ups, banners, and in-text ads. Interacting with any of them may further compromise your security.
We have compiled an easy-to-follow guide to uninstall the PUP. Additionally, to make sure your system is running flawlessly, you can proceed into scanning it via AV software you trust.

Step 1: Remove/Uninstall PicZoomer 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:

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall PicZoomer.

Step 2: Remove PicZoomer 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 PicZoomer and click “Remove”

After PicZoomer 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 PicZoomer and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After PicZoomer 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 PicZoomer 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 PicZoomer 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 PicZoomer
Click ‘Uninstall’

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall PicZoomer. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the PicZoomer will be removed.

Step 3: Remove PicZoomer automatically by downloading an advanced anti-malware program.

To clean your computer you should download an updated anti-malware program on a safe PC and then install it on the affected computer in offline mode. After that you should boot into safe mode and scan your computer to remove all PicZoomer associated objects.

Milena Dimitrova

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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