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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!
Vidzy is a free application. It promises that it will provide users with the coolest videos on YouTube without them even having to go to the website. Some users may consider this to be a useful application. However, it has been classified as adware. In its Terms of Use, it is stated that Vidzy will show advertisements while users are browsing the web. This may prove to be annoying, but what is worse is the fact that these ads may expose your system to malicious content. Adware programs in general are considered to be unwanted. The recommended thing to do is to remove Vidzy from your computer as soon as possible.
Where Did Vidzy Come from?
Vidzy can be downloaded from its official website. So users could acquire it themselves. However, adware programs are known to use bundled downloads as their main means of distribution. To break it down: Vidzy is attached to installers of free applications. When you install the free application, you Vidzy will also be installed automatically. There are a few measures you can take to prevent this, however:
Avoid any free programs from third-party distributors or from suspicious websites.
Review all information presented in the install wizard instead of clicking Next over and over again.
Opt for Advanced/Custom installation. This way you will be able to see whether there are any additional programs featured in the installer and decline them.
What Does Vidzy Do?
Vidzy will attach an extension to your browser as soon as it has been installed. The extension can be attached to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. Once this happens, you will start getting ads whenever you browse the net. These ads can prove to be quite the nuisance. What is even worse, some of them may actually be unreliable. This is the part where your system can get in trouble.
Why Is Vidzy an Unwanted Program?
Apart from getting on your nerves, Vidzy can also expose your system to harmful content. There is no guarantee that the ads that you will be shown will lead to reliable websites. Some may very well take you to malicious ones. You do not want this to happen as your system may get infected and all of your sensitive data may get stolen. Some cyber criminals use phishing schemes. This means that they will try to trick you into sharing your sensitive information yourself. For this, they could claim that you have won some prize, for instance, and want your data.
How to Remove Vidzy from the System?
Vidzy is not known to cause problems when removing it like some adware programs do. All you need to do is go to Control Panel, open the list of programs, find it, and remove it. Still, this does not mean that your system is safe. There may be more adware applications on it. There may also be malware. The best thing you can do is to acquire a reliable antimalware program. This will do the following automatically:
Clean your system of all intruders, including infections. Prevent unwanted programs such as adware from entering the system. Protect the PC against malware attacks.
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 Vidzy.
2. Restore the settings in your browser
2. Remove Vidzy 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 Vidzy and click “Remove”
After Vidzy 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 Vidzy and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.
After Vidzy 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 Vidzy 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 Vidzy 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 Vidzy Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall Vidzy. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the Vidzy will be removed.
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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!
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
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