VideosFox is a browser extension supposedly aiming to enhance your experience as you watch videos online. This may sound like a useful functionality, yet experts classify VideosFox as adware and potentially unwanted program (PUP) and recommend its removal. Once installed VideosFox is known to inject a considerable amount of third party advertisements (pop-ups, banners, coupons, deals, offers, etc.) that may disrupt the user’s browsing routine and expose the affected system to numerous security issues.
How Is VideosFox Distributed?
Applications and browser extensions like VideosFox are often delivered to the user’s PC bundled with freeware programs downloaded from popular free download websites. Although the promoted apps are supposed to be safe and legitimate, users are advised to pay close attention to the installation process and not to allow random applications to end up on their machines. Selecting the Advanced installation options gives you the opportunity to opt-out. Selecting trustworthy download sources and keeping your AV products up-to-date is essential when it comes to the security of your computer.
How Does VideosFox Affect Your Computer?
After VideosFox is successfully installed on your browser (VideosFox is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and other commonly used browsers), it will generate numerous intrusive online advertisements, including pop-ups, coupons, banners, price comparisons. Each of these ads may expose your system to security issues if you click on it. Third parties usually use adware to promote their products and services, but mainly to boost the traffic of their web pages and generate PPC (pay-per-click) revenue.
Adware programs are sometimes associated with unwanted and unapproved modification of the browser settings, such as redirecting the homepage and search engine tabs to predetermined websites without the user’s consent.
VideosFox may also collect certain browsing-related information, like IP address, pages visited, search queries, browser and operating system type. Sharing the gathered data with unknown third parties for various marketing purposes is not excluded.
How to Remove VideosFox from Your Computer?
VideosFox may not be of a malicious nature, but the risks the promoted third party links may expose your system to, should not be taken lightly. Malware experts recommend the removal of VideosFox from your computer either manually or with the assistance of a competent anti-spyware tool. Whichever option is more suitable for you, you can follow the steps below to delete VideosFox completely from your PC.
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1. Remove/Uninstall VideosFox 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:
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall VideosFox.
2. Remove VideosFox from your browser
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
Remove a toolbar from Google Chrome
Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer
Remove a toolbar from Safari
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu
Select VideosFox and click “Remove“
After VideosFox is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Select VideosFox 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 VideosFox has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.
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 VideosFox
Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall VideosFox. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the VideosFox will be removed.
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- Guide 1: How to Remove VideosFox from Windows.
- Guide 2: Get rid of VideosFox from Mac OS X.
- Guide 3: Remove VideosFox from Google Chrome.
- Guide 4: Erase VideosFox from Mozilla Firefox.
- Guide 5: Uninstall VideosFox from Microsoft Edge.
- Guide 6: Remove VideosFox from Safari.
- Guide 7: Eliminate VideosFox from Internet Explorer.
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How to Remove VideosFox from Windows.
Step 1: Boot Your PC In Safe Mode to isolate and remove VideosFox
Step 2: Uninstall VideosFox and related software 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:
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.Step 3: Clean any registries, created by VideosFox on your computer.
The usually targeted registries of Windows machines are the following:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
You can access them by opening the Windows registry editor and deleting any values, created by VideosFox there. This can happen by following the steps underneath:
Tip: To find a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and click "Modify" to see which file it is set to run. If this is the virus file location, remove the value.Before starting "Step 4", please boot back into Normal mode, in case you are currently in Safe Mode.
This will enable you to install and use SpyHunter 5 successfully.
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Get rid of VideosFox from Mac OS X.
Step 1: Uninstall VideosFox and remove related files and objects
1. Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:
- Go to Finder.
- In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove.
- Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete.
- If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.
In case you cannot remove VideosFox via Step 1 above:
In case you cannot find the virus files and objects in your Applications or other places we have shown above, you can manually look for them in the Libraries of your Mac. But before doing this, please read the disclaimer below:
You can repeat the same procedure with the following other Library directories:
→ ~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Tip: ~ is there on purpose, because it leads to more LaunchAgents.
Step 2: Scan for and remove malware from your Mac
When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts, programs and malware, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. Combo Cleaner offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.
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Remove VideosFox from Google Chrome.
Step 1: Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu
Step 2: Move the cursor over "Tools" and then from the extended menu choose "Extensions"
Step 3: From the opened "Extensions" menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its "Remove" button.
Step 4: 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.
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Erase VideosFox from Mozilla Firefox.
Step 1: Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window
Step 2: Select the "Add-ons" icon from the menu.
Step 3: Select the unwanted extension and click "Remove"
Step 4: 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.
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Uninstall VideosFox from Microsoft Edge.
Step 1: Start Edge browser.
Step 2: Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.
Step 3: From the drop menu select "Extensions".
Step 4: Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.
Step 5: Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.
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Remove VideosFox from Safari.
Step 1: Start the Safari app.
Step 2: After hovering your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, click on the Safari text to open its drop down menu.
Step 3: From the menu, click on "Preferences".
Step 4: After that, select the 'Extensions' Tab.
Step 5: Click once on the extension you want to remove.
Step 6: Click 'Uninstall'.
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select 'Uninstall' again, and the VideosFox will be removed.
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Eliminate VideosFox from Internet Explorer.
Step 1: Start Internet Explorer.
Step 2: Click on the gear icon labeled 'Tools' to open the drop menu and select 'Manage Add-ons'
Step 3: In the 'Manage Add-ons' window.
Step 4: 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'.
Step 5: 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.
