Removing Ads by ViewPassword Adware - A Simple How To

For those of us who love installing plugins and add-ons on our browsers we may just be exposing ourselves to malware and adware. One of such stubborn adware is the ViewPassword Adware. The presence of this adware readily poses a virus threat. Also, what it does is to slow down your system considerably, and you will continue to receive unstoppable popup ads from ViewPassword especially when you are connected to the internet.  

Some of the ways to know if your computer is infected with the ViewPassword adware virus are:

1) Your PC becomes extremely slow and programs stop working sometimes.
2) It creates lots of unwanted add-ons and extensions on your browser.
3) Browser crashes sometimes.

4) Pop-ups ads flood your computer screen.

The prevalence of excessive ads pop-ups is indicative of the ViewPassword adware in your computer, this could also be because there is a potentially unwanted program installed on your computer. Usually, ViewPassword enters system in a bundle with other applications. It subtly enters your computer to promote ads so as to make profits from ads.

ViewPassword generates lots and lots of dangerous ads which will make your computer vulnerable, security wise. Furthermore, cyber criminals can utilize ViewPassword to spread Trojans by implanting Trojans in the ads by ViewPassword. Therefore, clicking on popups from ViewPassword is very dangerous. This article will show you how to easily remove the adware from your computer system.

Sample Ads by ViewPassword

 

ViewPassword is also acts as a tracking cookie. What it does is to cookie help PC users in remembering or tracking what information have they entered in the sites. As such, cyber criminals take advantages of cookies to steal your personal information. ViewPassword takes advantage of this and is responsible for collecting the privacy data such as IP address, email address, name, telephone and even financial data (online bank account and password), and then sends your private information to bad hackers.

ViewPassword can work with almost all browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

1. First of all remove ViewPassword adware from control panel 
 

Windows 8
Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen.
Charms bar>Settings>Control Panel>Uninstall a program
Remove ViewPassword adware and other unknown programs.

Windows XP
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs>Programs and Features
Remove ViewPassword and other unknown programs.

Windows 7/Vista
Start>Control Panel>Uninstall a program/Programs and Features
Uninstall ViewPassword and other unknown programs.

 

2. Then remove ViewPassword adware related add-ons from browser  

Go to your browser settings, navigate to add-ons and extensions and uninstall the add-on.

 

(Important Step: After removing ViewPassword related extensions from browser, there are a lot of leftovers of ViewPassword and caches. ViewPassword has a great chance of taking a comeback if these caches stay in your computer. To remove ViewPassword completely from your computer, it is necessary to clean all leftovers and caches related to ViewPassword.)

 

3. Finally, remove ViewPassword adware by installing malwarebytes.

Go to http://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/mbam/ Download and install malwarebytes. Update the software and let it scan your PC.

That's it folks, hope it helps. Get an antivirus, there are good ones out there albeit free. Just make sure its up to date. Protect your PC, and enjoy your week.

 

 

 

 

TECNO P5 vs TECNO P5+

Every Nigerian who is on a budget will view the emergence of the TECNO brand in the Nigerian telecom mobile market as nothing but a blessing. That said, the Tecno P5 android phone is one of the best, low-budget Tecno phone brands, availing users with everything they would need on a high-end android device.

TECNO P5 Android phone

In order to step up its game in the market, Tecno rolls out an upgraded version of the Tecno P5 phone, something like the 'i' version and called it the Tecno P5 plus. The differences between both devices are not quite visible when inspected physically but are quite impressive when the device is operated, considering their market prices.

Tecno P5+ Android Phone

The few differences are highlighted below;
The Tecno P5+ runs on a better Android  4.4.4 KitKat version, formerly an Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
The RAM and ROM has been upgraded to 1GB and 8GB respectively, it was 512Mb and 4GB initially.
The bluetooth which was v3.0 has been upgraded to v4.0

As at the time of this blog post, the Tecno P5-plus was sold at a price of 15,000 Naira only.