How To Remove Fun APP From Computer

Complete Guideline To Delete Fun APP From PC

Fun APP has been identified by security researchers as a browser hijacker program which tends to silently infiltrate the targeted computers without users’ approval and conduct a series of malicious activities in the background. It stats the implementation of evil practices with first of making various unexpected changes in default browser’s settings and grabbing full control over the entire browser. It also installs multiple browser helper objects (BHOs) on the browser in order to prevent the user from restoring the settings back to its normal form. These add-ons though work as spyware and constantly monitor your Online activities to collect vital data regarding your preferences so that the advertisers could generate eye-catching advertisements.

Fun APP bombards your PC screen with thousands of intrusive ads and pop-ups all over the day and turns your Online browsing into nightmare. These ads are in various forms such as coupons, banners, deals, discounts, offers etc. which work on pay-per-click mechanism and earn profit for the developers upon being clicked. Clicking on these adverts though can be very risky for your system’s security as they might include vicious links and redirect you to scamming, phishing or even malware-laden sites that are fully occupied with malevolent contents. And so, it is necessary to stay away from these adverts no matter how attractive or useful they look and try to get rid of Fun APP from the machine as early as possible.

Software Bundles Often Hide Malicious Content Inside Them:

There are a number of perilous tactics through which such types of PUPs sneak into the targeted devices. But, the most common way is through freeware and shareware downloads. When third-party authors share software and multiple additional products for free, hackers can misuse them and plant their malicious content right inside these software packages. The way to prevent the installation of unwanted additional component is by making sure the right configuration mode has been opted. Remember, you need to avoid all downloading/installing modes that say “Quick” or “Recommended”. For safe and efficient downloading, you should always choose “Advanced” or “Custom” settings.

Quick Glance

Name- Fun APP

Category- Browser hijacker, PUP

Description- Aims to redirect users to third-party websites and make quick revenues for the operators.

Symptoms- Altered default browser settings, appearance of intrusive ads and pop-ups, redirects to unknown web pages and so on.

Distribution- Malicious File Downloads, Freeware or shareware installers, P2P file sharing, and many more.

Removal- Manual and automatic guidelines as provided under this article

Other Harmful Properties of Fun APP:

Fun APP eats up enormous amount of memory resources and drags down the overall computer performance severely. Due to this, machine starts responding slower than ever before and takes more than usual time to complete any task. It makes vicious entries in boot section and alters its default settings in order to get automatically activated with each Window reboot. It messes with important system files which assure efficient computer functioning and prevents many installed apps as well as drivers from working in an appropriate manner. Fun APP displays fake update notifications, security warnings, error messages etc. and tries to scam you into installing bogus software.

This hazardous threat is able to deactivate all the running security services and Windows Firewalls and make the device vulnerable for more notorious parasites. It allows other Online infections such as Trojans, rootkits, worms, spyware and even deadly ransomware to get into your device as well and cause more damage inside. The biggest hazard related with this hijacker is privacy issue. It can steal all your personal and confidential information such as user IDs, passwords, credit card, bank account and other financial details and expose them to hackers for bad intentions. Criminals can misuse your sensitive data for generating illicit revenues and cause you to suffer a big financial loss. And therefore, to prevent all these threats from being occurred, you must delete Fun APP from the PC without wasting any time.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Fun APP:

Remove the related items of Fun APP using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Fun APP issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Fun APP) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Fun APP removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Fun APP still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Fun APP plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Fun APP removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Fun APP (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.