How To Remove Quick Driver Installer Adware

Quick Driver Installer: Simple Delete Process

Quick Driver Installer is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that has been categorized as an adware. It belongs to the PUP category because it travels in one pack with freeware and shareware. The installation of this threat in your computer may cause some annoying system modifications which can later lead to some PC-related issues. It’s a free browser add-on and a cross-browser platform, which means that it can compromise each web browser including IE, Chrome, Safari, Firefox. Once intruded, it starts providing users with information on the best deals, coupons, discounts, promo codes, and so forth.

Quick Driver Installer Ads Redirect To Questionable Pages:

Quick Driver Installer ads can appear on random pages that victims generally visit. The form those advertisements may show up may vary from pop-ups to full-page ads. Avoid interacting with such adverts because they may be linked to suspicious or even infected websites. You may land on portals which contain tech support scams, malware, porn, gaming, gambling, and other malicious contents. At some pages, fake update notifications may appear asking to update your Java or Adobe Flash player via a provided link, which eventually results in the installation of unwanted program.

Another precarious fact about Quick Driver Installer is that it can monitor users’ web activities. Once installed, this nasty adware activates tracking cookies and starts spying on its victims. It can gather browsing history, IP addresses, search terms, geolocations, etc. and share it with interested third-parties. Advertisers use your browsing preferences to generate personalized ads, hence, you are more likely to click on them. Ads delivered by this PUP actually generate revenue for the creators via pay-per-click method. The more users click on them, the more money falls directly to the developers’ pocket.

Sometimes, adware like Quick Driver Installer can even collect personally identifiable information such as credit card number, banking details, saved passwords, etc. Threat actors can misuse your sensitive data for making fraudulent transactions, unauthorized transactions, and other deceptive motives. Thus, presence of this notorious parasite in your work-station may lead to severe privacy issues, identity theft, and significant monetary losses. The constant display of intrusive ads, redirects to suspicious domains, and other annoying behavior of adware consume enormous amount of memory resources and drag down the overall PC performance severely. Hence, an instant Quick Driver Installer removal is strongly recommended.

Ways To Spread Quick Driver Installer:

The potentially unwanted program can be promoted using several techniques. However, in most cases, it propagated along with other free applications. It may be bundled with third-party software. When you decide to install any freeware using the pre-selected configuration mode, you end up with installing several PUPs alongside the main application.

Therefore, regardless of how trustworthy freeware seems, bypass Quick or Express installation. Instead of it, select the Advanced or Custom installation option and carefully check if it has optional contents or not. If you find a sentence on a check box claiming that you don’t mind installing unfamiliar extension, add-on, toolbar, etc., make sure that you opt-out of it without any consideration.

Further, it may be disguised under legitimate software update prompts, such as Java, Flash Player, etc. Such well-known software is often misused by cyber frauds and exploited for the distribution of potentially unwanted programs. If your device is already contaminated with this adware, you must remove Quick Driver Installer from the PC as soon as possible.

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 Quick Driver Installer:

Remove the related items of Quick Driver Installer 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 Quick Driver Installer 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 (Quick Driver Installer) 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 Quick Driver Installer 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 Quick Driver Installer 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 Quick Driver Installer 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 Quick Driver Installer 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 Quick Driver Installer (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.