Removal Instructions “Price Peep” pop-ups


“Price Peep” is an adware program that displays offers coupons, advertisements and sponsored links via a pop-up box on Ebay, Amazon, Walmart and other shopping websites that you are visiting.

These advertisements will be shown as boxes containing various coupons that are available or as underlined keywords, which when clicked will display an advertisement that states it is brought to you by Price Peep.
[Image: Price Peep virus]
Price Peep is an extension for Internet ExplorerFirefox and Chrome that is typically added when you install other free programs. When you install these free programs, they will also install Price Peep as well. Some of the programs that are known to bundle Price Peep include 1ClickDownload, Yontoo and FBPhotoZoom.
Once installed, whenever you will browse Expedia, Best Buy, Facebook or any other similar websites, Price Peep will show in the lower part of your browser, a box containing related keyword suggestions, ads and sponsored links.
You should always pay attention when installing software because often, a software installer includes optional installs, such as this Price Peep browser hijacker. Be very careful what you agree to install.
Always opt for the custom installation and deselect anything that is not familiar, especially optional software that you never wanted to download and install in the first place. It goes without saying that you should not install software that you don’t trust.

“Price Peep” Adware – Virus Removal Instructions

STEP 1 : Uninstall Price Peep from your computer

  1. To uninstall Price Peep from your computer, click the Start button, then select Control Panel, and click on Uninstall a program.
    If you are a Windows 8 user, you can right-click on a bottom left hot corner (formerly known as the Start button) and select Control panel from there, then select Uninstall a program.
    [Image: Uninstall a program]
  2. Search and uninstall Price Peep from your computer.
    [Image: Price Peep  removal]
Because Price Peep is installed with other additional programs, we recommend that you search anduninstall any other unwanted or unknown programs from your computer.

STEP 2 : Remove the Price Peep residual damage from your browser

Remove “Price Peep” extension from Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer,then click on the gear icon[Image: icongear.jpg] (Tools for Windows XP users) at the top (far right), then  select Manage add-ons.
    [Image: Manage Add-ons in Internet Explorer]
  2. From the Toolbars and Extensions tab, select Price Peep plugin, and click on Disable.
    [Image: Price Peep Internet Explorer extension]

Remove “Price Peep” extension from Mozilla Firefox

  1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, then select Add-ons.
    Firefox addon menu
  2. Select the Extensions tab, then remove Price Peep extension from Mozilla Firefox.
    [Image: Price Peep Firefox extension]

Remove “Price Peep” extension from Google Chrome

  1. Click the Chrome menu Chrome menu  button on the browser toolbar, select Tools and then click on Extensions.
    Google Chrome Extensions
  2. In the Extensions tab,remove the Price Peep extension by clicking on the Recycle Bin next to the plugin.
    [Image: Price Peep Chrome extension]
Please keep in mind that on some computers, this browser add-on might have a different name, if you can’t find Price Peep on your list, then carefully look for any other unknown or unwanted extension and remove it from your browser.

STEP 3: Remove Price Peep registry keys with Adwcleaner

  1. You can download AdwCleaner from the below link.
    ADWCLEANER DOWNLOAD LINK (This link will automatically download AdwCleaner on your computer)
  2. Before starting this utility,close all open programs and internet browsers.
  3. Double click on adwcleaner.exe to run the tool.
  4. Click on Delete,then confirm each time with Ok.
    Adwcleaner utility
  5. Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.
  6. NEXT,double click on adwcleaner.exe to run the tool.
  7. Click on Uninstall,then confirm with yes to remove this utility from your computer.

STEP 4: Scan your computer for malware

Run a computer scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

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