Are you seeing KOOL Player update pop-up window each time while surfing the web? Is it appear again and again after closing it? If so, your PC has been infected with a Potentially Unwanted Program. Well, no need to be worry because you can uninstall it from your compromised machine with an appropriate solution that mentioned below at the end of this post. But before that know about KOOL Player.
What do you know about KOOL Player?
KOOL Player is listed by security analysts under the Potentially Unwanted Program category. This program is categorized under this category due it its negative associations and several other reasons including infiltrate inside your PC silently without asking for your approval, annoys you by displaying several irritating ads and collects your all personal data for illicit purposes.
Although, this program is promoted as a very helpful application that allows System user to play several media files on your PC. But you should not trust on its claims and appearances because it is very intrusive in nature that only known to displays endless ads whether you want them or not. Advertisements are typically displayed in the header in various strange positions or overlaying content of webpage. The advertisements may appear under various label including 'Brought to you by KOOL Player', 'Powered by KOOL Player', 'Ads by KOOL Player', 'Rocket Tab powered by KOOL Player' etc. All ads are promoted using PPC scheme. Clicking on any ads intentionally or unintentionally will generate online revenue for unknown. Thus, you should avoid to click on any sponsored ads or links.
How does KOOL Player infect Windows PC?
Being a member of nasty Potentially Unwanted Program, KOOL Player is promoted via web popups that state 'Please Install KOOL Player To Continue' and then after prompt you to download this program. When you click on download button, it intrudes inside your PC with evil intention. Such an unwanted program may also be installed inside your PC along with the other dubious application without asking for your permission. Thus, it is very necessary to be attentive while browsing the web. You must ignore such a pop-up and message otherwise you have to really suffer with lots of serious issues.
What are the common symptoms of KOOL Player?
- Filled up your desktop screen or entire visited webpages with thousand of irritating ads.
- Randomly turned your webpage text into the hyperlinks.
- Slows down your performance speed by consuming lots of Computer resources and memory space.
- Modifies entire System as well as browser settings and prevent System users to revert them.
- Collects victims all System data and later forwarded them to hackers with evil intention.
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Learn To Remove KOOL Player Using Manual Methods
Phase 1 : Show Hidden Files To Delete KOOL Player Related Files And Folders
1. For Windows 8 or 10 Users : From the Ribbon’s View in My PC click on Options icon.
2. For Windows 7 or Vista Users : Open My Computer and tap on Organize button on the upper left corner and then to Folder and Search Options from the drop down menu.
3. Now go to the View tab and enable Show hidden files and folder options and then uncheck the Hide protected system operating files checkbox option below.
4. Finally look for any suspicious files in the hidden folders as given below and delete it.
- %AppData%\[adware_name]
- %Temp%\[adware_name]
- %LocalAppData%\[adware_name].exe
- %AllUsersProfile%random.exe
- %CommonAppData%\[adware_name]
Phase 2 : Get Rid of KOOL Player Related Extensions Related From Different Web Browsers
From Chrome :
1. Click on Menu icon, hover through More Tools then tap on Extensions.
2. Now click on Trash icon on the extensions tab there next to suspicious extensions to remove it.
From Internet Explorer :
1. Click on Manage add-ons option from the drop down menu on going through Gear icon.
2. Now if you find any suspicious extension in the Toolbars and Extensions panel then right click on it and Delete option to remove it.
From Mozilla Firefox :
1. Tap on Add-ons on going through Menu icon.
2. In the Extensions tab click on Disable or Remove button next to KOOL Player related extensions to remove them.
From Opera :
1. Press Opera menu, hover to Extensions and then select Extensions manager there.
2. Now if any browser extension looks suspicious to you then click on (X) button to remove it.
From Safari :
1. Click Preferences… on going through Settings Gear icon.
2. Now on Extensions tab click on Uninstall button to remove it.
From Microsoft Edge :
Note:–As there is no option for Extension Manager in Microsoft Edge so in order to sort out issues related with adware programs in MS Edge you can change its default homepage and search engine.
Change Default Homepage of Ms Edge –
1. Click on More(…) followed by Settings and then to Start page under Open With section.
2. Now select View advanced settings button and then in Search in the address bar with section, you can select Google or any other homepage as your preference.
Change Default Search Engine Settings of Ms Edge –
1. Select More(…) then Settings followed by View advanced settings button.
2. Under Search in the address bar with box click on <Add new>. Now you can choose from the available list of search providers or add you preferred search engine and click Add as default.
Phase 3 : Block Unwanted Pop-ups from KOOL Player On Different Web Browsers
1. Google Chrome : Click Menu icon → Settings → Show advanced settings… → Content Settings… under Privacy section → enable Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended) option → Done.
2. Mozilla Firefox : Tap on Menu icon → Options → Content panel → check Block pop-up windows in Pop-ups section.
3. Internet Explorer : Click Gear Settings icon → Internet Options → in Privacy tab enable Turn on Pop-up Blocker under Pop-up Blocker Section.
4. Microsoft Edge : Press More(…) option → Settings → View advanced settings → toggle on Block pop-ups.
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