Get More Knowledge on ‘Invite Friends’ extension
‘Invite Friends’ extension is a deceptive browser extension for Google Chrome promoted on malicious website identified as “invitefriend.net”. You may also encounter this noxious extension on video sharing domains. This extension may not be associated with any kind of trusted service and doesn’t provide ownership information, developer and source. It is known to be promoted on shady web portals with adult media rated content.
Although, web surfers may be invited to install this browser extension on their Google Chrome browser through a message box that may be fond of alternatives to Vimeo, Dailymotion and YouTube. The notifications related to ‘Invite Friends’ extension may be shown on your system’s screen when you watch a video over the Internet and are rerouted to an affiliate web page. The security researchers have received many reports that the recommendation to install this intrusive extension may be shown onto a black background which features the text mentioned in below para:
As mentioned in above paragraph, there is no information available on the Google Chrome Webstore related to the functionality of ‘Invite Friends’ extension. Also, there is no real information available on the video websites in which the extension where promoted. Evidently, the creators of this dubious browser extension may have especially designed the application in order to request the privileges, such as Read and change all your data on the visited websites, Alter your search engine settings and modify your privacy-related settings as well.
What happens when ‘Invite Friends’ extension gets installed?
If you intentionally or mistakenly grant the permission to install ‘Invite Friends’ extension onto your machine, then you may be provided with an altered search engine, new start page and intrusive adverts in the form of pop-up windows, banners and video commercials. This extension is not all related to the social media services like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. However, you should not allow the extension to read and change all the data on your visited websites. It is not a good idea to enable this noxious extension which claims to modify your privacy-related settings and this is just because it may leak the sensitive data to the third parties without your consent. It is not recommended to install the extension that might introduce unsafe resources onto your PC and divert you to malicious websites in order to compromise your system’s security and gather valuable data. So, you should remove ‘Invite Friends’ extension from your machine as soon as possible.
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Learn To Remove ‘Invite Friends’ extension Using Manual Methods
Phase 1 : Show Hidden Files To Delete ‘Invite Friends’ extension 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 ‘Invite Friends’ extension 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 ‘Invite Friends’ extension 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 ‘Invite Friends’ extension 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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