What do you know about PUP.Pink Lemonade?
PUP.Pink Lemonade is an untrustworthy application which belongs to the family of adware or a potentially unwanted program. It usually spreads with the help of freewares and sharewares. All applications that are labeled in this way by security researchers have one main aim is to improve traffic to predetermined domains and increase their web page rank in search results. For this purpose, this adware tons of commercial ads with sponsored links, which once clicked redirect user to third-party web portals. The main issue of such activity is not the annoyance of displayed adverts or continuous redirects. It is related to the reliability of the sites to which PUP.Pink Lemonade ads may redirect.
Since it is not clear who seeks to advertise such domains and what is the content of those predetermined portals, keeping in mind the risk of landing on unreliable websites, so it is not recommended to click any of the ads displayed by this PUP. Not to mention, it is even considered to cause privacy-related problems. It has been found that PUP.Pink Lemonade may install cookies on each of user's browsers and use them for tracking their online activities. Fortunately, targeted information is not personally identifiable, but do not underestimate the fact that IP address, system's location, email address, visited websites, search terms, and similar information may be captured because such data may also be used for tricking the users.
How Can PUP.Pink Lemonade Infect Your System?
As RMV experts have already mentioned, developers of this adware use deceptive methods to drive visitor's traffic to predetermined web pages and increase their revenue. Therefore, it is not surprising that it is distributed in an unfair manner as well. PUP.Pink Lemonade may infect user's web browsers right after installing another cost-free programs. Unfortunately, users are frequently not aware of software bundle technique and treat the installation of freewares or sharewares as an unimportant process.
To prevent the invasion of such PUPs, you must have to pay close attention to each and every step and notifications which is disclosed to you on the installation process. You should always select Advanced or Custom installation wizards since it is set to disclose all available check boxes. After that, you should look for suspicious programs like PUP.Pink Lemonade offered to you as 'optional downloads' and uncheck ticks that notify your agreement to install those components.
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Step:1 Remove PUP.Pink Lemonade or any Suspicious Program from Control Panel resulting in Pop-ups
- Click on Start and in Menu, Select Control Panel.
- In Control Panel, Search for PUP.Pink Lemonade or any suspicious program
- Once found, Click to Uninstall PUP.Pink Lemonade or related program from list of Programs
- However, if you are not sure do not Uninstall it as this will remove it permanently from the system.
Step:2 How to Reset Google Chrome to Remove PUP.Pink Lemonade
- Open Google Chrome browser on your PC
- On the top right corner of the browser you will see 3 stripes option, click on it.
- After that click on Settings from the list of menus available on chrome’s panel.
- At the end of the page, a button is available with option to “Reset settings”.
- Click on the button and get rid of PUP.Pink Lemonade from your Google Chrome.
How to Reset Mozilla Firefox to Uninstall PUP.Pink Lemonade
- Open Mozilla Firefox web browser and click on the options icon with 3 stripes sign and also click on help option with (?) mark.
- Now click on “Troubleshooting Information” from the given list.
- Within the upper right corner of the next window you can find “Refresh Firefox” button, click on it.
- To reset your Mozilla Firefox browser simply click on “Refresh Firefox” button again, after which all unwanted changes made by PUP.Pink Lemonade will be removed automatically.
Steps to Reset Internet Explorer to Get Rid of PUP.Pink Lemonade
- You need to close all Internet Explorer windows which are currently working or open.
- Now open Internet Explorer again and click on Tools button, with wrench icon.
- Go to the menu and click on Internet Options.
- A dialogue box will appear, then click on Advanced tab on it.
- Saying Reset Internet Explorer Settings, click on Reset again.
- When IE applied the default settings then, click on Close. And then click OK.
Restart the PC is a must for taking effect on all the changes you have made.
Step:3 How to Protect your PC from PUP.Pink Lemonade in Near Future
Steps to Turn On Safe Browsing Features
Internet Explorer: Activate SmartScreen Filter against PUP.Pink Lemonade
- This can be done on IE Versions 8 and 9. It mailnly helps in detecting PUP.Pink Lemonade while browsing
- Launch IE
- Choose Tools in IE 9. If you are using IE 8, Find Safety option in Menu
- Now Select SmartScreen Filter and opt for Turn on SmartScreen Filter
- Once done, Restart IE
How to Enable Phishing and PUP.Pink Lemonade Protection on Google Chrome
- Click on Google Chrome browser
- Select Customize and Control Google Chrome (3-Bar Icon)
- Now Choose Settings from the option
- In the Settings Option, Click on Show advanced Settings which can be found at the bottom of the Setup
- Select Privacy Section and click on Enable Phishing and Malware Protection
- Now Restart Chrome, this will keep your browser safe from PUP.Pink Lemonade
How to Block PUP.Pink Lemonade Attack and Web Forgeries
- Click to Load Mozilla Firefox
- Press on Tools on Top Menu and Select options
- Choose Security and enable check mark on following
- warn me when some site installs add-ons
- Block reported Web forgeries
- Block reported attack Sites
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