What do you know about Nix Player?
Nix Player, another term listed under the potentially unwanted program category. Although, it is presented and promoted by it's developer as a very legitimate and useful media players that claims to allow System users to play several media files on their Windows PCs. It is promoted via web popups which state 'Latest version of the NIX video player is required to encode or/and decode audio & video files in the high quality. Download & install latest version of Nix Player'. See how Nix Player is promoted to attract more and more System users :
Is Nix Player Really Trustworthy?
No, Nix Player is not trustworthy at all because actually it is a type of a potentially unwanted program. Despite of all claims and promises, this program does not deliver any useful things on Windows PC. Being a part of the unwanted program it does not perform any beneficial thing on your Windows PC. It is mainly known to display several annoying ads in various form including pop-ups, banners ads, full window ads, comparison prices, deals, promo codes, discounts etc that typically displayed in header in various strange positions having different text under pop-up like : 'Ads by Nix Player', 'Powered by Nix Player', 'Advertisement by Nix Player', 'Brought to you by Nix Player', 'RocketTab powered by Nix Player' and much more. The primary objective of displayed ads is to promote the additional questionable content and generate revenues for unknown. Apart from these, Nix Player can cause lots of serious damages inside your PC after staying inside the PC for long time. Therefore, team of security analysts are highly advised victim that they must uninstall Nix Player from Windows System immediately after detecting it's any harmful symptoms.
How does Nix Player infect Windows PC?
Nix Player is usually promoted via pop-up ads that prompted 'you need to install Nix Player'. These pop-up ads are displayed by the potentially unwanted program that may get installed on your Windows System secretly without asking for your approval. However, most of the times, it packages along with the bundling method. Downloading & installing of any cost-free packages from the unverified sources or untrusted domain is one of the main source of Nix Player infiltration. To keep System safe from the further malware infection and avoid PC having such an unwanted program, you must be cautious while performing the installation wizard.
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Learn To Remove Nix Player Using Manual Methods
Phase 1 : Show Hidden Files To Delete Nix 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 Nix 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 Nix 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 Nix 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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