Information About BackupGenie
BackupGenie has been dubbed as an online application. It pretends itself as an advanced service that featured with great features to save user’s backup and protects their files from further harms. At the first glance, it looks like as a very genuine but actually, this program is listed as an adware that holds and performs some annoyance and irregularities. It can become a highly dangerous and damaging tool if you do not delete it from your PC. Such type of a program is mainly made up of unlikely behaviors and traits which use tactful means to set up itself into the targeted Computer. It is just like the other adware program that offers attractive deals and pop-up ads to attract System users but it ends up a user to harm and ruins their web browsing experience.
The few of premium version of BackupGenie can be easily downloaded from its official or its partner’s sites. It also spread over the user PC with most popular online marketing strategy called bundling method. So it may lurk on your PC when you inattentively download and install some freeware packages or stuff such as photo editor, video recorder, PDF converter, games, movies etc. Beside this Spam-emails, infected removable devices, file sharing network, torrent files etc are the most common propagation method that used by such a program. This program always changes its intrusion method to enters into the PC but the main source of the Infiltration is the Internet. Thus, it is suggested by an expert that user should pay attention carefully while doing or performing any online activities.
The primary aim of this program is to deliver loads of online ads. Thus, the nasty, annoying or irritating ads may keep on appearing on your screen each time while surfing online. Ads may vary in various formats such as in-text ads, banners, deals, promo codes, transitional, in-text etc. These ads are usually served as an outlet to redirect a user to the risky site or lead you to the notorious links. Undoubtedly, such an unwanted program is designed by cyber offenders to make money from the third-party via promoting online ads. The worst thing about this program is that, it closely observe and steal all details of your online activity such as username, banking login details, password, contact details, debit or credit card details etc.
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How to Uninstall BackupGenie from Compromised System
A Video Tutorial Guide To Uninstall BackupGenie Easily
Step:1 First of all, Reboot your PC in Safe Mode to make it safe from BackupGenie
(this Guide illustrates how to restart Windows in Safe Mode in all versions.)
Step:2 Now you need to View all Hidden Files and Folders that exist on different drives
Step:3 Uninstall BackupGenie from Control Panel
- Press Start Key + R together and Type appwiz.cpl
- Now Press on OK
- This will Open the Control Panel. Now look for BackupGenie or any other Suspicious program
- once found, Uninstall BackupGenie ASAP
Step:4 How to Remove BackupGenie from Startup Items
- To Go to Startup Area, Click on Start Key + R
- Type msconfig in the search area and click on Enter. A window will pop-out
- In the Startup area, look for any suspicious BackupGenie entries or that are from Unknown Manufacturers
- (This is an important step and users are advised to monitor all items carefully over here before proceeding further.)
Step:5 How to Remove BackupGenie from Localhost Files
- Click on Start Key + R in Combination. Copy and Paste to Open hosts File
- notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
- Soon, you will get a list of suspicious IP’s in the bottom of the screen
- this is quite helpful in knowing if your browser has been hacked
Steps 6: How to Remove BackupGenie and Block Pop-ups on Browsers
How to Remove BackupGenie from IE
Open IE and Click on Tools. Now Select Manage add-ons
In the pane, under Toolbars and Extensions, Choose the BackupGenie extensions which is to be deleted
- Now Click on Remove or Disable Option.
- Press Tool button and Select Internet Option
- This will lead you to the Tab, now Select Privacy Tab, Turn on Pop-up blocker by clicking on it.
How to Uninstall BackupGenie from Google Chrome
- Google Chrome is to be Opened
- Now Click on menu present at the top right corner
- Choose Tools >> Extensions
- Select BackupGenie related Extensions and now Click on Trash icon to remove BackupGenie
- Under Advanced Settings Option, Enable Do not allow any Site to Show pop-ups. Click on Ok to apply it.
How to Block BackupGenie on Mozilla FF
- Select and Open Mozilla FF, Select BackupGenie or other Add-ons by clicking on Menu button
- In the Add-ons Manager, Select the extension related to BackupGenie.
- Now Click on Remove to delete BackupGenie permanently
- Also Select and Check mark “Block Pop-up Windows” under po-ups in the Content Tab
How to Get Rid of BackupGenie on Edge on Win 10
- First of all Open MS Edge and Click on “More actions(…)” link
- Now Select and Click on Settings In Menu under “More Actions”
- Under Settings, screen click on View Advanced Settings button
- In Advanced Settings, turn on Block pop-ups by toggling button to ON
Following the above Manual Steps will be effective in blocking BackupGenie. However, if you are unable to accomplish these steps, click the button given below to scan your PC
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