What is Video Box and how to uninstall it?

Have you noticed Video Box in the list of installed program? Are you seeing numerous pop-up ads and links? Unable to stop popping ads and uninstall this program? Searching for an effective removal guide to delete it completely from a long time? If so, your search ends here. Just go through with this removal guide completely and carry out the instruction as in exact order.

Researcher Analysis on Video Box

Video Box is a type of nasty adware program that gets installed on the PC secretly. This type of program is basically advertised as a free Online Video Downloader. It appears as a very useful or helpful program that allows the user to download video online but actually due to its strange functions and traits it is enlisted as a harmful adware program. Similar to the other adware program, it aims to deliver numerous ads and generate online revenue for unknown or third-party.

The most common intrusion method of Video Box is to merge itself along with the freeware and shareware installers. When you download and install any cost-free program or application from the Internet then it gets installed on your PC without asking for your permission. Beside this bundling method, it can also enter into your PC through fake software updates, spam email attachment, infected external devices, sharing a file over the P2P network. It always changes its distribution ways but mainly spread via the Internet. Therefore, you can avoid it by paying attention carefully.

Once Video Box enters into your PC successfully, it will start to show numerous annoying ads and links in various forms such as banner, promo codes, deals, in-text ads, pop-under, discounts etc. All these advertisements are based on the pay per click platform. A simple click on such an advert will lead you to the notorious web pages and force you to purchase sponsored products and services. The worst thing about this adware program is that it gathers victim' all sensitive data and exposed them to the public. For the sake of privacy and keep PC protected, it is better to remove Video Box as soon as possible from your infected System.

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How to Uninstall Video Box from Compromised System

• Step:1 Reboot your PC in Safe Mode

• Step:2 View all Hidden Files and Folders

• Step:3 Uninstall Video Box from Control Panel

• Step:4 Remove Video Box from Startup Items

• Step:5 Remove Video Box from Localhost Files

• Step:6 Remove Video Box and Block Pop-ups on Browsers

• Internet Explorer

• Google Chrome

• Mozilla Firefox

• Edge

Step:1 First of all, Reboot your PC in Safe Mode to make it safe from Video Box

(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 Video Box 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 Video Box or any other Suspicious program

once found, Uninstall Video Box ASAP

Step:4 How to Remove Video Box 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 Video Box 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 Video Box 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 Video Box and Block Pop-ups on Browsers

How to Remove Video Box from IE

Open IE and Click on Tools. Now Select Manage add-ons

In the pane, under Toolbars and Extensions, Choose the Video Box 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 Video Box from Google Chrome

Google Chrome is to be Opened

Now Click on menu present at the top right corner

Choose Tools >> Extensions

Select Video Box related Extensions and now Click on Trash icon to remove Video Box

Under Advanced Settings Option, Enable Do not allow any Site to Show pop-ups. Click on Ok to apply it.

How to Block Video Box on Mozilla FF

Select and Open Mozilla FF, Select Video Box or other Add-ons by clicking on Menu button

In the Add-ons Manager, Select the extension related to Video Box.

Now Click on Remove to delete Video Box permanently

Also Select and Check mark “Block Pop-up Windows” under po-ups in the Content Tab

How to Get Rid of Video Box 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 Video Box. However, if you are unable to accomplish these steps, click the button given below to scan your PC

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