Ciuvo - How to remove

Ciuvo is listed as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted program) due to several malicious actions that it performs. As you can read on its’ official website at www.ciuvo.com, it is described as  “a browser add-on which finds the best deal for you! It enhances your web experience by presenting contextually relevant information in real-time. Just install the add-on and immediately start to “see more. get more”. This browser add-on can be added to all most popular web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Even though developers of this application promise that it will enhance your web browsing experience and help you to save both your time and money by providing you with various coupons, deals and offers, this is not quite true. Ads delivered by Ciuvo most of the time appear on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon and are supposed to offer some particular goods at a better price rates. However, you should not click on those ads as they are delivered by the third parties and most of the time are fake. If you do so, you will be immediately redirected to the third parties website that may be infected and cause some sort of harm to your computer. Furthermore, Ciuvo is going to collect your personal information, such as browsing history, search queries, IP address or TOP visited sites and transfer it to the mentioned third parties.They adjust their ads according to it and make them more relevant to your browsing habits. Ciuvo is looking for you to click on those ads, because the owners make money by generating web traffic and collecting sales leads. If you have noticed that Ciuvo is operating on your computer, you should take needed actions to remove this malicious application right now.

Ciuvo can be downloaded from its official website but this does not happen that often. This adware gets installed to users computers without them even being aware of it, because it travels bundled with other freeware. I.e. when you download and install some software from the Internet for free, there is a chance that Ciuvo will be installed alongside. That being said, to avoid this happening, you should be very attentive during the installation of free applications downloaded from suspicious looking websites. Do not skip any steps (don’t just click “agree” and “next”) and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode, if possible. This will allow you to see all available options. Do not allow any additional software that you are not aware of to be installed. If it is too late and your computer is already infected, you should scan it with a trustworthy anti-malware, such as Spyhunter or malwarebytes. It will detect and remove the threat automatically. If you want to perform this manually, feel free to follow our step-by-step Ciuvo removal guide given below.

How to uninstall Ciuvo virus

Using Control Panel to remove the main Ciuvo components and installers

1. Go to Control Panel. On Windows XP/Vista/7 open Start -> Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall . On Windows 8 enter Control Panel in the search box, then look for Uninstall a program. You may need to confirm that you are the administrator on this PC, in both cases.
2. Look for Ciuvo and /or similar looking items on the list of programs. By default, I recommend removing Yontoo, WebCake, anything “savings” or “coupon” related. Scanning with Anti-Malware programs like Spyhunter or Stopzilla might give a good idea of what programs you should remove from there as well.
3. Close Control Panel.

Removing Ciuvo from Internet Explorer

1. Press on the Wench icon->Manage Add-ons.
2. Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Ciuvo and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
3. Close the Options.

Removing Ciuvo from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Ciuvo related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe probably you do not need it.
3. Optionally, reset Firefox: go to Firefox ->Help (Help in menu for OSX users) -> Troubleshooting Information. Then Reset Firefox.

Removing Ciuvo from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Ciuvo. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
3. Restart Chrome.

Optionally, you can enter chrome://settings in URL bar, press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

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