FindingDiscounts - How to remove

FindingDiscounts – the name speaks for itself. This application should provide you with various discounts and deals and save your time and money when shopping online. However, this is not quite true. FindingDiscounts is known for it’s malicious side effects and therefore is listed as adware. That means you should not keep this malicious application installed on your system, otherwise you can face some severe cyber security damage.

FindingDiscounts can also infiltrate other malware to your system, so you should get rid of it as soon as possible, before it’s not too late. How to know whether your computer is infected with this malware or not? Well, it’s not really difficult to find this out. Usually FindingDiscounts displays various advertisements on web browsers. Those ads are always labeled with phrases such as “Ads by FindingDiscounts” or “Brought to you by FindingDiscounts”, so it’s really easy to indicate this application. If this situation looks familiar to you, continue reading this article and eliminate FindingDiscounts from your system right now.

The ultimate way to get rid of the malware is to download a trustworthy anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or StopZilla and scan your computer with it. It will automatically detect and remove the infection just in a few seconds. It will also protect your system from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth keeping it installed. You can use other anti-malware applications of your choice as well.

It’s possible to eliminate FindingDiscounts without any help of anti-malware software as well, but it requires some specific knowledge, therefore we have developed a step-by-step FindingDiscounts removal guide to assist you. You can find it at the end of this article. However, even if you eliminate FindingDiscounts manually, it’s recommended to scan your computer with an anti-malware application afterwards because this adware can infiltrate other viruses to your system and they need to be removed as well.

If you have some questions related to this topic, please feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all. In case you would like to learn more about specific features of FindingDiscounts, please continue reading this article.

About FindingDiscounts adware

FindingDiscounts works as a browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and even Safari. Even though it should help you save your time and money when shopping online, it won’t save any of it. Vice versa, you can lose your money and waste your time due to this adware.

FindingDiscounts will flood your web browsers with various advertisements in all kinds of forms, such as contextual, pop-up, pop-under, in-text or banner ads. A new tab or even window with an advertisement can be opened on your web browser as well.

Those advertisements are really tricky. Usually they appear on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon and offer you to purchase some particular goods or services at a very appealing price rate. However, we don’t recommend clicking on any of them because if you do so, you will be immediately redirected to other websites that may be owned by cyber criminals. This way your computer can get infected or you can even get scammed. That’s why this application is really dangerous.

It’s like advertising network for cyber criminals – since they can’t promote their products on legitimate advertising networks like Google and Facebook ads, they use adware like this to seek new victims. This being said, if you keep FindingDiscounts installed on your computer, cyber criminals can reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis. If that’s not enough, FindingDiscounts will collect your personal information, such as browsing history, search queries, most visited sites or even your IP and email addresses. The third parties adjust those advertisements according to the collected data and make them even more relevant and attractive to you this way, so chances that you will click on one of those ads rise. And that’s the main goal of FindingDiscounts because its owners get paid for every click you make.

Distribution Methods of FindingDiscounts adware

You can get infected with FindingDiscounts by downloading and installing free software from the Internet. When you download and install small and insignificant applications from unreliable websites, there is a chance that FindingDiscounts will be downloaded and installed alongside without even warning you about that. To avoid this happening, pay a close attention to the installation process of freebies.

You should always be very attentive when running the installation wizard. Look for various check boxes because they can be already selected for you. If it means that you approve installation of some additional software that you are not aware of – uncheck it. Read all terms and conditions as well. Don’t skip any steps because you can miss some really important information. In case it’s too late and your computer is already infected, wait no more and take needed actions to get rid of this malware.

How to get rid FindingDiscounts adware

How to remove FindingDiscounts using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like FindingDiscounts install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to FindingDiscounts . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make FindingDiscounts easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove FindingDiscounts from macOS

Delete FindingDiscounts from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the FindingDiscounts app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to FindingDiscounts and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to FindingDiscounts, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving FindingDiscounts from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to FindingDiscounts. Click on the trash bin icon next to FindingDiscounts or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to FindingDiscounts, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving FindingDiscounts from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything FindingDiscounts 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 then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to FindingDiscounts, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove FindingDiscounts from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to FindingDiscounts. Click on the "Remove" icon next to FindingDiscounts or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving FindingDiscounts from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the FindingDiscounts. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to FindingDiscounts, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.