First Color - How to remove

First Color is malicious application that pretend to be free useful tool. It enters users computers secretly and displays various advertisements on all of their web browsers. Those ads are not only annoying, but malicious as well, therefore you should not keep this adware installed on your computer.

If you are looking for the answer how to get rid of this malware, you have come to the right place. In this article we will provide you with full instructions how to eliminate First Color both manually and automatically.

It’s much easier to perform this automatically, therefore we recommend you to choose this way. Simply get yourself a decent anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or StopZilla and scan your computer with it. It will automatically detect First Color and remove it just in a few seconds. It will also protect your system from similar infections in the future, therefore it’s wise to keep it installed. You can use other anti-malware applications of your choice as well.

In case you prefer to perform this manually, see our step-by-step First Color manual removal guide (it’s below this article). We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process. Try your best to follow all steps carefully and you will be able to get rid of First Color by yourself. Even if you remove it manually, we still recommend to scan your computer afterwards because there is a chance that First Color will infiltrate some additional malware into your system and it needs to be detected and removed as well.

If some questions popped out to you during the removal, please share them in the comments section below and we will try to help you. To learn more about specific features of this infection, continue reading the article.

About First Color

First Color is not very dangerous until you click on one of their advertisements. They can appear on all of most popular web browsers (including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or even Safari) in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. They just earn money this way – every time you click on one of those advertisements, developers of First Color receive some kind of revenue.

You won’t find anything useful in those ads. Usually you will be offered to purchase some goods or services at ridiculously low price or noticed about some kind of “winning”. It’s clear that those offers are fake and you should not click on any of those ads. If you decide to do that, you can put yourself into unwanted situation. You will be redirected to some kind of unreliable website, that most probably is not available on any major search engine. All they are trying to do is to scam people or infect their computers.

First Color might also collect your personal information to improve their advertisements relevancy to you, so there would be a higher chance that you will click on one of them. Usually they collect data such as browsing history or search queries to find out what you are into.

Distribution Methods of First Color

First Color might sneak into your computer when you install some freeware downloaded from the Internet. Usually when you install some free software downloaded from the Internet, the install wizard has some additional offerings that can be looked over by the user. That’s why you should always be really attentive during the install.

Usually some checkboxes are already checked for you. They state that some add-ons will be added to your web browser or that some additional software will be installed. If you skip the steps of the installation you can easily miss these points and end up with unwanted application on your computer. So never skip any steps and get familiar with all terms and conditions. If it happens so that your computer is already infected with First Color, wait no more and remove it from your system right now.

Manual removal of First Color ads

How to remove First Color using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like First Color 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 First Color . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make First Color 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 First Color from macOS

Delete First Color from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the First Color 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 First Color 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 First Color, 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 First Color 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 First Color. Click on the trash bin icon next to First Color 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 First Color, 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 First Color 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 First Color 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 First Color, 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 First Color 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 First Color. Click on the "Remove" icon next to First Color 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 First Color from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the First Color. 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 First Color, 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.

Manual removal