OkiiTan - How to remove

OkiiTan is an adware program that was created to promote various commercial websites and improve their traffic. Although the software claims to be a useful tool, especially for those who like to shop online, it is a very annoying application and all of its goals are related to marketing. According to an official website of OkiiTan, it is a free set of tools that work to make your browsing experience better, from searching the web to comparing online deals in order to find the best prices. Many users have noticed OkiiTan ads popping up although they have never installed this application to their systems themselves.

If you have noticed any commercial ads on your computer brought by this adware, it is very likely that you have downloaded OkiiTan without your consent while installing another free application. As many users don’t pay much attention to the installation steps, they often end up downloading extra programs that come bundled to other software. To avoid that, you should pay more attention to the installation processes of any free applications and always read their Terms and Agreements.

Once inside, OkiiTan spies on your activities online and generates ads according to your interests. Since it is compatible with numerous retailers online, it will manage to make ads suitable for anyone. OkiiTan ads contain links to sponsored websites and if you click on them, you will be force to visit them. If you want to avoid visiting possibly unsafe websites and being constantly disturbed by a flow of ads, you should remove OkiiTan as soon as you notice it on your computer.

Manual removal instructions of OkiiTan

Using Control Panel to remove the main OkiiTan 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 OkiiTan 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 OkiiTan from Internet Explorer

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

Removing OkiiTan from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything OkiiTan 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 OkiiTan from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to OkiiTan. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
3. Restart Chrome.
4. Optionally, you can enter chrome://settings in URL bar, press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

NOTE:

1. If you found an extension that can’t be removed from the browser, it has either to be removed from Control Panel or with antimalware programs (like Spyhunter, malwarebytes) or program uninstallers (like RevoUninstaller).

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