One Click Privacy - How to remove

One Click Privacy is a malicious program that tries to scare users into buying its full version. It claims that the user’s privacy is at risk. It is dishonest – it detects harmless items as “issues” that “may cost you your privacy”.

For these reasons, many antivirus scanners detect One Click Privacy as malicious and risky. If you installed One Click Privacy, it’s recommended to remove it.

About One Click Privacy:

Classification	Potentially unwanted program.
Problems with One Click Privacy	It tries to scare people by misrepresenting scan results, it may be difficult to stop from running at startup.
Installation	Downloaded from its home page.
How to remove One Click Privacy	Uninstall it manually, get your antivirus program (Spyhunter, others) to find and delete malicious items.

Problems with One Click Privacy

Flagged by antivirus scanners

One Click Privacy by Xportsoft Technologies is a potentially harmful program that should not be used.

AppEsteem considers One Click Privacy to be a deceptor that might harm computers.

Windows Security considers One Click Privacy to be a potentially unwanted program that “might put your computer at risk”.

Antivirus scanners detect One Click Privacy as Malware, Unwanted, Unsafe, PUP, RiskTool, Optimizer: Virustotal.com.

Security vendors agree that One Click Privacy is potentially dangerous. Behavioral detectors also flag One Click Privacy as harmful, as you can see by the Win32:Malware-gen and Artemis detections. This means that One Click Privacy isn’t just flagged because security companies don’t like it; it’s flagged because it behaves like a malicious program.

Claims to protect your privacy

One Click Privacy scans your computer and shows misleading scan results. It tries to scare users by claiming that their privacy might be at risk. It is not accurate.

On its home page, Oneclickprivacy.com, it’s promised that One Click Privacy deletes a lot of stuff: credit card details, internet tracks, spam and junk folders in email clients, chat logs, search queries, playlists and media player records. Some of this doesn’t make sense to me. Why would I want to delete my playlists?

Anyway, it seems like One Click Privacy just deletes all the logs and optional files that it can find. Optional files many of which are used by your various programs to run better. These files keep being created as you use your computer. And this gives One Click Privacy an opportunity to pop up and say in bold red letters:

Your Privacy might be at Risk!

This is dishonest. Any personal files or logs can be framed as privacy risks. Files, logs, registry keys, browser extensions, cookies, and browsing history. But why is One Click Privacy so obsessed with deleting local files that can’t be seen by anyone but you? Is it in case someone steals your computer? Breaks into it?

Sure, some third-party cookies are bad for privacy. But these cookies are already on their way out (Cnbc.com). You can disable them in your browser, no One Click Privacy needed.

How to remove One Click Privacy

It’s advisable to stay away from One Click Privacy. If it’s on your computer, it would be safest to uninstall it and delete all of its related files.

You can use an antivirus program, such as Spyhunter, to remove One Click Privacy and its related files. In addition, use an antivirus scanner to look for other potentially unwanted items.

The company Xportsoft Technologies has also made Disk Optimizer Pro, another potentially unwanted program. It’s best to not allow such programs to remain installed.

How to protect your privacy

If you care a lot about your privacy, there are a lot of things that you can do:

• You can review your search histories on Google, Bing, and other search sites. You can manage your advertising profile.
• You should avoid using too many browser extensions. Or at least you should always look at their privacy policies before installing them. Does the extension read your search logs? What does it need your browsing history for?
• Never reveal your personal contacts or payment information to an unfamiliar website. Some sites trick people into signing up for subscriptions.
• Use 2-factor authentication where possible. If your passwords are stolen, your accounts won’t be.

There’s more – you can stop cookies from being collected at all and take other measures to protect your online anonymity (Zdnet.com).

You should be very careful about installing privacy-focused programs and browser extensions. Too many of such programs are just advertising software or scams like One Click Privacy.

Automatic Malware removal tools

How to remove One Click Privacy using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like One Click Privacy 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 One Click Privacy . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make One Click Privacy 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.