Premium Download Manager - How to remove

Premium Download Manager is a dubious application that is supposed to accelerate your download speed up to five times. Unfortunately, you should not take this for granted, because it’s just another adware designed for marketing purposes. It is installed using typical “bundling” method and once inside, it takes over your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.

It is recommended to use a reputable anti-malware software, like Spyhunter or StopZilla and remove Premium Download Manager as soon as possible. To learn more about it, keep on reading this article.

About Premium Download Manager

Premium Download Manager was developed by DynaSoft LLC. Not only it cannot perform the features that it claims to, but also the application may silently install other potentially unwanted programs to your system. Some of these programs can work as tracking cookies and monitor your browsing habits. Later on, you can be involved into marketing related projects because of this. Your system can be flooded with commercial ads and you can have other browsing issues.

It is clear that Premium Download Manager is related to unreliable parties that you should avoid. Do not trust its services and remove it from your system if you don’t want to be involved into other malicious projects. You will find a tutorial how to remove Premium Download Manager manually at the end of this article. For an automatic removal, download a reputable anti-malware program and scan your system with it.

Distribution Methods of Premium Download Manager

Premium Download Manager can be downloaded from its official websites at premiumdownloadmanager.com. Do not download this program from there because not only it will not meet your expectations but also you will experience a lot of issues.

Another common distribution method of Premium Download Manager is bundling it to other software. Usually it is installed along free media players, PDF creators, download managers and so on. It practically never clearly warns before being added. To avoid installing it, always follow the installation steps of your free downloads and make sure you don’t agree installing Premium Download Manager as an additional download. Choose a Custom installation mode instead of a Basic one to ensure you can see all preselected options.

To remove Premium Download Manager from your system scan your computer with an anti-malware program or follow the guide below and remove it manually.

Manual removal of Premium Download Manager

How to remove Premium Download Manager using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Premium Download Manager from your applications.

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

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Premium Download Manager. 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 Premium Download Manager, 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.