Prolonger - How to remove

Prolonger is yet another malicious application that you should not keep installed on your computer if you don’t want to experience some severe cyber security damage. Recent researches revealed that it should be listed as an adware. This means that once installed Prolonger will flood your web browsers with various advertisements in all kinds of forms.

It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with Prolonger or not because usually advertisements labeled displayed by it are labeled with a slogan “Ads by Prolonger” or “Brought to you by Prolonger”. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer is definitely infected and you need to take care of that.

There are two most common methods how virus like Prolonger can be eliminate from the computer – you can do it either manually or automatically. Since it’s much easier and less time consuming to do it automatically, we recommend you to choose this method. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes and scan your computer with it. One of these applications should detect and remove the virus for good just in a few moments. If your computer is infected with some other viruses it will detect and remove them as well.

However, if for some reasons you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, you can eliminate Prolonger manually. If you don’t know what to do – scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step Prolonger manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you throughout this complicated process of virus removal. Follow all steps and you will be able to eliminate the infection manually by your own.

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

About Prolonger adware

Developers of Prolonger describe it as useful and free tool that will help you to extend the battery life of your laptop. However, the functionality of this malware is highly questionable and it has some major side effects. First of all, it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers various kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. Secondly, it will collect your personal information, such as browsing history, search queries, most visited sites, or even your IP and email addresses. They adjust those advertisements according to collected data and make them even more relevant and attractive to you this way, so chances that you will click on one of them rise. And that’s the main goal of developers of Prolonger because they get paid for every single click you make on one of those ads.

However, we don’t recommend to click on advertisements displayed by Prolonger because if you do so, you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money. This being said, if you keep Prolonger installed on your computer, various cyber criminals will be able to reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis and that’s very dangerous.

Distribution Methods of Prolonger adware

Prolonger is traveling bundled with various free applications that can be downloaded from the Internet. For example, when you download and install some media player or downloads manager from unreliable website, there is a chance that Prolonger will be installed alongside without even warning you about that. To avoid this happening, always keep your computer protected with trustworthy anti-malware application and bypass websites with questionable reputation.

Manual removal of Prolonger Ads

How to remove Prolonger using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Prolonger from your applications.

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

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