TinyWallet - How to remove

TinyWallet is nothing more but another annoying application that is listed as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted application). Even though it is described as a powerful and useful tool that will help you to save your both time and money when shopping online by displaying various deals, coupons and commercial offers, this is not true. Here is how it is described by developers of the application:

Wasting precious time on saving money has come to a halt! Allow tinywallet to do all the dirty work for you. Continue shopping online at your favorite stores, and tinywallet will offer you the best deals with the lowest prices, from coupons, to discounts and the hottest sales. Our plug-in can be added to your browser for free and shall make your shopping dreams come true! It shall offer you suitable coupons and discounts whilst you are shopping, and most importantly will help you reduce your expenses!

It is true – this browser add-on will display various advertisements with commercial offers from time to time. Usually they appear on e-commerce like eBay and Amazon and offers you to purchase some particular goods at a better price rate. Even though those ads look very appealing, you should not trust them. Most of them are fake. The deals displayed on those ads looks incredibly good and it is just a marketing trick to get your attention. Sometimes there are no item that can be purchased at all! The biggest problem is, that TinyWallet is related to unreliable third parties. It is sponsored by them for displaying those ads. And it’s not a secret that a lot of cyber criminals, such as hackers and scammers are using this advertising network to promote they products or services. That’s why you should not click on those ads. If you do so, you will be immediately redirected to third parties websites that may be infected and cause harm to you computer, or you can even get scammed if you attempt to purchase something on one of those websites. TinyWallet gets paid for every click you make on those ads, that’s why they are trying to make them look good and interesting to you. They generate web traffic and collect sales leads.

It works as a browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. It is not available on Mac OSX yet, so Apple users can should not worry about it. If you pay a visit to their official website at http://tinywallet.net, take a look at their Privacy Policy:

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

•Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.

•We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.

•We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

•We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.

•Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.

•We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

•We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

In a nutshell, this means that your personal information, such as browsing history, search queries, Top visited websites, email or IP address will be collected. It is all done to improve those ads. They adjust them according to collected data and make them more appealing and relevant to you based on your web browsing habits, so the chances that you will click on one of those ads rise.

As you can see, there are no download button at their website. That’s because this malicious application is travelling bundled with other free software. For instance, then you download some fake Flash update, PDF generator or media player, this adware can get installed alongside, without you even being aware of it. To avoid this happening, you should not download software from websites that looks unreliable. However, if you have no other option – be very attentive during the installation of such a software. Opt out for a custom or advanced install mode if possible, this will allow you to see all available options. Do not skip any steps (don’t just click “next” and “agree” buttons all the time before reading whole information first) and read terms and conditions as well. Look for various checkboxes that can be already checked for you, because they may allow additional software to be installed. If you see that something is being installed alongside and you are not aware of it, thou should cancel this installation, as this program can be TinyWallet or any other malware. In case it is too late and your computer is already infected, you should remove it right now. There are two most common ways to do that. We recommend you to scan your PC with a trustworthy anti-malware program, such as Spyhunter, StopZilla or Malwarebytes. It will detect and remove infection automatically. If you are not into getting some additional software to perform this, you can do it by your own, manually. Simply follow our step-by-step TinyWallet removal guide given below.

How to uninstall TinyWallet adware

How to remove TinyWallet using Windows Control Panel

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

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to TinyWallet 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 TinyWallet, 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 TinyWallet 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 TinyWallet. Click on the trash bin icon next to TinyWallet 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 TinyWallet, 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 TinyWallet 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 TinyWallet 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 TinyWallet, 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.

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