How to remove Primary Color (Virus Removal Guide)

Primary Color is deceptive and intrusive adware and a potentially unwanted program that can get onto a computer system without user consent and generate pop-up advertisements across Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and other popular internet browsers. Primary Color adware usually serves pop-up advertisements that contain the words “Ads by Primary Color” on them.

Primary Color displays banner, pop-up, pop-under, and in-text underlined hyperlinked advertisements that usually say something similar to “Ads by Primary Color” on them.

Primary Color adware is a concern because it generates ‘targeted’ advertisements. Targeted advertisements can only be produced if the program has access to user browsing data. This means that Primary Color can access and gather user browsing data. User browsing data that this program may obtain access to includes all browsing activities, bookmarks, apps, and browser history.

Furthermore, Primary Color bundles with other potentially unwanted programs, malware, and malicious threats. In order to get rid of ads by Primary Color and stop other unwanted symptoms it will probably be necessary to uninstall multiple programs and remove multiple browser add-ons and extensions from Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.

Third-party programs and malware that can bundle with Primary Color adware will cause other issues aside from pop-up advertisements. Other issues include unwanted browser redirects to sponsored webpages, decreased computer productivity, and decreased internet speed.

Primary Color adware and the additional programs that it bundles with also manufacture new tasks and change existing Windows start-up settings in order to run every time the operating system starts and remain enabled if disabled by the user. Programs and browser attachments that may arrive with this deceptive piece of adware can also cause other issues for computer and internet users aside from pop-up advertisements, including browser redirections and a loss in computer functionality and internet connectivity.

Even though the Primary Color virus is not technically defined as a computer virus or malicious parasite, the unwanted program is still a threat or the sign of a very severe computer infection. Since Primary Color is known to download and install alongside third-party malware, malicious files, and additional potentially unwanted programs, including browser hijackers like Web Bar, it will be necessary to uninstall multiple programs and remove multiple browser objects in order to stop all unwanted activities caused by this program and others from occurring. Apart from manually eradicating the program and others that it bundles with, files may remain undetected to the average computer user. That is why the professional internet security community recommends to use a reputable anti-malware product to remove Primary Color and malicious files that it may bundle with.

How did Primary Color get on my computer?

Primary Color adware and the programs and potential threats that it bundles with are usually contracted without user consent alongside freeware, shareware, torrent files, and other downloadable content.

Computer and internet users who seek to download and install free items online may be presented with an opportunity to accept or decline a custom offer to install Primary Color adware and other programs. However, the request to decline Primary Color from installing is often presented in a very deceptive manner, which can make it confusing for a computer user. In some cases, the download manager may completely ignore the user request to decline Primary Color from installing and the adware will install against user consent and knowledge.

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• Primary Color can read and change all your data on the websites you visit and read and change your browsing history.
• Primary Color can manage your apps, extensions, downloads, and themes.
• Primary Color bundles with other potentially unwanted programs and malware.
• Primary Color is usually packed inside installers and downloaders from websites such as Cnet (download.com), Softonic, and others.
• Primary Color injects visited webpages with pop-up and in-text advertisements.
• Primary Color makes unwanted changes to existing Windows settings and schedules new tasks which allow it to run every time Windows starts and check to see if the program has been disabled. If the program is disabled it will enable itself.

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How to remove Primary Color (Removal Guide)

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• Step 1: Remove Primary Color extensions
• Step 2: Uninstall Primary Color from Windows
• Step 3: Remove Primary Color virus with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
• Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner by Piriform
  

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Step 1: Remove Primary Color extensions

Google Chrome

1. Click the Customize and control Google Chrome icon on the top menu and navigate to More tools > Extensions.

2. Search for the Primary Color extension in the list. Remove unwanted browser extensions individually by clicking the trashcan icon next to each one.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Type Ctrl+Shift+A.

2. Search for the Primary Color add-ons on the Extensions and Plugin tab. Highlight each one individually and click remove.

Apple Safari

1. Click Safari and go to Preferences > Extensions.

2.  Find the Primary Color extension in the list and click the Uninstall button.

Step 2: Uninstall Primary Color from Windows

1. Open Windows Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.

2. On Windows Control Panel, click Uninstall a program or Add and remove a program in the Programs section.

3. Search for Primary Color and other unwanted programs in the list of installed programs. Once an unwanted program is located, double click the item or select it with your mouse and click the Uninstall button. If you can not find this program in the list of installed program please see steps 3 and 4 below.

Step 3: Remove Primary Color virus with Malwarebytes

1. Download and install the free or full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. The full version enables real-time protection to block malware and unwanted programs from infecting your computer, while the free version is just a free scan and removal tool.

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2. Open the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program.

3. Click the large Scan Now button or visit the “Scan” tab to manually run a scan.

4. When the malware scan is complete you will notice a list of threats, including PUP.Optional.PrimaryColor.A. Click the Remove Selected button, then click Finish, and reboot your computer.

Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner

1. Download and install the free or full version of CCleaner by Piriform.

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2. Open the program and go to Cleaner and click the Analyze button. After files and have been analyzed, click the Run Cleaner button on the bottom right of the program interface.

3. Go to Registry and click Scan for Issues. When the scan is complete click Fix selected issues… and then click the Fix All Selected Issues button.

4. Go to to Tools > Startup and search through each tab starting from Windows, Internet Explorer, all the way to Context Menu, for additional suspicious entries and click  Delete once anything suspicious is found to remove it.