What is NewPlayer?
NewPlayer – is a potentially unwanted program that infiltrates the computer as an extension to the browser. NewPlayer hijacks Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. After penetration, NewPlayer begins to “throw” the user, such as advertisements, banners, coupons, links to other sites, and so on. According to the developers, NewPlayer created in order to help users to save money and find the cheapest deals. In fact, this program is trying to force the user to spend money for nothing. Most of the proposals are false. Also, this program may transfer your personal information to third parties. If you find a NewPlayer on your PC, then you need to remove it right away.
How NewPlayer gets on your PC?
Similar programs belong to potentially unwanted programs. These programs come on a computer without the user’s consent, so you may have overlooked the penetration of this program. PUP is installed on PC bundled with freeware program such as archivers, download managers, players and so on. The user must be considerate during the installation process to prevent the penetration of unwanted programs. To do this, you need to read the user agreement. Do not agree to install unknown or suspicious programs. Not need to trust programs from unknown publishers. Always follow the installation process and do not rush to click “Next”. If your computer is already infected, you can use our instructions listed below to get rid of NewPlayer.
How to remove NewPlayer from your computer?
To uninstall NewPlayer remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have NewPlayer in their database. You can try to use them for removing NewPlayer.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to NewPlayer – files, folders, registry keys.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as NewPlayer.
You can try both of these products to remove NewPlayer
Or uninstall NewPlayer manually.
Removing from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find NewPlayer.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find NewPlayer and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find NewPlayer, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
After that remove NewPlayer from your browser.
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find NewPlayer.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose NewPlayer.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable NewPlayer.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Remove following registry entries:
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Written by Rami Douafi