What is Olacarita?

Olacarita – is an extension for the browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer), that comes bundled with free software without user consent. Olacarita is a potentially unwanted program and can cause irreparable damage to your PC. After penetrating the computer, Olacarita begins to display advertisements, banners and other promotional products. This ad may pop up at any time during your browsing. Thus, Olacarita promotes products of its partners, online stores and other. It changes your browser’s homepage and can also redirect the user to other sites and replace the search results. Among other things, Olacarita collects your personal information, browsing history, and so on. It is done in order to pick up the goods and services which will interest you most. Olacarita also increases the amount of traffic and significantly reduces the performance of your PC. If you find Olacarita on your computer, remove it immediately!

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How Olacarita gets on your PC?

Potentially unwanted programs sneak into a computer bundled with other free software. It comes without the user’s consent. The user may not realize that their computer is infected. This can happen when the user downloads the free software or application, such as Archiver, converter, player and so on. Some sites create special download managers that hide malicious software. You must follow a few rules in order to avoid penetration by malicious software. Always read the user agreement in full. You should know what you are offering. Also, always choose advanced installation type and don’t agree with the proposals to install unfamiliar and unwanted program. Don’t click “Next” until you have verified that the program is safe. Follow the installation process and take your time. Be careful. If your computer is already infected, then use our instructions to remove it.

How to remove Olacarita from your computer?

To uninstall Olacarita remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Olacarita in their database. You can try to use them for removing Olacarita.

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You can try both of these products to remove Olacarita

Or uninstall Olacarita manually.

Removing from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find Olacarita.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find Olacarita and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find Olacarita, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

After that remove Olacarita from your browser.

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find Olacarita.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose Olacarita.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable Olacarita.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove following registry entries:


no information

Then remove following files:


olacarita.dll

And following folders


C:ProgramDataOlacarita

Written by Rami Douafi

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