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What is Price Slayer?

Created by Innovative Apps, the Price Slayer rogue browser extension claims to save time and money by enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and displaying the latest special deals/discounts available within online stores. Although this functionality may appear legitimate and useful, be aware that Price Slayer is categorized as adware or a potentially unwanted application.

Price Slayer employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to install on Internet browsers without users' consent. Bundling allows distribution of additional applications together with other software, and therefore, most users inadvertently install Price Slayer during download of free software from freeware download websites.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, Price Slayer generates numerous intrusive online advertisements and tracks users' Internet browsing activity.

Advertisements generated by this potentially unwanted program (PUP) include coupon, comparison shopping, transitional, and in-text link ads. It is highly probable that clicking these advertisements will cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

Furthermore, users' Internet browsing activity is continually monitored, since Price Slayer records various software and hardware information such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (to determine users' locations), unique identifier numbers, operating systems and browser types, URLs visited, search queries entered into search engines (Bing, Google, Yahoo, etc.), pages viewed, and other details that may be personally identifiable.

This behavior may lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft, and therefore, you are strongly advised to eliminate Price Slayer from your Internet browsers.

Research reveals that Price Slayer is similar to other potentially unwanted programs that employ bundling as an installation method. Examples include DiscountCow, Sharp Savings, Coupon Slider, and Tiger Savings among many others.

None of these browser plug-ins provide any real value for the user - their purpose is to generate revenue by the display of intrusive online advertisements. Research also shows that Price Slayer is mostly distributed via small programs called 'download clients' used by freeware download websites including, for example, download.com, soft32.com, and softonic.com

Download clients are used by these websites as free service monetization tools, since they promote installation of (according to the developers, '100% legitimate and virus-free') browser plug-ins together with the chosen free software. Thus, reckless download and installation of freeware often results in adware or malware infections.

This situation can be prevented by closely inspecting each step of the free software download process and never accepting installation of any additional programs offered.

Furthermore, all software downloaded from the Internet should be installed using the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' installation options, rather than 'Quick' or 'Regular' - this will reveal any bundled applications listed for installation and allow you to decline them. If you have already installed Price Slayer, follow the instructions provided to eliminate this adware from your Internet browsers.

Installation setup of Price Slayer adware:

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Quick menu:

• What is Price Slayer?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Price Slayer application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Price Slayer ads from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Price Slayer advertisements from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove Ads by Price Slayer from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Price Slayer extension from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Price Slayer adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Price Slayer", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program (which causes Price Slayer ads), scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Price Slayer adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Price Slayer", select this entry and click "Remove". Note that Price Slayer ads can be caused by other adware. In the Manage Add-ons window, remove all suspicious browser add-ons.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the price slayer adware, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click on "Extensions". Locate: "Price Slayer", select this entry and click the trash can icon. Note that Price Slayer ads can be caused by other adware. In the "extensions" window of Google Chrome, remove all suspicious browser extensions.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the price slayer adware, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plugins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click on "Extensions", in the opened window remove "Price Slayer". Note that Price Slayer ads can be generated by other adware. In the "Add-ons Manager" window, remove all suspicious browser add-ons.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with price slayer adware removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the price slayer adware, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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