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What is Unfriend Watch?

Unfriend Watch presents itself as a useful tool to determine 'who unfriended you on Facebook' - "See Who Unfriended You, With Facebook Unfriend Watch, your life may never be the same."

Although some users may believe that this app is legitimate, Unfriend Watch is categorized as adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP). After Unfriend Watch stealthily infiltrates the system, it delivers various types of intrusive online advertisements and collects various system information.

Unfriend Watch displays many advertisements including pop-up, pop-under, banner, and other display ads. To achieve this, Unfriend Watch employs a virtual layer allowing placement of any graphical content on visited websites.

The displayed content does not originate from the visited website and conceals underlying content, thereby diminishing the Internet browsing experience. Furthermore, displayed advertisements redirect to various websites that might be infectious - clicking them can lead to further computer infections.

This application collects various information and later shares it with third parties. Note that the collected information may contain personally identifiable details and could be misused to generate revenue. If you are concerned with your privacy and Internet browsing safety, uninstall Unfriend Watch immediately.

Unfriend Watch claims regarding online advertising:

Advertisements: Unfriend Watch is entirely free to use, but may show advertisements while installed. These promotions help us keep Unfriend Watch awesome and free for you.

Unfriend Watch shares many similarities with other adware-type applications that also install without users' consent including iWebar, RightCoupon, Lightning newtab, MovieDea, and Browser Shop.

They claim to provide many useful features, however, these fake promises are simply attempts to trick users to install. Neither Unfriend Watch, nor any of this other adware, provides the features promised. These applications display intrusive online advertisements and collect personally identifiable data to generate revenue for the developers.

How did Unfriend Watch install on my computer?

The developers of Unfriend Watch distribute this application using a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' - stealth installation of additional applications with regular software. Many users rush the download and installation processes without paying close enough attention, and therefore, bundling is popular and effective.

Some users are unaware that rogue apps are concealed within the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' download and installation settings - by skipping this section, they inadvertently install bogus applications.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Applications should be downloaded and installed with caution. To avoid computer infections, closely inspect each step of the software download procedure and ensure that only the selected app is downloaded. In addition, applications should be installed using the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' options - this will reveal any bundled software listed for installation and allow you to opt-out.

Pop-up ad promoting installation of Unfriend Watch adware:

Unfriend Watch adware installer set-up:

Screenshot of the Unfriend Watch application:

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Quick menu:

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

Unfriend Watch 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 "Unfriend Watch", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Unfriend Watch ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Unfriend Watch adware from Internet browsers:

At time of research, Unfriend Watch did not install its browser plug-ins on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox, however, it was bundled with other adware. Therefore, you are advised to remove all potentially unwanted browser add-ons from your 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 any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the unfriend watch 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 "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, select these entries and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the unfriend watch 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 plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with unfriend watch 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 unfriend watch 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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