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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Guide to TV Wizard Step by Step (Removal Guide)

Infected with TV Wizard? Can’t remove it from your browser? Still searching for a reliable solution? In this post, you will find effective removal guide in this post.


Screenshot of TV Wizard:



General Information About TV Wizard



TV Wizard is a potentially unwanted program or adware which has taken over user's browser recently. This adware pretends to be a useful application to enhance computer users' browser and make online life easier when watching videos. However, TV Wizard is another ads-platform that may bring computer users many annoying ads. The main purpose of TV Wizard is to promote ads and create traffic for its partners.

To achieve this goal, TV Wizard is designed to target almost all web browsers including the most popular ones such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. After infiltration, TV Wizard will generate a lot of pop up ads on your browsers. It will underlined words as the mouse moving around and show pop-up box which containing advertisements and other unwanted ads.

Moreover, TV Wizard is capable to track your Internet searching actions by recording URLs of visited websites, gathering terms entered into web indexes, IP locations, and other browsing activities.  These information will be presented to the third party for marketing. It is suggested to remove TV Wizard as soon as possible.

Instructions on Removing TV Wizard


Method 1: Getting rid of TV Wizard manually


Step 1: Use CTRL+ALT+DELETE together to launch Windows Task Manager for killing all TV Wizard running processes.


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Step 2: Deleting TV Wizard from browser

Internet Explorer

1) Start Internet Explorer and choose “Tools “>”Manage add-ons”.
2) Choose “Toolbars and Extensions”, then find and remove related programs.


3) Restart browser to complete the whole process.

Mozilla Firefox

1) Start Firefox and choose” Tools” > “Add-ons”> ‘Extensions’.
2) Search for related items and remove them.


3) Restart Firefox to complete the process.

Google Chrome

1) Open Google Chrome and click on “Wrench” or “bar” icon in top right corner.
2) Choose “Settings” > “Extensions”, then find and delete add-ons.


3) Restart the browser to complete the whole process.

Step 3: Find and remove all infected files created by TV Wizard:

 %AppData%[TV Wizard Redirect]toolbardtx.ini
%AppData%[TV Wizard Redirect]toolbaruninstallIE.dat
%AppData%[TV Wizard Redirect]toolbarversion.xml 

Step 4: Delete all TV Wizard registry entries as followings:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[TV Wizard Redirect]IEHelper.DNSGuardCurVer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[TV Wizard Redirect]IEHelper.DNSGuardCLSID
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[TV Wizard Redirect]IEHelper.DNSGuard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[TV Wizard Redirect]IEHelper.DNSGuard.1

Method 2: Getting rid of TV Wizard automatically


1) Download the SpyHunter by clicking the following button.

  

2) Start the installation by double-clicking the download file.



3) Now you need to click the “Run” button to continue the installation.



4) Next you should accept the License Agreement and click the “Next” button.


5) You need to wait until the whole installation finishes. In this process, you are not allowed to click the “Cancel” button, otherwise the executing will stop.


6) Now the installation finishes.



7) After finishing the installation, now you should click “Malware Scan” button to have a quick or full scan on your computer.”





8) Tick the “Select All” and choose the “Remove” button to eliminate the detected threats on your computer.



Guide to download Perfect Uninstaller to remove unneeded applications and speed up PC 


If you are still worried about the left over of TV Wizard and want to clean all the unwanted registry entries, or want to uninstall other specific programs, it is recommended to use Perfect Uninstaller.

Perfect Uninstaller is a powerful uninstall tool which can completely remove Adobe, Aol Toolbar, Avast, AVG, ESET NOD32, Internet Explorer 8, McAfee, Microsoft Office, Nero 7, Norton, ESET NOD32 and much more difficult to completely uninstall applications. It is better and easier way for you to completely and safely uninstall any unneeded or corrupt application that standard Windows Add/Remove applet can't remove.

A: At first, boot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking.

To perform this procedure, please restart your computer and keep pressing F8 key until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up, then using arrow key to select “Safe Mode with Networking” from the list and press ENTER to get into that mode.

safe mode with networking

B: Follow the below guide to continue.

Step 1. Install and launch Perfect Uninstaller on your PC.

Perfect Uninstaller install

Step 2.  Select "Run" to download and install Perfect Uninstaller.

run and save file

Step 3. After completely install, you can run the Perfect Uninstaller programs and see all your installed programs details.
Program Details

 Step 4. Choose the programs that you want to uninstall, click “Next” to proceed.


 Step 5. Perfect Uninstaller is scanning your PC for associated entries. Click “Next” to remove them.

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Attention:  To get TV Wizard off the compromised computer thoroughly and safely, you need to have sufficient skills as the manual removal process is full of risks. But if you are not familiar with the computer program, you are better not to take a risk to remove TV Wizard manually. It is wise for you to download Anti-Malware program SpyHunter to get TV Wizard out of your computer. It will make you face less difficulty and risk. Besides, SpyHunter is effective way to remove TV Wizard. Thus, it can be a preferred choice for you. You can also Download Perfect Uninstaller to help you uninstall unneeded applications and registry files that the Standard Add /Remove Program can't completely uninstall.

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