Hijacker Removal Expert: Guide to Remove Pccpnapp Effectively and Safely

Monday, February 2, 2015

Guide to Remove Pccpnapp Effectively and Safely

What is pccpnapp? What it can do on your computer?

“Keep getting a Google Chrome extension called pccpnapp that will not go away even when I disable and trash it. I am thinking this is what is causing some freezing and slow, unresponsive internet issues that were not present in the past”

Have you got the same problems that showed above? What is pccpnapp? It is classified as an adware which will always display you annoying ads to interfere with your browsing activities. To live with this unwanted adware, it can take up your internet resource and system resource to slow down your overall computer performance, which is why many computer users reported that their computers running weirdly and sluggish. Is this the only problem that it can do on your computer? I am afraid not, you may check the potential risks of having this pccpnapp on your computer:

1.It can display you annoying pop-up ads and turn your text into hyperlink to cause redirect issuses.
2.It can degrade your overall computer performance by consuming your CPU usage.
3.It can track and store your online traces to violate your privacy and may steal your personal information.
4.More useless toolbars or browser extensions will be invited to come into your computer.

Many computer users have tied to remove this annoying pop-up on their own, for example, run a antivirus but failed to pick up this adware or look into the control panel or task manager but it can come back again and again. You are welcome to follow the removal guide listed below:

Solution one:How Do I Manually Get Rid of Pccpnapp

1. Disable any suspicious startup items.

For Windows XP:

Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of Pccpnapp.

2. Show hidden files

a) open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options;
b) under View tab to tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK;
c) click on the “Start” menu and then click on the “Search programs and files” box, Search for and delete these files created by Pccpnapp:

3. Delete all registry values related to Pccpnapp your local hard disk C.

4. Remove unwanted plug-ins or extensions from your web browsers:

* Internet Explorer

1) Launch Internet Explorer and tap Alt+T.

2) When you see Tools menu, go to Manage Add-ons >> Toolbars and Extensions.

3) Choose the add-on you want to remove and click on Disable.

* Mozilla Firefox

1) Open Mozilla Firefox and tap Ctrl+Shift+A combination to drag out the Add-ons Manager button.

2) Go to Extensions, find suspicious or related items and delete all of them.

* Google Chrome

1) Launch Google Chrome and tap Alt+F

2) Once you start seeing the menu, select Tools >> Extensions.

3) Select the add-on you want to remove and click on the trash icon.

5. Renew IP Address:

1. Start button
2. Type the letters 'cmd' (no quotes)
3. Type 'ipconfig' (no quotes) to view the status of the computer's IP address(es).
4. Type 'ipconfig /release' (no quotes) to let go of the address.

Solution two: Get rid of Pccpnapp by automatic scan of SpyHunter removal tool

SpyHunter is a powerful automatic removal tool which can help users to clean up the infections like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware,etc. It is important to note that SpyHunter removal tool can get along with existing security programs without any conflicts.

Step one: Click the icon to download SpyHunter removal tool