PriceSparrow Removal Guide

If you are an avid online shopper you would most probably interested in saving money on your purchases. There are quite a few browser plug-ins that offer to help you with that and PriceSparrow is one of them. However, a lot of users consider it a potentially unwanted program and computer security experts recommend removing PriceSparrow from your computer, because this plug-in might as well be exploited by malevolent third parties. If it was not your intention to have the plug-in installed on your system, scroll down to manual removal instructions below this article.

You may not even notice that PriceSparrow has been installed on your browser if this plug-in arrived with third party freeware applications. It means that PriceSparrow can hardly be considered a malicious computer infection, because users install it on their computers themselves. There is also an official website for the plug-in which you can access via pricesparrow.com. You can easily download the plug-in there as well, and the official website informs you that PriceSparrow is compatible with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other popular web browsers. It also says that PriceSparrow is an app which helps you find the best deals, and if you shop online “the app helps you to find the best offers for your wanted product”.

True to its nature, PriceSparrow does display various deals when you access popular online shopping websites, such as Amazon, eBay or Walmart. However, the question is whether we can really trust the content displayed by PriceSparrow. The plug-in itself clearly does not want or do any harm, but its privacy policy does not cover the third party content that gets displayed in its pop-ups and other types of notifications. Due to the fact that PriceSparrow does not screen the content of its commercial advertisements, even corrupted links could be embedded in the notifications.

That is probably the main reason why you should remove PriceSparrow – any security-minded computer user would not want to have this application on his/her computer. Not to mention that the plug-in may leave various leftovers on your computer after manual removal. To make sure that you delete all the unwanted files, you should scan your PC with SpyHunter free scanner. The scanner will detect all the potential threats immediately, and you will be able to terminate undesirable programs without further ado.

For manual PriceSparrow removal, check out the instructions below. Also, if you need any further assistance with PriceSparrow’s removal or have general questions about system security, do not hesitate to ask by leaving a comment below.

Manual PriceSparrow Removal

Windows Vista & Windows 7

1. Open Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Select Uninstall a program and remove PriceSparrow.

Windows XP

1. Open Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Go to Add or remove programs and uninstall PriceSparrow.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+A for Add-ons manager tab to open.
2. Click Extensions tab, disable and remove PriceSparrow. Restart your browser.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and click Tools.
2. Go to Extensions and remove PriceSparrow from the list.