How to remove UnfriendTool

What is UnfriendTool?

UnfriendTool is a potentially unwanted program, which may cause irritating advertisements, system slowdowns and even dangerous redirects to unknown websites. This program is mostly promoted as a useful tool that is supposed to help Facebook users to find information who “unfriended” them. In fact, if your would pay attention only to the description of this program, you would find out that it is almost identical to a program called FriendsChecker. It was included to our websites some time ago and has also been categorized as adware and a potentially unwanted program.

So, if you have already downloaded UnfriendTool adware thinking that it will show you only the ones who unfriended you, we have some bad news for you. Beware that this questionable program may also modify each of your web browsers and then may start showing you various pop-up ads. As soon as it is added to the system, it may intentionally hijack your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and other browsers, and start initiating annoying pop-ups, in-text ads, and other sponsored advertisements during each of your search sessions. In addition, it may also start tracking your browsing activity and may collect such things as your search terms, mostly visited websites, data that you enter when visiting them, your PC’s IP address, its location, etc. No matter that this data is considered as personally non-identifiable, we still believe that you should keep it for yourself.

If you have already downloaded UnfriendTool toy our computer as a useful program, you may have already understood that we don’t recommend you to leave it there. Otherwise, you may run into various issues, like UnfriendTool redirects, pop-up ads, slow downs and similar ones. In order to protect your computer from them, we highly recommend you to remove UnfriendTool adware from your system. For that you can use any of these programs: Fortect Intego (Windows OS) or Fortect Intego (Windows OS and Mac OS X).

How can UnfriendTool hijack my computer?

UnfriendTool is often promoted as a useful and a free tool. However, just like we have already mentioned, this dubious program may be involved in the distribution of other potentially unwanted programs, such as ad-supported plug-ins and extensions, so we don’t recommend installing it. In some other cases, UnfriendTool may be transmitted to your computer system with the help of free programs, such as Free Youtube Downloader, PDF File Generator, etc. In this case, you can easily add UnfriendTool to your system without your direct approval. In order to avoid that, you should avoid questionable programs and unsafe websites that typically show various banners that offer installing doubtful programs. In addition, make sure you select Custom or Advanced installation of the freeware to get more knowledge about optional components that it has. Of course, you should opt out of UnfriendTool and similar suggestions.

How to remove UnfriendTool virus from my computer?

Although UnfriendTool is not a virus, it can disrupt your browsing experience or even expose your system to more serious cyber threats. In order to remove it from the system, follow these steps:

Uninstall from Windows

Uninstall from Windows 10/8:

Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:

Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.

Remove the unwanted program:

In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.

Delete from macOS

Remove the unwanted application:

From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).

Delete leftover files and folders:

Select Go > Go to Folder.
Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.
Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.

Remove from Microsoft Edge

Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:

Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
Click Remove.

Clear cookies and other browser data:

Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.

Restore new tab and homepage settings:

Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
Then find On startup section.
Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.

Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:

Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
Select Details tab.
Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge

Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):

Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and site data:

Click on Menu and go to Settings.
Select Privacy, search and services.
Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
Under Time range, pick All time.
Select Clear now.

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:

Click on Menu and select Settings.
On the left side, pick Reset settings.
Select Restore settings to their default values.
Confirm with Reset.
This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)

Remove dangerous extensions:

Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
Select Add-ons.
In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.

Reset the homepage:

Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
Choose Settings.
Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.

Clear cookies and site data:

Click Menu and pick Settings.
Go to Privacy & Security section.
Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
Click on Clear Data...
Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.

Reset Mozilla Firefox

If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:

Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.
Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.

Remove from Google Chrome

Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:

Click on Menu and pick Settings.
Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
Click Clear data.

Change your homepage:

Click menu and choose Settings.
Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.

Reset Google Chrome:

If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:

Click on Menu and select Settings.
In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
Confirm with Reset settings.

Delete from Safari

Remove dangerous extensions:

Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.

Clear history and website data:

Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.

Reset Safari:

Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.