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  • Severity: Medium
  • Adware
  • Windows, Mac
  • Verified · Apr 2021

How to remove SongLyrics adware

A step-by-step removal guide for affected devices. Follow the verified procedure below — most readers complete it in under 10 minutes.

Jake Doevan · Computer technology expert

What is SongLyrics?

SongLyrics is another free app that can be downloaded from its official website and other download sources. It is promoted as a browser add-on, which is supposed to provide users with the most accurate and authentic lyrics for old and freshly-baked songs. Unfortunately, the service that it offers is not worth suffering various inconveniences that it may additionally cause during your browsing. Security experts have already categorized it as an adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which basically means that it may infiltrate your computer bundled with other freewares and start displaying sponsored advertisements.

If you get in touch with a bundled freeware and unconsciously install it along with all attachments, SongLyrics, first of all, may hijack your web browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari) and start initiating pop-up ads, banner ads, in-text links, full-page ads, and other intrusive forms of advertisements informing about various deals, discounts, coupons, and other shopping-related things. The emergence of the 'Ads by SongLyrics', 'SongLyrics Ads', 'SongLyrics Deals' and similarly marked ads is the main indicator that this adware from lyrics family, which also includes Boby Lyrics, LyricsBuddy, LyricsContainer, Lyricsget, etc. is hiding in your computer. Do you know that each of these ads pose a risk to your PC's security? That's because it's not clear which of them are connected with reliable websites and which contain third-party links to suspicious or even malicious websites. Thus, it's better that you avoid all SongLyrics redirects by ignoring ads without any exceptions.

Besides, we have found various users' reports the majority of which blame SongLyrics add-on for increasing PC's security vulnerabilities, leading to other infections, causing slowdowns and similar issues. Nevertheless, none of the users is aware of the fact that this adware may also collect personally non-identifiable information about them and use it for marketing and other means. If you want to keep your computer safe, you should take certain actions and get rid of this adware ASAP. The most reliable way to do that is to run a full system scan with FortectIntego (Windows OS) or FortectIntego (Mac OS X).

How can SongLyrics hijack my computer?

SongLyrics is a typical adware and a potentially unwanted program that is distributed using both legitimate and unfair methods. First of all, it may be found promoted on the official websites for free. In addition, it may be traced during the installation of other freewares and sharewares, i.e. if you tend to install freewares carefully, it's very likely that you will run into a check box stating that you agree to install SongLyrics virus, set XXX as your default start page, install another add-ons, plug-in, toolbar, etc. and will unmark each of these offers. However, in order to get the ability to do that, you have to select Advanced or Custom installation option (in contrast to Quick/Basic), check every check box attentively and unmark ticks that are set by default. Do you receive SongLyrics ads constantly? If yes, then do not waste your time.

How to remove SongLyrics virus?

In order to get rid SongLyrics virus, either scan your machine with a reputable anti-spyware or check it manually.

Uninstall from Windows

Uninstall from Windows 10/8:

  1. Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
  2. Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 10/8

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:

  1. Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
  2. In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 7/XP

Remove the unwanted program:

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

Delete from macOS

Remove the unwanted application:

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

Delete leftover files and folders:

  1. Select Go > Go to Folder.
  2. Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
  3. Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.Delete leftover files from Mac
  4. Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.

Remove from Microsoft Edge

Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:

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

Clear cookies and other browser data:

  1. Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
  2. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  3. 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.Clear Edge browsing data

Restore new tab and homepage settings:

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

Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:

  1. Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
  2. Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
  3. Select Details tab.
  4. 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.Reset MS Edge

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge

Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):

  1. Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
  2. Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chromium Edge

Clear cache and site data:

  1. Click on Menu and go to Settings.
  2. Select Privacy, search and services.
  3. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  4. Under Time range, pick All time.
  5. Select Clear now.Clear browser data from Chroum Edge

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:

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

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)

Remove dangerous extensions:

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

Reset the homepage:

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

Clear cookies and site data:

  1. Click Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Go to Privacy & Security section.
  3. Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
  4. Click on Clear Data...
  5. Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.Clear cookies and site data from Firefox

Reset Mozilla Firefox

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

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
  2. Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.Reset Firefox 1
  3. Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
  4. Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.Reset Firefox 2

Remove from Google Chrome

Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

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

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:

  1. Click on Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
  3. Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
  4. Click Clear data.Clear cache and web data from Chrome

Change your homepage:

  1. Click menu and choose Settings.
  2. Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
  3. 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:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
  3. Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
  4. Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
  5. Confirm with Reset settings.Reset Chrome 2

Delete from Safari

Remove dangerous extensions:

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

Clear history and website data:

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

Reset Safari:

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

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