Roaming Rate ads. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Roaming Rate?
Roaming Rate is yet another questionable application that has been spreading around the Internet these days. Fortunately, it’s NOT a virus. So you should not be concerned about your PC’s operating system and serious technical problems. However, Roaming Rate virus may cause various unwanted operations withing your web browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari). There are hundreds of people who have already been convinced that this program is a very handy tool for enhancing web browser’s performance. Unfortunately, but it does not seem to be true. In reality, Roaming Rate belongs to the potentially unwanted program (PUP) or an adware that may cause annoying pop-up, pop-under, banner, in-text, full-page, and other forms of commercial advertisements during your browsing. These ads are typically filled with various deals, coupons, discounts, promo codes, and similar things. However, we highly DO NOT recommend clicking on any of the ‘Ads by Roaming Rate’ because they may be linked to suspicious third-party websites. The main problem is that you don’t know what sites are promoted using this program and its ads. We are pretty sure that you do not want to expose your PC to cyber threats, so we highly recommend you to avoid Roaming Rate redirects. It’s very likely that Roaming Rate virus will show up on your computer without downloading it there because it tends to spread via other freewares and sharewares. If it has already infiltrated your machine, we recommend you scanning your PC with Reimage or another reputable anti-spyware.
How can Roaming Rate hijack my computer?
As we have already mentioned, the typical Roaming Rate distribution method is ‘bundling’. This technique is not imaginable without the help of freewares and sharewares. To be more precise, potentially unwanted programs, such as Roaming Rate virus and its clones (Swift Record, FreePriceAlerts, BocaEdit, etc.) may be attached to various free programs as ‘optional downloads’ and spread in one pack with them. Freeware developers agree to spread third-party apps in exchange of money; therefore, it’s not surprising why Internet is full of ‘bundled software’. Fortunately, you will not have to stop downloading and using free programs in order to stay away from suspicious third party plug-ins, add-ons, toolbars, and extensions. The most important thing that you have to do is to check every freeware and refuse to install ‘additional components’ that it’s filled with. Of course, you may selected a freeware free of additional components. However, we recommend you to check every freeware because you can never known which of them may promote suspicious programs. For that, you just have to select Advanced or Custom installation all the time and read all notifications as carefully as possible. Finally, if you find a check box, which claims that you agree to install Roaming Rate virus make sure that you deselect it.
How to remove Roaming Rate virus?
Fortunately, it’s not difficult to remove adware-type programs. Most of them can be found on the Add/Remove programs list and removed manually. However, we want to remind you that adwares and other PUPs tend to spread in ‘families’. Therefore, in order to remove Roaming Rate virus and other suspicious programs from your PC, we recommend using a reliable anti-spyware:
You can remove Roaming Rate automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareWebroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus, Malwarebytes Anti Malware. We recommend these applications because they can easily delete potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.

Manual Roaming Rate ads Removal Guide:
Delete Roaming Rate from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
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Uninstall Roaming Rate and related programs
Here, look for Roaming Rate or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Eliminate Roaming Rate from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Roaming Rate or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Remove Roaming Rate from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Roaming Rate and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Roaming Rate removal.
Erase Roaming Rate ads from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
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Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Roaming Rate should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariGet rid of Roaming Rate from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Roaming Rate and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Roaming Rate removal.
Uninstall Roaming Rate from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Roaming Rate and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Roaming Rate removal.
Delete Roaming Rate from Safari
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Roaming Rate or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Roaming Rate removal process.