What is Counterflix?
We guess all of us find it disappointing when a site of an interest is blocked due to location policies, So, it’s not surprising that some users try to overcome these restrictions with the help of additional software and services. Counterflix is the name of one of such tools that offer prospects of granting the access to the restricted sources. The service solicitously presents its DNS servers to bypass the interdictions, however we wouldn’t advice using Counterflix, as it has major drawbacks. If a person uses the tool for free, he or she also gets commercial offers in terms of pop-ups and in-text links. Very soon users start to find these ads too obtrusive and want to get rid of them but fail, that’s why we present this article to help you to remove Counterflix adware.
How Counterflix got installed on your computer?
As we’ve mentioned before, many users find it on purpose, as they suppose it being a helpful service. Still, there are cases when users get Counterflix accidentally. Mostly it happens with the attempt to install new program downloaded from the Internet. Often freeware contains additional applications, and all of them are safe. To distinguish infected setups change the settings to Advanced and then find the step with all components. After that search for the names of applications on the Internet and leave only those that are secure.
Symptoms of Counterflix infection
- First and the most striking proof of what you have an adware is ads generated on pages where they haven’t appeared before. The ads can be of any type – pop-ups, in-text hyperlinks, banners and their amount increases on shopping sites. Some of them may be labeled as “Ads by Counterflix”, “Brought by Counterflix”, “Powered by Counterflix”, etc.
- Another indicator of adware infection is appearance of new programs that you don’t remember installing and processes in start-up queue.
- Also, you may notice the significant slowdown in the system operating, since running of the applications required for adware activity may consume a lot of CPU.
- Besides slowing down the computer itself, adware infection may as well negatively affect the speed of Internet connection.
How to remove Counterflix?
To make sure that the adware won’t appear again, you need to delete Counterflix completely. For this you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Counterflix files and registry entries.
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to automatic removal tool.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Counterflix. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Counterflix, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Counterflix manual removal
Uninstall Counterflix from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the adware appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Counterflix you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Counterflix from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Counterflix and click Uninstall
How to remove Counterflix from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Counterflix and click Uninstall
How to remove Counterflix from Windows 8/8.1
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Counterflix
How to remove Counterflix from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Counterflix and remove it
If you experience problems with removing Counterflix from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove Counterflix from browsers
Since most of adware threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove Counterflix from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Counterflix or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Counterflix from Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete Counterflix or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Counterflix from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Counterflix or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Counterflix from Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near Counterflix or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
Remove files and registry entries added by Counterflix
Sometimes removal via Control Panel is not enough since the built-in application can leave some files that shortly will restore the adware. So, you need to find all of the following items and delete them.
Remove Counterflix files and folders:
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CounterFlix
%PROGRAMFILES%\CounterFlix
Remove Counterflix registry entries:
SOFTWARE\CounterFlix
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CounterFlix
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Counterflix.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Counterflix removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Counterflix.
