KingThink is an adware, parasite software that cannot be detected by your antivirus. It penetrates your computer during free downloads or you inadvertently accept certain conditions that go with the downloaded software. For that matter, you should be very careful during the installation process of free software and read the terms of use.
KingThink may collect personal information, especially from your browsing and search history in order to display you targeted advertising. These ads can be in the form of traditional banners but also underlined text keywords in blue or green on pages that you visit. In general, these ads have the mention of ads by KingThink or Powered by KingThink.
As a result, the performance of both your computer and your connection are considerably slowed down and many pop-up windows will show up to redirect you to other websites. As usual, it’s not easy to get rid of this type of programs because their designers do everything to keep them as long as possible on a computer just to make more money.
If you think you’re infected by KingThink, follow the instructions below.
For your information please know that KingThink is considered as suspicious by 35 security software.
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How to remove KingThink ?
Reset your browser (if necessary)
If after following the above steps KingThink is still present on your computer, you can reset your browser by following the instructions below.
- Open Chrome.
- Click on the three stripes button in the right top corner.
- Select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page, search for Show advanced settings.
- Scroll down once again to the end of the page and click Reset browser settings button.
- Click Reset once more.
- Open Firefox
- Go to the orange Firefox button in the top left.
- Click on Help then Troubleshooting information.
- Click the Repair Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the page.
- Mozilla Firefox will automatically restart.
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on the wrench incon
in the top right corner the select Internet Options. - Select the tab Advanced and then on the Reset button.
- In the Reset Internet Explorer settings section, select the Delete personal settings check box, then click on Reset button.
- When Internet Explorer has completed its task, click on the Close button in the confirmation dialogue box.
Remove KingThink with AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner is a tool that looks for and removes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your system. By using AdwCleaner you can simply eliminate many of these types of programs for a much better user experience on your computer and while browsing websites.
- Download AdwCleaner (Official link and direct-download) :
Download AdwCleaner - Select AdwCleaner.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator.
- If User Account Control asks you to allow AdwCleaner.exe to make changes to your computer, press Yes to continue.
- Start scanning your computer for any malicious threats by selecting the Scan button, please wait.
- If AdwCleaner is done, it will display a list of malicious items detected, If you have nothing to uncheck, continue to the removal process and select the Clean button.
- Reboot your computer.
Remove KingThink with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a light-weight anti-malware program that is excellent at removing the latest detections.
- Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection) - Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
- Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
- If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for KingThink.
- When the scan is complete, make sure that everything is set to Quarantine, and click Apply Actions.
- When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.
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