Remove PhraseProfessor

PhraseProfessor is a malicious web browser plug -in, very similar to Clever Search, WordAnchor, Word Surfer, WordShark, among others. In the same way those plug-ins do, PhraseProfessor offers to provide an option to help users with their searches and translations needs. On its official website we can read the following statement: “PhraseProfessor is a software tool that turns any search or translation into an easy task. Just highlight any desired text on any website and PhraseProfessor will show you the best results coming from Wikipedia and Bing without leaving the website you’re visiting”. All of these pretty words are nothing more than an attempt to make their software look legitimate, when in all truth PhraseProfessor is an adware also considered as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The main reason for this is that PhraseProfessor has a very suspicious behavior: it gets installed quietly, it shows a lot of intrusive publicity and it spies on the user’s web activity.

PhraseProfessor uses techniques that allows it to show its ads in every possible corner of all the websites you visit. Even though these ads might seem harmless at first, they could guide your browsing towards websites where you could end up with even more infections. Plus PhraseProfessor spies on your online activity. Among the data recollected, personal data might be included such as your PayPal login information or data related to your bank account. PhraseProfessor’s developers won’t hesitate to sell this information afterwards, no matter what the threat might be for you, including identity theft.

The following free guide will help you remove PhraseProfessor once and for all.

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How to remove PhraseProfessor ?

Remove PhraseProfessor with AdwCleaner

The AdwCleaner tool will examine your pc and internet browser for PhraseProfessor, browser extensions and registry keys, that may have been installed on your pc without your knowledge.

• You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
  Download AdwCleaner
• Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, then double-click on the file AdwCleaner.exe.
• If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run.
• When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button.
• To remove malicious files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button.
• Please click on the OK button to allow AdwCleaner reboot your computer.

Remove PhraseProfessor with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware detects and removes malware like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, spyware, and more. All you have to do is launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free and run a scan. If you want even better protection, consider Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium and its instant real-time scanner that automatically prevents malware and websites from infecting your PC.

• Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
  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.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
• Once the program has loaded, select Scan now.
• When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
• 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.