Virus Removal Support 1-800-862-6504: Linkey Deals removal Steps

What is Linkey Deals?

Developed by Aztec Media Inc, the Linkey Deals application probably helps to save time and money while shopping online by advertising coupons, enabling identification shopping, and other similar purposes - "Linkey Deals charge you nothing but can save you lots. This free browser add-on helps you for online shopping, making sure you can always find the reasonable option.". Although this functionality may seem genuine and helpful, be aware that Linkey Deals is classified as adware and a potentially undesirable program (PUP). As with regular adware, Linkey Deals is shared as a 'bundle' with other software. Furthermore, after attack on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox), Linkey Deals displays various invasive online advertisements and tracks Internet browsing movements.

Linkey Deals employs a virtual layer to display invasive online advertisements such as coupons, pop-ups, and comparison shopping. The virtual layer allows placing of graphical content on websites visited. Note that the advertised content does not originate from the visited webpages. In extention, some of these ads may open in new browser tabs/windows, and therefore, the chance of coincidental user clicks significantly increases. These displayed advertisements may seem danger, since they mostly redirect to different commercial websites (for example, online stores). Despite this, they may also switch to bad websites containing trojans, thereby lead to computer infections. Furthermore, Linkey Deals tracks Internet browsing actions and collect various browsing-related data. Be aware that the collected information (such as Internet Protocol [IP] addresses, URLs visited, pages viewed, etc.) might have personally identifiable details that are later shared with third parties and can be mistreat. Thus, having Linkey Deals installed on your system can result in severe privacy issues or even personality theft. You should uninstall Linkey Deals from your system immediately.

How did Linkey Deals install on our computer?

Linkey Deals is commonly distributed using a unreliable software marketing process called 'bundling', and therefore, it enter in systems without users' permission. Bundling is a way to secretly distribute applications with the regular software. Many users do not pay sufficient attention when downloading and installing software. Users skip most of the steps including the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' options (where fake applications such as Linkey Deals are usually hidden), thereby inadvertently installing fake applications without their permission.

Linkey Deals adware removal steps:

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and clickUninstall a program.

Windows xp user:

Click Start, choose Settings and click Control Panel. Locate and click Add or Remove Programs.

Windows 8 user:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

MAC OSX users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Linkey Deals", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon Internet Explorer options icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Linkey Deals", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

Reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon Google Chrome options icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Linkey Deals", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the linkey deals, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon Google Chrome options icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Tools. From the opened menu, select Extensions. In the opened window, select Settings (at the left corner of the screen). Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Show advanced settings… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset browser settings button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu firefox menu icon (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove "Linkey Deals".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with linkey deals removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, firefox menu icon in the opened menu, click the Open Help Menu icon, firefox help menu icon