DownPay Removal Guide - Get Rid of Ads by DownPay

Screenshot of DownPay

Know more about DownPay

DownPay is an adware  which  states to save your time and money when you shopping online. However, it is not a beneficial program but only to display a lot of ads on your browser. Once your browser is infected with DownPay, it will add to your browser as extension or add-on. When you open the browser, it will pop up to replace your homepage or new tab.


If you are fooled to install its application, you will install the adware which will always show  a lot of ads on the websites you are visiting. It will underlines some key words on the websites and display related advertising show in boxes. The unstoppable pop up ads will show on your browsers no matter you want them or not. You will see ads with label" Ads by DownPay", "DownPay Ads",etc.

DownPay will also recorded your browsing history and search key-words so as to feed you various ads. It will also steal personal information and pass onto the third party for marketing. It is not safe to keep DownPay on the computer, you shouledremove it soon.

Solutions to remove DownPay  

In this post, there will be two solutions to remove DownPay :

1. Remove DownPay manually.

2. Remove DownPay by using SpyHunter anti-malware.

Instructions to Get Rid of DownPay

Method 1: DownPay  Manual Deletion

Step 1: Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.
( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 2: Reset your browser setting

Firefox:

In the drop-down list of Firefox, go to Help and click on Troubleshooting Information.

Click on the Reset Firefox button to reset it.

Google Chrome: 

Click on the Chrome menu on the right of toolbar and then select Settings.

Scroll down to the bottom to click Show advanced settings.

Go down to the bottom and click Reset browser settings to reset Google Chrome to its default setting.

IE: 

Click Tools on the up right corner and select Internet Options.

Click on Advanced tab, press Reset button to reset IE to its default settings.

Step 3: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all the infection registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "SearchAssistant" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"

Step 4: All the infection associated files listed below need to be removed:

%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>

Method  2: Automatic Removal with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a world-famous real-time malware protection and removal tool, which is designed to detect , remove and protect your PC from the latest malware attacks, such as Trojans, worms, rootkits, rogue viruses, browser hijacker, ransomware, adware, key-loggers, and so forth. To keep SpyHunter Anti-malware on your computer is an important way to protect your computer in a good condition. Please find the instruction as follow. 

Step 1: Press the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.

Step 3: Click Finish then you can use it to scan your computer to find out potential threats by pressing Scan computer now!

Step 4: Tick Select all and then Remove to delete all threats.

Note: Manual removal DownPay refers to key parts of computer system. Any error step may lead to system crash. If you don’t have sufficient expertise in dealing with the manual removal. Spyhunter can be your better choice, because it is capable of auto-detecting and removing viruses.

Download SpyHunter to Remove DownPay  Now!