I wrote this article to help you remove CHELFNOTIFY. This CHELFNOTIFY removal guide works for all Windows versions.

CHELFNOTIFY is an intrusive application. Upon getting installed to your computer, it will begin to bombard you with advertisements. The ads will appear all the time and interrupt what you are doing. You will find that there is no way to limit or prohibit the ad flow. The only solution to the issue is to uninstall CHELFNOTIFY. This is highly advised. Security experts warn that CHELFNOTIFY could take you to websites which spread malware. Another risk around the furtive program is your personal data leaking to cyber criminals. CHELFNOTIFY has the ability to track your browsing sessions and record input from your browser. The owners of the rogue program can trade your data to undisclosed third parties. Specialists have categorized CHELFNOTIFY as a potentially unwanted program (PUP).

What security problems can CHELFNOTIFY lead to?

CHELFNOTIFY has been flagged as a PUP because it has a low security status. The covert program works for the betterment of its developers without taking users’ position into consideration. The main task on the agenda of CHELFNOTIFY is to display advertisements. The PUP generates a lot of ads in miscellaneous formats, including pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, in-text links, coupon boxes, freebies, comparison, transitional, interstitial, contextual, floating, inline and full-page ads. The windows show exclusive deals for a wide variety of consumer goods. To make the ads more noticeable and appealing, the PUP decorates them with bright color schemes, flash animations, cursive fonts and other effects.

The advertisements will keep on appearing on your screen regardless whether you follow them or not. The creators of CHELFNOTIFY are paid to promote third party platforms. They receive commissions for every time they manage to get users to click on a supported link. This monetizing method is called the pay-per-click system. Since your predisposition to follow the ads is of the utmost importance, the PUP will put on an effort to attract your attention. To have a better chance at getting you to click on an ad, CHELFNOTIFY will examine your habits and try to determine your interests. The PUP will show you targeted ads. Keep in mind that the websites CHELFNOTIFY forwards to are unconfirmed. They could contain malware. We urge you to stay away from unsolicited advertisements.

CHELFNOTIFY will also expose your personal security at risk. The PUP tracks users’ online sessions and collects information about them. The gathered data is stored in catalogs and sold on the darkweb. CHELFNOTIFY can get a hold of the following details: browsing history, user names, passwords, IP address, email, phone number, geographic location, zip code, demographic profile and other personal and financial data. The gathered input is sold without the user having a say in it.

How is CHELFNOTIFY distributed?

There are a couple of ways to contact CHELFNOTIFY. The preferred propagation vector is bundling. The PUP can merge itself with another program, like a freeware tool or a pirated version of a licensed application. The secluded program will attempt to get installed together with your software of choice. To prevent this from happening, you have to find where the option for CHELFNOTIFY is listed along the terms and conditions and uncheck it. You should always take the time to read through the end user license agreement (EULA) of the programs you intend to make use of.

The other distribution method CHELFNOTIFY has adopted is spam emails. The furtive program can latch onto an attachment and get installed when the user opens it. The sender behind the fake message will try to make you believe he is a representative of a legitimate company or entity, like the national post, a bank, a courier firm, a trading platform, a social network, a government institution or the local police department. To check whether the person behind a given email is who he claims to be, look up the contacts from the message. They should match the coordinates of the organization in question.

CHELFNOTIFY Removal

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.