I wrote this article to help you remove Kip5j.com. This Kip5j.com removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
If you see the Kip5j.com site every time you go online, the news is not good. Your machine is no longer infection-free. It harbors an adware parasite. That’s right. You are infected with an adware and the constant appearance of the Kip5j.com page is a clear sign of that. Do not panic, though. You are dealing with a cyber pest and you need to remain calm and take adequate measures.
The truth is that the adware is removable. It is even relatively easy to tackle. But this, of course, does not make it harmless. There is no such thing as an innocuous pest. If you let the adware stays, it will cause you lots of problems. That’s why you need to act fast. As soon as you spot the Kip5j.com page, find where the pest is hiding and remove it. Do not procrastinate and do not give it time to evolve. The sooner you get rid of the intruder, the better for you and your system.
Once the adware enters, problems start pouring. Your browsing experience changes significantly and not for the better. Every time you go online, you get interrupted by the pest. For instance, the Kip5j.com site shows up all the time. When you open a new tab, it is there. When you type in a search, it is among the results. You even get redirected to it while trying to visit other pages. There is not getting rid of this site. In addition, the adware bombards you with tons of commercials non-stop. You see banners, coupons, deals, offers, in texts, pop-ups, video ads, pop-unders, etc.
Any type of ad you can think you, you see it. What it worse. These ads are not safe. They are sponsored. Crooks use them to boost web traffic to particular pages and gain pay-per-click revenue. You should know better than to trust a sponsored ad. If you click, not only will you be sponsoring hackers, but you will also be risking your PC`s safety. If you happen to click on a corrupted advert, and there are plenty of those on your screen, you will either land on a malicious site, full of infections or you will download an infection directly from the ad.
Do yourself a favor and avoid clicking on anything as long as the adware remains. It is not safe. With the pest on board, you are constantly exposed to malware risk. Aside from that, your privacy is being jeopardized. The adware is programmed to spy on you and collect sensitive data. Then, it sends it all to the crooks behind it and they can use it for whatever they see fit. Do not gamble with your privacy. Use our removal guide below and delete the adware before it causes some irrevocable damage.
How did the adware get on board without you realizing it? Well, infections like this must ask for your permission in order to enter your machine, otherwise, they cannot get in. However, no pest asks for approval openly. It leaves to much room for denial. This adware doesn’t differentiate. It turns to the old but gold means of infiltration like freeware bundles, spam email messages, fake program updates, corrupted pages, malicious third-party ads, etc.
Each of these techniques will work if you are careless and distracted but neither of them will work if you do your due diligence. Keep that in mind when you are surfing the web. Always be careful which pages you visit, what torrents you use and what ads you click on. Do not throw caution to the wind as this is what all infections are waiting for. Be on the alert and keep your PC infection-free.
Kip5j.com Removal
Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:
For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.
For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.
Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.
While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.
Here are the steps you must perform to remove the hijacker from the browser:
Remove From Mozilla Firefox:
Open Firefox, click on top-right corner 
, click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.
Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.
Remove From Chrome:
Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).
Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.
Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.
Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.
Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.
Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.
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.
Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.
Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.
Still can not remove Kip5j.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.
