I wrote this article to help you remove Chrome Settings Button Extension. This Chrome Settings Button Extension removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

The Chrome Settings Button extension is classified both as an adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Either way, this program is malicious. It doesn’t matter as what it is classified, it is still dangerous and it should be removed as soon as possible from your PC. If you leave it be, it will completely ruin your online activities. This program was never meant to be beneficial to you. It has one simple goal – to generate pay-per-click revenue for its developers. The problem is that it does so at your expense. You are the one to suffer all the time. Don’t grant it time on board. As soon as you notice it, take immediate action against it. Find where it is lurking on your machine and delete it upon discovery. The sooner you do so, the better.

How does the pest operate? Basically, it bombards you with a never-ending pile of commercials. Your entire browser experience changes significantly. You are buried with ads. Every page you load is completely covered with banners, coupons, deals, offers, in-texts, pop-ups, video ads, etc. and etc. The infection generated tons of sponsored adverts and every time you click on one of them, the crooks gain profit. This is called the pay-per-click mechanism.

Also, you get redirected to unknown pages all the time. And all of this becomes more aggressive with each passing day. Your browsers begin to struggle with displaying content correctly. They even crash and freeze often. You are not able to surf the web normally. But this is not the worst part.

Yes, the pest demolished your online activities but there is something else. You are always a single click away from more malware. The ads as well as the pages, you are forced to visit are not reliable. You can easily compromise your already compromised machine further. All it takes is a single click/ad on the wrong page/ad to download more parasites. Are you actively trying to get more threats on board? Of course, not. You must get rid of the ads and the only way to do that is to get rid of the PUP altogether. Use our removal guide at the end of this article and clean your PC for good.

How did the Chrome Settings Button extension manage to infect you? The PUP relies on the basic infiltration methods to get on board. For example, it uses spam emails, fake torrents, bundled software, fake updates, compromised pages, etc. The thing is each one of these methods would do if you are careless. Your carelessness is what hackers pray the most for. Without it, they cannot succeed. If you pay enough attention, you will be able to spot the intruder whichever tactic it may be using to trick you. Vigilance is the key.

Distraction and haste are your enemies. They only help crooks by making you an even easier target. Do your due diligence and keep your computer clean. Don’t open emails from unknown senders. Don’t click on every ad you see. Don’t throw caution to the wind when installing programs. But do carefully read what you are agreeing to. Don’t skip the fine print. It is all in your hands and it is up to you whether or not the infection will succeed in fooling you.

Chrome Settings Button Extension 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 Chrome Settings Button Extension from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.