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

Fishjane is a nasty adware program which, needless to say, has no business on your machine unless you are okay with it destroying your online experience. Adware pieces are sneaky infections. They are incredibly annoying, but since you are currently infected with one, you already know that. And yet, this virus getting on your nerves is not the biggest problem you have to deal with.

As we already mentioned, Fishjane is very secretive and sneaky. It slithers in your system undetected and starts wreaking havoc. But do you know when or how it entered? Probably not. It leaves you oblivious to that part so you cannot stop it. Let`s explain. Adware infections are still programs which need your approval to get on board. If they don’t receive it, they cannot get it. This means that at some point you must have given Fishjane green light and, the chances are, you don’t even remember doing so.

The parasite tricks you into giving your consent. It relies on the oldest tactics in the book. The most popular one is freeware bundles. Crooks often attach infections to a bundle and the users do the rest by not being careful. That’s I what you probably did as well. Most people don’t bother to read the Terms and Conditions when installing a bundle. They skip that part and keep pressing “next” until the program is installed. Also, they tend to opt for the Basic settings in the Setup Wizard instead of the Advanced ones because they take less time. Another mistake.

The Advanced setting may be more time-consuming but they also give you complete control over the installation process. You are able to see each program in the bundle as well as to deselect anything that you want. So, why rush it? Infections pray for your haste and distraction more than anything else. That’s their only chance of getting in. Be attentive. Be careful. And we don’t only mean with bundles but in general. There are other infiltration techniques as well, such as spam email messages, corrupted links/pages, unverified torrents, fake updates, etc. Don’t be gullible and don’t help crooks infect you by being negligent. This time you got adware but next time you may get something much more dreaded like ransomware or a Trojan. Don’t allow this.

Once the adware in on board, it doesn’t waste any time. There is one more thing, aside from slithering in, which the pest does in complete silence. It starts spying on you from the moment it enters. It is programmed to keep close track of your online activity, to gather valuable information and then to send it to the crooks behind it. Do you think hackers having access to your privacy is a good idea? Of course, not. These people won`t think twice before using your details for their malicious purposes or setting them to third parties. Act before it is too late. Find the intruded and delete it on the spot. To do so manually, use our detailed removal guide at the end of this article.

The rest of the adware`s shenanigans are pretty hard to miss. The pest turns your browsing into a nightmare. It adds a pesky plugin to all of your browsers thus forcing them to serve crooks. For starters, you are constantly being redirected to shady pages. You cannot find anything you are looking for online. You are flooded with a never-ending pile of pop-ups which you cannot get rid of. You are interrupted all the time. The ads are covering your screen 24/7, popping and blocking content. Do you know why they are so intrusive? Because hackers use them as well as the pay-per-click method to make money. Yes, each of your click fills crooks pockets. But not only that. This adware mostly generates sponsored, tailored ads which are very unsafe.

A single click on the wrong one and you automatically download more infections. Stay away from everything the parasite throws your way as it is probably dangerous. Even if the ads look harmless or helpful, it is only because the adware wants them to be. As we said, it has access to your browsing-related data and it uses your likes and preferences to create ads which you may like. Don’t fall into that trap. Delete the virus now. It is also causing your machine to underperform and your browsers to freeze. You may even have problems with your Internet connection. End this ASAP. Use our removal guide and regain control over your online experience.

Fishjane Uninstall

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you know how to do this, 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.

Please, follow the steps precisely to remove Fishjane 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 Fishjane from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.