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

As its name suggests, Recipes Extension is a browser extension which provides culinary ideas and guidance. If you love cooking and like to try new recipes, you may come across this tool. We must warn you that this particular app is risky. You will see that it asks for advanced permissions when proceeding with the install. By adding Recipes Extension to your web browser, you would give it the green light to read and change your browsing history and all your data on the websites you visit. The rogue tool will also be allowed to manage your apps, extensions, and themes. When installed, it will proceed to render your browser’s settings. This will expose your system to security risks.

Recipes Extension has the ability to reset the homepage and default search engine. For this reason, security experts have categorized the sinister program as a browser hijacker. The intervention will reflect on the search results. The hijacker will insert supported pages amid the legitimate matches to your queries. This is part of an elaborate promotional scheme which aims to direct you to sponsored websites. The owners of Recipes Extension get paid to forward users to supported platforms. A lot of registrants pay third party to run their marketing campaigns. This is a regular service. As such, it is governed by certain rules and regulations. The creators of the hijacker do not abide by them.

The shady program supports the websites of all paying advertisers without running them through a security scan. There are two ways to bring sponsored content to the user’s attention. The second is by displaying advertisements. Recipes Extension generates different types of ads, including freebies, banners, rebates, coupon boxes, in-text links, floating, contextual, interstitial, transitional and inline windows. The pop-ups will show you exclusive deals for miscellaneous commodities, like clothes, technological devices, furniture, accessories, decorative elements, gardening equipment, sports gear, games, toys, and many others.

The source websites behind the ads are not accounted for. The developers of Recipes Extension have disclaimed responsibility for third party content. The entity, a company from Madrid, Spain called Clever App, S.L., has opted out on the grounds that the tool only works as a mediator. The burden of the security risk is assumed entirely by the end user. Another aspect which should be addressed is the tracking activity Recipes Extension carries out. The sinister program monitors users’ online sessions and records the input they enter into fields and forms. The data the hijacker can obtain encompasses your browsing history, tracking cookies, keystrokes, IP address, geographic location, demographic details, area code, email, telephone number, user names, passwords, and financial credentials. The owners of the clandestine program can sell your private information on the darkweb.

There are several ways to spread Recipes Extension. The app has an official website, registered to the domain address recipesextension.com. If you did not acquire the tool, its presence in your system can be attributed to trickery. In most cases, programs like Recipes Extension are spread with the help of other utilities. Freeware, shareware, and pirated applications are the predominant hosts because they lack license protection. The download client will offer the unwanted tool as a bonus. If you do not deselect it, it will be given access to your computer. Our advice is to always get acquainted with the terms and conditions of the programs you intend to install to your PC, avoid unconfirmed tools and software distribution platforms.

Spam emails are another entry point for Recipes Extension. The hijacker can be transferred with the help of an attached file. The sender will present the attachment as an official document on an urgent matter. He can misrepresent a reputable company or organization, like the national post, a bank, an institution, a government branch, a courier firm, a social network, or the district police department. Before following instructions from an email, make sure it is genuine. Check the available contacts. Drive-by installations are the simplest method of spreading malware. You can contract an infection through a single click. Be cautious about the websites you visit and the links you follow.

Recipes Extension Uninstall

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