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

Browser hijackers are annoying malicious parasites that prevent users from having a normal browsing experience. The Yow Winner Prize webpage is a symptom of such infection. If you constantly get redirected to this page, you are in trouble. Hijackers are known to alter your browser settings and even install shady toolbars and extensions without your knowledge or consent. What’s more, victims of this malware will notice that their homepage, new tabs pages and search provider are replaced with that same bogus site called Yow Winner Prize. That’s not all.

What browser hijackers are mostly known for are their ability to turn your browser into an ad-displaying tool. No matter what site you are visiting, you’ll get attacked by numerous ads in the pop-up, in-text or banner form. Because hijackers can obtain the web history and habits of the victim, along with their search queries, this malicious parasite will be able to generate a specific kind of advertisements that the user is most likely to click on. The main goal is to create PPC (Pay-Per-Click) revenue.

Users can get a browser hijacker infection without even realizing it. Hijackers are incredibly sneaky parasites. The most common means of distribution are fake update requests and free software bundles. Hijackers can also get spread via spam emails and attachments, rogue apps, dubious links and adverts, corrupt torrent files, etc. We recommend our readers to use only reliable and licensed sources when they update their software. Don’t blindly trust a random pop-up that wants you to click on a suspicious link, in order to update a program on your computer. More often than not, such update pop-ups turn out to be fake.

Also, when downloading software from the internet, it is always best to select Custom or Advanced mode in the Setup Wizard. This way you can have full control over the installation process and can easily view the full contents of a software bundle. Often developers repackage programs and applications and bundle them together with malware. The presence of such malicious parasite will not be properly disclosed. That’s the reason why users are oblivious to the fact that they are actually installing a virus on their computer. However, if you follow our advice, you will be able to deselect any unwanted program that you deem suspicious or never even knew that you downloaded.

Browser hijackers are not exactly ‘viruses’. They affect your browser only, not the computer system. Still, they should not be underestimated and must be removed as soon as you detect their presence on your PC. There are hidden dangers behind the seemingly harmless ads that are generated by this malicious software. Often, ads and pop-ups will be displayed as exclusive deals and sales, special offers and coupons, blinking messages, fake update requests, etc.

You must not fall into this trap. Whatever you do – don’t click on them! That’s exactly what cyber criminals want you to do. Such adverts might redirect you to potentially infected sources that seek to open backdoors for other hackers. Through them, they can launch various threats like adware, spyware, worm, Trojans or even ransomware! You may be one click away from granting hackers access to personal information such as but not limited to passwords, IP addresses, credit card numbers, bank account credentials, Login Ids, etc. If you want to return to a peaceful and ad-free browsing experience, you need to remove this malicious parasite as soon as possible! Read our instructions below to find out how to do that.

Yow Winner Prize Virus 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 to the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still cannot remove Yow Winner Prize Virus from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.