Guide to Get Rid of Ads by DiscountApp Step by Step

DiscountApp is installed on my computer without approval. And I want to remove it but it is very stubborn. What can I do to get rid of this annoying program? Is there a solution?

Description of DiscountApp

DiscountApp should be a vicious adware program that can be installed onto your machine in secret without your permission together with other free programs. In general, this program is always bundled with some free software or shareware, so when you install those programs onto the system, you will let this adware enter your machine as well.
As long as you install this unwanted program, you will see that the browser like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari will be infected by DiscountApp and the homepage is replaced by other website as well. Moreover, this program may redirect you to other undesired websites whether you open a new tab on the browser or click on any search results. Hence, it always drives many victims crazy.
Besides, DiscountApp may pretend to help you surf the Internet more conveniently. However, when you type your key words in its item and click “Go”, you will be taken to its domain websites that are related to the benefit of cyber criminals. What’s more, if you let it stay on your browser for a long time, it can collect your browsing information for malicious activities. Thus, you ought to uninstall DiscountApp as soon as possible when you find it is installed on your machine.

Screenshot of DiscountApp

Annoyances that are caused by DiscountApp:

1.DiscountApp virus will slow down your PC speed, so you cannot use your PC smoothly.
2.Lots of ads keep popping up when you surf the Internet.
3.DiscountApp virus will disable your antivirus program and help other viruses attack your PC
4.Redirect problem will happen all the time.

Steps to remove DiscountApp virus:

1.Stop all vicious processes of DiscountApp from Task Manager
To do this, you can hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the same time to open the Task Manager. But you should know that the virus’s name may vary from one to other, so you should be careful.

2.Display all hidden files so as to remove DiscountApp's files
To show all hidden files from PC, please follow these steps:
①Click Start Menu and click Control Panel

②Click Appearance and Personalization and click Folder Options

③Go to View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and deselect Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)

④Click OK
3.Remove all malicious files and keys from Registry Editor
To do this, you can click on Start Menu and click Run. When a dialogue pops up, you should type "regedit" in the box and click OK.

Then you will see the following Screenshot:

Now, please remove the following keys from the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
Note: you should know that any mistake changes happen in the registry will cause other serious system problems. So before you make some changes, you should back up your registry first!

How to Open & Back up the Registry