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Internet Explorer will now erase all your personal data, browsing history, and disable all add-ons and toolbars. In the reset dialog shown above, please put a check mark in Delete personal settings and then click on the Reset button. Internet Explorer will now open a confirmation dialog asking you to confirm that you wish to reset your browser. This will open the Advanced Settings screen.
Now click on the Advanced tab as shown in the image above. Now click on the menu option labeled Internet options as shown by the arrow in the picture above, which will open the Internet Options screen. This will open the main menu for Internet Explorer as shown below. To reset Internet Explorer, open the program and click on the Internet Explorer menu button ( ) in the top right-hand corner of the window. All of your bookmarks, though, will be preserved. This process will also disable any installed toolbars and add-ons. Doing these steps will erase all configuration information from Internet Explorer such as your home page, saved form information, browsing history, and cookies.
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In order to remove Master PC Cleaner PUP completely you will need to reset Internet Explorer back to its initial settings. You can now close the Settings tab and continue with the rest of the instructions. Your bookmarks, though, will remain intact and still be accessible. Chrome will now erase all your personal data, browsing history, and disable all installed extensions. To reset Chrome, click on the Reset button. Chrome will now open a confirmation dialog asking if you are sure you wish to reset your browser. Now click on the Reset settings button as shown in the image above. Scroll to the very bottom until you see the reset button as shown in the image below. option to open the advanced settings screen. option as shown in the image below.Ĭlick on the Show advanced settings. Scroll down to the very bottom and you will see a Show advanced settings. Now click on the menu option labeled Settings as shown by the arrow in the picture above, which will open the basic settings screen. This will open the main menu for Chrome as shown below. To reset Chrome, open the program and click on the Chrome menu button ( ) in the top right-hand corner of the window.
This process will also disable any installed extensions. Doing these steps will erase all configuration information from Chrome such as your home page, tab settings, saved form information, browsing history, and cookies. In order to remove Master PC Cleaner PUP completely you will need to reset Chrome back to its initial settings. If you feel that this is not a program you wish on your computer, you can use the removal guide below to remove it for free.
While Master PC Cleaner may be a program that can fix some issues, since it detects some items that I feel are harmless and then prompts you to pay to remove them, I would not be comfortable recommending the use of this program.
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Furthermore, If the license agreement or installation screens state that they are going to install a toolbar or other unwanted adware, it is advised that you immediately cancel the install and not use the free software.
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If an installation screen offers you Custom or Advanced installation options, it is a good idea to select these as they will typically disclose what other 3rd party software will also be installed. Therefore, it is important that you pay close attention to license agreements and installation screens when installing anything off of the Internet. It is important to note that Master PC Cleaner is bundled with and installed by free programs that did not adequately disclose that other software would be installed along with it. How was Master PC Cleaner installed on my Computer? This is just another reason that would lead me to avoid this program. Last, but not least, as security programs detect Master PC Cleaner PUP as unwanted program or other classification. Furthermore, Microsoft themselves have posted an article that states that registry cleaners could cause "serious issues" when modifying the registry and that they do not support the use of these types of tools. The problem with registry cleaners is that there is no research that indicates that cleaning the registry provides any performance gain. These entries, though, will not cause a problem on the computer. For example, in one of the sceenshots above you can see that Master PC Cleaner detects registry entries as medium severity that are used by Microsoft Outlook and one Master PC Cleaner itself. As previously stated, my biggest problem with Master PC Cleaner is that many of issues that are detected won't cause a performance issue on the computer.