Remove Generous Deal

Generous Deal is given name of a parasite software that is considered malicious/unwanted as well because its developer makes no effort whatsoever to clearly explain the user the consequences of installing its software.

Generous Deal’s only goals are to show ads in all web browsers installed in your PC, and to spy on your internet activity.

These ads can be seen either as pop-ups, banners, and/or blue and green underlined words within the text of every visited website. They are usually tagged with the phrase Powered by Generous Deal or Generous Deal Ads, and it’s actually thanks to these tags that people realize they have been infected with a malicious software. We can also see this by taking a look at our browser’s add-ons list, as we can see in the following example for Internet Explorer and Firefox. Although in Firefox we can see that it says it has been deactivated by default.

Generous Deal can also be considered a spyware, because it collects and saves data about your online activity, including searches you perform and websites you visit. This data is used to customize the ads shown to you but also to save it in remote databases that can be sold afterwards.

To avoid this kind of problem in the future, make sure that every time you’re installing something new (specially with free software), you have removed any pre-selected case offering additional software.

We can easily find online a website posing as Generous Deal‘s official page. However it’s not even possible to download it there, they published this page only to  make the conditions of use available. In this way no one can legally proceed against them.

How to remove Generous Deal ?

Remove Generous Deal with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a program that searches for and removes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your pc. By using AdwCleaner you can simply eliminate many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your pc and while browsing websites.

• Download AdwCleaner (Official link and direct-download) :
  Download AdwCleaner
• Select AdwCleaner.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator.
• If User Account Control asks you to allow AdwCleaner.exe to make changes to your computer, press Yes to continue.
• Start scanning your computer for any malicious threats by selecting the Scan button, please wait.
• If AdwCleaner is done, it will display a list of malicious items detected, If you have nothing to uncheck, continue to the removal process and select the Clean button.
• Reboot your computer.

Remove Generous Deal with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware detects and removes malware like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, spyware, and more. All you have to do is launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free and run a scan. If you want even better protection, consider Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium and its instant real-time scanner that automatically prevents malware and websites from infecting your PC.

• Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
  Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection)
• Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
• Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
• Once the program has loaded, select Scan now.
• When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
• When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.

Remove Generous Deal with ZHPCleaner

ZHPCleaner is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your computer. By using ZHPCleaner you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.

• If Avast is installed on you computer you have to disable it during the process.
• You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
  Download ZHPCleaner
• Select ZHPCleaner.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator.
• Accept the user agreement.
• Click on the Scanner button.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Repair button.
• Reboot your computer.

Reset your browser (if necessary)

If after following the above steps Generous Deal is still present on your computer, you can reset your browser by following the instructions below.

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer