Remove MapsGalaxy

MapsGalaxy is a new adware by Mindspark. Being so, this program hides a toolbar that will modify in every web browser installed on your system some of the main settings in order to setup certain malicious search engines like ask or search.myway.com.

Even if MapsGalaxy has its own attractive official website, even showing off a Norton logo, we must accept that is all part of a deceiving advertising technique. Some of the malicious tasks can be found explained on this website, however its quite impossible to read them without getting a headache.

MapsGalaxy as all of the other adware created by Mindspark, is installed either by attaching it to a popular free software or hidden along fake cracks installers, fake update installers, etc… Therefore if a user finds its computer infected with MapsGalaxy, we can be sure that it wasn’t the user who installed it with full knowledge of what was happening.

It’s no way near easy to manually remove MapsGalaxy and many malicious people know this, so they take advantage of this to offer some allegedly removal tool that won’t actually achieve anything even when you  will be asked for some kind of payment first. What’s even worse, when afterwards you’ll start looking for help to remove those tools you’ll be in even more trouble.

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How to remove MapsGalaxy ?

Remove MapsGalaxy from your computer

Depending on what program has installed MapsGalaxy, the program may have a different name or not be installed on your computer. If you cannot find any unwanted or unknown programs on your machine, then you can proceed directly with the next step.

1. Click the Start button, then click on the Control Panel menu option. If you are using Windows 8, simply drag your mouse pointer to the right edge of the screen, select Search from the list and search for "control panel".
2. Click on the Uninstall a program option under Programs category.
3. Search for MapsGalaxy and click the Uninstall button

Remove MapsGalaxy 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 MapsGalaxy with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a helpful tool designed to delete unwanted toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner will require no set up and can be ran in a instant to examine your computer.

• Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop :
  Download AdwCleaner
• Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Windows Vista/7/8 users : right-click and select Run As Administrator).
• Click on the Scan button.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Clean button..
• Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.

Remove MapsGalaxy 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 you still see traces of MapsGalaxy after following all the steps above you can reset your browser performing this operation:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer