Premium Download Manager is a download management tool. If you notice it’s installed in your computer you probably noticed first the unexpected ads tagged as Powered by Premium Download Manager or Ads by Premium Download Manager, probably as pop-up like the one shown below:
These ads are indeed liked to Premium Download Manager. Even though the tool itself works, it also works as a Trojan, because their goal is to be installed in a large amount of computers so they can show as many ads as possible.
To achieve a high amount of installations, Premium Download Manager counts on people being distracted when installing free software. They know very well that most people won’t read what’s included in a setup program. This is why Premium Download Manager is packaged with many freewares. Here’s an example of a non-official Chrome installer also offering Premium Download Manager.
If you ever encounter an install program like this for Chrome, close it ASAP! Premium Download Manager‘s developers are aware of the popularity of some software and choose them to add their program and achieve a large number of installs. If you fail to customize the install process you’ll end up with a malware zoo…
For your information please know that Premium Download Manager is considered as suspicious only by Symantec.
How to remove Premium Download Manager ?
Remove Premium Download Manager with CCleaner
- Download and install CCleaner by Piriform by clicking the button below.
Download CCleaner - Once the program is installed go to the Cleaner section and click the Analyze button. Once the scan is complete, click the Run Cleaner button.
- Then go to Tools > Startup and locate in each tab (starting with Windows, Internet Explorer) of suspicious statements which involve Premium Download Manager or similar names. Whenever click Remove and Delete .
- Finally go to Tools > Uninstall , search for Premium Download Manager from the list and click Remove if you find it.
Remove Premium Download Manager with AdwCleaner
The AdwCleaner tool will scan your system and internet browser for Premium Download Manager, browser plugins and registry keys, that may have been installed on your system without your permission.
- You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
Download AdwCleaner - Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, then double-click on the file AdwCleaner.exe.
- If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run.
- When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button.
- To remove malicious files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button.
- Please click on the OK button to allow AdwCleaner reboot your computer.
Remove Premium Download Manager 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.
Remove Premium Download Manager with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a light-weight anti-malware program that is excellent at removing the latest detections.
- Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
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.
- If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Premium Download Manager.
- When the scan is complete, make sure that everything is set to Quarantine, and click Apply Actions.
- 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 Premium Download Manager with HitmanPro
HitmanPro is a second opinion scanner, designed to rescue your computer from malware. HitmanPro is designed to work alongside existing security programs without any conflicts. HitmanPro offers you a Free Scan for a second opinion.
- You can download HitmanPro from the below link:
Download HitmanPro - Double-click on the file named HitmanPro.exe (for 32-bit versions of Windows) or HitmanPro_x64.exe (for 64-bit versions of Windows).
- Click on the Next button, to install HitmanPro on your computer.
- HitmanPro will now begin to scan your computer for Premium Download Manager malicious files.
- When it has finished it will display a list of all the malware that the program found as shown in the image below. Click on the Next button, to remove Premium Download Manager virus.
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