Application Nation is an adware; in other words, an unwanted tool that gets distributed thanks to free software whose setup programs have been modified to include it by some download platforms. When you forget to customize the install process of software you install, Application Nation will find it easy to infiltrate your system along with many other infections.
Application Nation has a simple role, to help its creators win money, as they are behind all those ads you’ll be forced to see. Those ads are inserted by Application Nation in real time, which results in many bugs and a degradation on the performances of every website you attempt to see. Ads generated by Application Nation are usually tagged as Powered by Application Nation or Ads by Application Nation.
Although we can easily find a website acting as official page for Application Nation, we notice quite quickly that the program is not available for download. The only real reason why this website exists, is that they need a place to make public their conditions of use, in an attempt to protect themselves from legal problems.
Application Nation is already known among several antivirus programs, because it’s a new version of the infection called BrowseFox. SuperWeb LLC, the company behind these infections never changes its ways, it only changes the name of their program, while also registering a new domain for their conditions and terms.
You should know that Application Nation is detected as a malware by 28 security software.
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How to remove Application Nation ?
Remove Application Nation with AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner is a useful tool made to eliminate undesired toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner needs no set up and can be ran in a instantaneous to scan your system.
- 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 Application Nation 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 Application Nation.
- 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.
Reset your browser (if necessary)
If after following the above steps Application Nation is still present on your computer, you can reset your browser by following the instructions below.
- Open Chrome.
- Click on the Chrome menu button
on the browser toolbar. - Select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page, search for Show advanced settings.
- Scroll down once again to the end of the page and click Reset browser settings button.
- Click Reset once more.
- Open Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button.
- Go over to the Help sub-menu, then select Troubleshooting Information.
- Click the Repair Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the page.
- Mozilla Firefox will automatically restart.
- Download ResetBrowser :
Download ResetBrowser - Download the tool, save it on your desktop and double-click on it.
- Read the disclaimer and press the Ok button.
- Click the Reset Chrome button and wait.
- Once the process is finished, click onOpen Chrome Application Nation should now be deleted from Firefox.
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