How to remove DealWiFi (Mystart.dealwifi.com)

What is DealWiFi

DealWiFi by RAFO Technology, Inc. is promoted as software that can make WiFi router from your PC. There is no description of technology used on their website, however we can surely say these are false statements. Developers try to make user install DealWiFi to hijack browser settings with mystart.dealwifi.com search engine and earn on user clicks on the search results. It also modifies newtab, homepage and installs extensions to prevent removal of this settings. We were not able to get free WiFi using this app. DealWiFi is considered Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) and should be removed from your computer. Here are instructions to uninstall DealWiFi and remove mystart.dealwifi.com search from Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari browsers.

How DealWiFi infected your PC

DealWiFi can infect your computer during the installation of some free program, that users download and use for certain needs. Media downloaders, converters, zip-archivers, media players, torrent clients are types of programs, that can spread adware and hijackers. Usually they give your option of “Advanced” and “Express” installation and option to decline DealWiFi installation is hidden under “Advanced” option. Look carefully at the process, when you install new app on your Windows PC. There are also anti-malware apps that can detect potentially unwanted program, such as SpyHunter 5 and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Use them to remove Mystart.dealwifi.com hijacker and DealWiFi adware.

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To remove DealWiFi completely we recommend you to use SpyHunter 5. It detects and removes all files, folders and registry keys of DealWiFi and several millions of other adware, hijackers, toolbars.

Remove DealWiFi manually for free

Here is manual step-by-step tutorial for full DealWiFi removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of DealWiFi installer on operating systems with latest updates and browser versions.

Remove DealWiFi from Control Panel

To start removing DealWiFi you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Deal Wifi Hotspot” or just “DealWifi”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Remove DealWiFi from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find DealWifi(Deal Wifi Hotspot).
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove DealWiFi from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find DealWifi(Deal Wifi Hotspot) and click Uninstall.

Remove DealWiFi from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find DealWifi(Deal Wifi Hotspot), click Uninstall.

Remove DealWiFi from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall DealWiFi from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate DealWifi(Deal Wifi Hotspot) in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate DealWifi(Deal Wifi Hotspot) in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall DealWiFi

In some cases DealWiFi won’t uninstall and gives you message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall DealWiFi. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing DealWiFi folder and files. This happens, because process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall DealWiFi in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove “DealWiFi”

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling DealWiFi from Control Panel often does not bring desired effect. It sometimes have browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove DealWiFi related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions/.
3. Find suspicious extensions.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose suspicious extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove DealWiFi from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable DealWiFi, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable DealWiFi.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, DealWiFi does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find DealWiFi extension.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

DealWiFi installs search engine Mystart.dealwifi.com that hijacks your browsers. Here is instruction to reset your browsers homepage, newtab and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings/.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including related to DealWiFi. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

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Cleaning browsers shortcuts

You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

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Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like DealWiFi may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of antimalware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and antimalware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like DealWiFi.