How to remove Volume booster – Increase Volume

What is Volume booster – Increase Volume

Volume booster – Increase Volume is a malicious browser extension that falls under the category of adware, designed to enhance audio output but ultimately serves to inject unwanted advertisements and redirects into users’ browsing experiences. This extension primarily targets popular web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge, often sneaking into systems via deceptive software bundles or misleading ads. Once installed, it displays intrusive pop-ups, coupons, and banners, which can significantly disrupt normal web navigation. Users may find themselves redirected to dubious websites, exposing them to potential phishing scams and unwanted downloads. Furthermore, the extension can compromise user privacy by tracking browsing habits and accessing sensitive data on visited websites. While it may have been originally intended as a legitimate tool, its current functionalities pose significant risks to users, making removal a priority for those who have inadvertently installed it. Maintaining vigilance during software installations and opting for custom settings can help prevent such unwanted applications from infiltrating systems in the first place.

How Volume booster – Increase Volume infects computers

Volume booster – Increase Volume is a type of adware that typically infects computers through deceptive distribution methods, primarily bundled within free software downloads. Users often unknowingly install this adware when they opt for quick installations without reviewing advanced settings, allowing it to slip past their defenses. Additionally, it can be introduced via misleading pop-up ads or through downloads from unofficial sources, such as peer-to-peer networks and shady websites. Once installed, it modifies browser settings, injects unwanted advertisements, and redirects users to dubious sites, significantly disrupting the browsing experience. The adware may also gather data on user behavior, raising privacy concerns. To avoid such infections, users should be vigilant when installing software, always choosing custom installation options and downloading from reputable sources.

1. Download Volume booster – Increase Volume Removal Tool
2. Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume from Control Panel and Applications
3. Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume extensions from browsers
4. Reset browser search and homepage settings
5. Alternative way to remove Volume booster – Increase Volume search redirects
6. Clean browser shortcuts from Volume booster – Increase Volume
7. How to protect from threats like Volume booster – Increase Volume

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume manually for free

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

Note: Volume booster – Increase Volume can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy or Your browser is managed by your organization inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Volume booster – Increase Volume you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Volume booster – Increase Volume”. 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, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, or Mac.

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Volume booster – Increase Volume-related or other suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Volume booster – Increase Volume-related or other suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume-related or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Volume booster – Increase Volume 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume-related or other suspicious program 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume-related or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume from Windows 11:

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the Apps tab on the left side.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Volume booster – Increase Volume-related or other recently installed suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on 3-dots icon near it and then click Uninstall button near it.
6. Depending on the type of application (Windows Store app or classic Win32 app) it will be removed immediately or you will need to confirm the action and go through standard uninstall procedure.

Remove Volume booster – Increase Volume from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Volume booster – Increase Volume might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Volume booster – Increase Volume from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Volume booster – Increase Volume in Windows

In some cases, Volume booster – Increase Volume won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Volume booster – Increase Volume. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Volume booster – Increase Volume folder and files. This happens because the 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume or other suspicious program

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

Cannot uninstall Volume booster – Increase Volume in MacOS

If you can’t uninstall Volume booster – Increase Volume using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Volume booster – Increase Volume. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Volume booster – Increase Volume from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Volume booster – Increase Volume.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Volume booster – Increase Volume from Control Panel or Applications often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Volume booster – Increase Volume extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Volume booster – Increase Volume extension.
4. Click the Remove button 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. Find Volume booster – Increase Volume extension.
4. Click three-dots icon near it and choose Remove in the menu.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Volume booster – Increase Volume extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) edge://extensions.
3. Find Volume booster – Increase Volume extension.
4. Click Remove link under the name of extension.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Volume booster – Increase Volume, 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Volume booster – Increase Volume 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 Volume booster – Increase Volume or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Volume booster – Increase Volume installs a search engine, that hijacks your browsers. Here is the instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab, and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. On the left panel expand Advanced options.
4. Choose Reset and clean up.
5. Click on Restore settings to their original defaults link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Google Chrome > Settings > Advanced

Reset and clean up

Reset Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox:

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

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser
2. Click on 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choose Settings.
3. On the left panel find and click Reset settings option.
4. Click on Restore settings to their default values link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

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. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Settings and click Advanced on the left side and choose Browser.
3. Scroll down to the very bottom and click on Restore settings to their original defaults link.
4. Confirm by clicking Reset button.

How to block ads and pop-ups, promoting Volume booster – Increase Volume


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Volume booster – Increase Volume, in most cases, is promoted by ads and pop-ups on doubtful websites. These sites can redirect users’ browsers to Volume booster – Increase Volume ads, generating advertising revenue for the attackers. The malware is often offered through these ads, leaving users puzzled about the origin of the software. In some cases, users may unknowingly install the Volume booster – Increase Volume extension, which then injects advertisements into the websites they visit and redirects their search queries. Additionally, the malware can be distributed through other channels such as peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, misleading ads, and compromised or shady websites that trigger automatic downloads To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

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How to protect from threats, like Volume booster – Increase Volume, in future


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Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like Volume booster – Increase Volume 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 the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-virus programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like Volume booster – Increase Volume.

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