Mar 1, 2019 - Trovi — a silent intruder that is known as a PUP capable of. Delete Trovi from Mac OS X. The Start button (that has Windows Logo on it) and in Search my stuff. Get rid of the browser hijacker from Firefox with this guide. Jump to Get rid of Trovi Search startpage from Internet Explorer. Explorer and restart your PC system for the changes to take effect.
A couple months ago the Trovi (search engine) spyware infiltrated my computer (it attached to my Google Chrome) and it always aggressively pops up first, as soon as I go online (I have to close it out to get to my home page). What it does is provide my Google search information to advertisers, and now I have constant ads popping up for things related to some of my searches.Tried to get rid of it with various spyware/malware services but they either aren't able to identify & get it off, or else they say I need to purchase their premium service. Does anyone know a program that removes this free of charge? Or how I can do it manually? I can't uninstall it through the list of programs in 'control panel' because it doesn't appear anywhere in that list (at least in my case). It's attached & hidden somewhere else in my computer.
A cleanup with. Quoting from the linked website: AdwCleaner Usage Instructions: Using AdwCleaner is very simple. Simply download the program and run it.
You will then be presented with a screen that contains a Scan and Clean button. The Scan button will cause AdwCleaner to search your computer for unwanted programs and then display all the files, folders, and registry entries found on your computer that are used by adware programs. When the scan has finished, look through the scan results and uncheck any entries that you do not wish to remove.
When you are satisfied with the selection, simply click on the Clean button, which will cause AdwCleaner to reboot your computer and remove the files and registry entries associated with the various adware that you are removing. On reboot, AdwCleaner will display a log showing the files, folders, and registry entries that were removed.