Floating Player Threat Alert

Floating Player

Floating Player is a page-redirecting browser hijacker app that takes over the browser and installs various unwanted components in it. Should you have Floating Player, you’ll likely see there’s a new search engine in your browser and that the home web page has been altered.

The Floating Player Malware

As we mentioned, the goal of the Floating Player virus is to generate advertising revenue. The Floating Player malicious software shows exclusive websites in order to enhance their traffic, it films pay-per-press adverts which translate each press on them onto revenue, and they accumulate info from the browser that might be employed for oriented adware or sold to other patrons for superfluous money.

However, none of this could be owned by the user which suggests that you have entirely no way of reducing the advertising-supported leak or opting for what web pages you get directed to or what advertisements you see. You are on top of that not authorized to abort the adware actions if the browser hijacker is regardless functioning. Unfortunately, this could result in likely reroutes to superficial web pages with nasty contents, and you might get scammed to disclose your monetary information or to spend your profit on low-quality programs, not to recognize that you might land actual malicious software if you are that unfortunate. Therefore, the safest thing you might do at the moment is remove Floating Player.

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Learn how to remove Floating Player from your computer

Step 1. Floating Player Removal from Windows

a) Windows 7/XP

  1. Press on the Start icon. win7-start Floating Player Threat Alert
  2. Control Panel → Programs and Features. win7-control-panel Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Find the program you want to delete and press Uninstall. win7-uninstall-program Floating Player Threat Alert

b) Windows 8

  1. Right-click on the start icon (lower left corner). win10-start2 Floating Player Threat Alert
  2. Select Control Panel. win8-start Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Click Programs and Features. win8-control-panel Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. Find and remove all unwanted programs. win8-remove-program Floating Player Threat Alert

c) Windows 10

  1. Open Start menu and click on the magnifying glass (next to the shut down button). win10-start2 Floating Player Threat Alert
  2. Type in Control Panel. win10-start Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Control Panel → Programs and Features. win10-control-panel Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. Find and remove all unwanted programs. win10-remove-program Floating Player Threat Alert

d) Mac OS X

  1. Open Finder and press Applications. mac-os-apps Floating Player Threat Alert
  2. Check all suspicious programs you want to get rid of.
  3. Drag them to the trash icon in your dock (Alternatively, right-click on the program and press Move to Trash). mac-os-app-delete Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. After you move all the unwanted programs, right-click on the trash icon and select Empty Trash.

Step 2. Delete Floating Player from browsers

a) Remove Floating Player from Microsoft Edge

Reset Microsoft Edge (Method 1)
  1. Open Microsoft Edge.
  2. Press More located at the top right corner of the screen (the three dots). edge-menu Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Settings → Choose what to clear. edge-settings Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. Check the boxes of the items you want removed, and press Clear. edge-clear-data Floating Player Threat Alert
  5. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete together.
  6. Choose Task Manager.
  7. In the Processes tab, find the Microsoft Edge process, right click on it, and press Go to details (or More details if Go to details is not available). task-manager Floating Player Threat Alert
  8. Right-click on all Microsoft Edge processes, and choose End task.
(Method 2)
Before you proceed with this method, backup your data.
  1. Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxxxxxxx.
  2. Select all the folders, right-click on them and press Delete. edge-folder Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Press the start button, and type in Windows PowerShell in the search box.
  4. Right-click on the result, and select Run as administrator. edge-powershell Floating Player Threat Alert
  5. In Administrator: Windows PowerShell, paste Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} under PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and tap Enter. edge-powershell-script Floating Player Threat Alert
  6. The issue should be gone now.

b) Remove Floating Player from Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon. IE-gear Floating Player Threat Alert
  2. Select Manage add-ons, and then Toolbars and Extensions.
  3. Find and disable all suspicious extensions. IE-add-ons Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. Close the window.

c) Restore your homepage on Internet Explorer

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  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
  2. Internet Options → General tab. Delete the homepage URL and type in your preferred one. IE-settings2 Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Press Apply.

d) Reset Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon. ie-settings Floating Player Threat Alert
  2. Internet Options → Advanced tab. ie-settings-advanced Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. At the bottom, you will see a Reset button. Press that.
  4. In the window that appears, check the box that says Delete personal settings. IE-reset Floating Player Threat Alert
  5. Press Reset.
  6. Click OK to exit the window.
  7. Restart your browser.

e) Remove Floating Player from Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose More tools and Extensions. chrome-menu-extensions Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Remove suspicious extensions by clicking the Trash icon next to them. chrome-extensions-delete Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.
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f) Restore your homepage on Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose Settings. chrome-menu Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. In the window that appears, under On startup, there will be a Set pages option. Press on that.
  4. Remove the set website, and type in the one you prefer to be your homepage. Press OK. chrome-startup-page Floating Player Threat Alert
  5. In Settings, under Search, there is a Manage search engines option. Select that. chrome-search-engines Floating Player Threat Alert
  6. Remove all search engines except the one you want to use. Click Done.

g) Reset Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose Settings. chrome-menu Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Scroll down and press on Show advanced settings. chrome-settings Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. Find and press the Reset button. chrome-reset Floating Player Threat Alert
  5. In the confirmation window that appears, press Reset.

h) Remove Floating Player from Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
  2. Select Add-ons. mozilla-menu Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Select the Extensions tab, and remove all questionable extensions. mozilla-extensions Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by clicking Disable. If you later decide to keep it, simply press Enable.

i) Restore your homepage on Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right side of the screen.
  2. Select Options. mozilla-menu Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. In General, click Restore to Default below the Home Page field. mozilla-options Floating Player Threat Alert

j) Reset Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
  2. Press the question mark at the bottom of the menu.
  3. Select Troubleshooting Information. mozilla-troubleshooting Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. Select the Refresh Firefox option. mozilla-reset Floating Player Threat Alert

k) Remove Floating Player from Safari (for Mac)

  1. Open Safari.
  2. Select Preferences (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen). safari-menu Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Choose the Extensions tab.
  4. Uninstall all questionable extensions. safari-extensions Floating Player Threat Alert
  5. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.

l) Reset Safari

If you are using the Yosemite, El Capitan or the Sierra versions, the option to reset Safari with one click is not available. Thus you will have to clear the history and empty the caches in separate steps.
  1. Open Safari.
  2. Select Clear History (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen). safari-clear-history Floating Player Threat Alert
  3. Choose from what time you want the history deleted, and press Clear History. safari-clear-history Floating Player Threat Alert
  4. Press on Safari at the top of the screen and select Preferences. safari-advanced Floating Player Threat Alert
  5. Select the Advanced tab and check the box next to Show Develop menu in menu bar.
  6. Select Develop (from the menu bar at the top of the screen). safari-develop-menu Floating Player Threat Alert
  7. Press Empty Caches.
If for some reason you are unable to remove the extensions or reset your browsers, it may be a good idea to obtain anti-spyware software and have it deal with the problem.

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