How to Stop TV Wizard from Hurting Your PC?

As a newbie, I use TV Wizard to help me. I don’t know much about computer, but I want to use it to watch TV. So that’s how I met this wizard on the Internet. It seems to be a good tool, but later I found lots of ads popped up. And it seems there’s something wrong with my PC. I don’t know what to do. Can anyone help me?

What is TV Wizard?

TV Wizard is categorized as a potential threat and an adware which keeps popping up ads on the web page you visit. Showed as boxes, the ads often contain various coupons, underlined keywords and banners. It can come from the installation of doubtful free programs which also come from unknown websites. This program may sound like a useful service that it allows you to watch TV shows on your PC. But most people can’t figure out its bad sides until it controls their PCs. We should think of ways to stop it before it does further harms to our PC.

Symptoms showing that a PC has been infected by TV Wizard

• Lots of pop-up ads keep popping up. Other kinds of ads like banners also appear.
• When you try to use your browser to search for something, you find yourself always been redirected to certain websites.
• Your homepage and default engine have been changed and lots of unknown toolbars added to your browser.
• It takes a longer time to open a webpage.

What does TV Wizard do on your PC?

It floods you with lots of ads and redirects you to certain websites. By doing this, TV Wizard can generate pay-per-click revenue.
It records your online activities and then sends you more ads according to your taste. And some of your private information like the passwords of your bank account might be stolen.
It opens a backdoor for the outside threats which will make your PC vulnerable.
All it will do on your PC are without any permission.

Quick and simple ways to stop TV Wizard from hurting your PC

Option 1: Manually removes it by following the guides below.
Option 2: Automatically removes it by using SpyHunter.

Manual Ways

Step 1: Stop processes of TV Wizard.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys simultaneously to help you open an interface of the Task Manager section. Select all the related ongoing processes and end them to continue the next step.

Step 2: Remove all related programs.
For Windows XP:
Click start and find Control Panel. In the pop-up box, you will see Add or Remove Programs. Click it and find any recently installed unknown programs and then delete them.

For Windows 7:
You also need to find Control Panel by clicking Start Menu. Focus on Uninstall and look for what you want to uninstall. Select the ones you find and uninstall them.

For Windows 8:
Click Start Menu first and then click Search. Select Apps and then click Control Panel. Then the Uninstall box will come to you. You just need to find related programs and uninstall them.

Step 3: Show hidden files and delete associated files.
a. Click start button to find Control Panel and then go to Appearance and Themes.
b. Select Folder Options and find View tab. In the pop-up box, tick “Show hidden files, folders” and deselect “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), and then confirm your actions. Since the hidden files have been shown, you can easily find and then delete them.

Step 4: Delete all related registry entries.
Click start to find Run. In the pop-up box, type "regedit" into it and hit OK. And there comes the Registry Editor. Find related files and delete them.

Step 5: Remove TV Wizard Adware from your browser. (Take Google Chrome for example.)
Menu icon>>Tools>>Extensions.
Search for related ones and remove them by clicking on the trashcan icon.

Your other browsers also need this step.

Automatic Ways

As a kind of powerful real-time anti-virus software, SpyHunter can deal with infections like adware worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, spyware and so on. Don't let TV Wizard bother you. Let's take actions to eliminate it right now.

Step A: Download the removal tool SpyHunter and follow the guides to install it.

Step B: After the installation, run SpyHunter and make a full scan for your computer.

Step C: Once the scan results come out, fix it immediately.

Optional step for removing stubborn programs

Perfect Uninstaller is a program that works 3 times faster than the standard Windows Add/Remove program and it can even uninstall some applications that the Windows program can’t. With a friendly user interface, Perfect Uninstaller can remove any unneeded or corrupted application completely and safely. If you have trouble on uninstalling programs, please try Perfect Uninstaller.

Step A: Download Perfect Uninstaller now!

Step B: When finished, select the ones you want to uninstall and click "Uninstall". Follow the wizard to go through the uninstallation processes.

Tips for better protecting your computer!

1. A powerful safeguard program such as SpyHunter is needed on your computer, and it should be updated regularly.
2. Don’t click on pop-ups that you think are unsafe.
3. When downloading free software, be aware of the websites. Official websites should be your priority.

Attention

There are two ways to remove TV Wizard. One way is that you can remove it manually yourself if you are a computer expert. Another way is you can use SpyHunter to remove it automatically. After these two steps, you still have trouble in uninstalling programs, we highly recommend you to use Perfect Uninstaller for it can forcibly remove the applications that the standard Windows Add/Remove Program can’t.