Your PC Support: Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A from Windows (PUP Removal Guide)

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A from Windows (PUP Removal Guide)

Many computer users have been bothered by PUP.Optional.Spigot.A which keeps popping up all the time when they are surfing the web and redirecting the browser to other suspicious websites. What is PUP.Optional.Spigot.A? Please read this post and learn more details below, including a step-by-step removal guide.

What Is PUP.Optional.Spigot.A?

PUP.Optional.Spigot.A is classed as a PUP (potential unwanted program) that usually comes alongside with the freeware downloaded from the Internet as a bundled component. It is not as harmful as computer viruses like Trojan horses, but it has so many annoying traits that may put the system into deep troubles.

Once invading into the target computer, PUP.Optional.Spigot.A injects its own files and registry entries into system and creates new value without asking for any permission. The start-up items are also changed by PUP.Optional.Spigot.A so that it can be activated automatically every time the system is launched.

After that PUP.Optional.Spigot.A begins to display massive ads to help its developers and sponsors get revenues from online users. Asides from giving you many annoyances, those ads can reduce your system security by dropping other PUP, adware, malware even viruses to invade your computer deeply.

You may find PUP.Optional.Spigot.A and its related running processes in your Task Manager to drag down the running speed of your computer. That is way you need to take more time to launch your windows, load a web page and run certain applications.

How to Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A Easily and Efficiently?

The following passage is going to provide the step-by-step instruction on removing PUP.Optional.Spigot.A or any other unwanted adware. Please read carefully and try to understand the removal guide below.

STEP 1: Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A Associated Program from Web Browsers
STEP 2: Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A with SpyHunter
STEP 3: Double Check by Using RegCure Pro

STEP 1: Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A Associated Program from Web Browsers

1. Stop PUP.Optional.Spigot.A associated running process in Windows Task Manager.

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to open Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab, find its associated running process and click on it, then click the End Process button.

2. Uninstall PUP.Optional.Spigot.A associated program in Control Panel.

Click Start > Control Panel > Uninstall a program > find suspicious program and right click on it select Uninstall to uninstall the program.

3. Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A from web browsers.

Internet Explorer:

1) Open Internet Explorer, click on the gear icon > "Manage Add-ons".
2) Unknown entries, locate and delete them.
3) You can change the home page, click the gear icon and choose "Internet Options".
4) Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A and enter your preferred domain name.
5) To change the default search engine, click on the gear icon, select "Manage Add-ons" > search engine
6) Place your favorite search engine.

Mozilla Firefox:

1) Open Mozilla Firefox, please click on the icon menu (top right) and select "Add-ons" > "Extensions".
2) Here select unknown Add-ons and select the trash can icon to delete these entries.
3) You can change the home page, click on "Firefox", select "Settings".
4) Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A and enter your favorite site.
5) You can change the default search engine by clicking on the menu icon and the question mark icon.
6) Here, you click on the "Fix" and click on "Restart Firefox".

Google Chrome:

1) Open Google Chrome, please click on the icon menu (top right) and select "Tools" > "Extensions".
2) Select suspicious extensions and select the trash icon to delete these entries.
3) You can change the home page, click the "Settings" tab, go to "Search" and then click on "Manage search engines…".
4) Here, remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A by clicking on the "X", enter your preferred site, and then click "Make Default".

4. Restart your computer to take effect.

STEP 2: Remove PUP.Optional.Spigot.A with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application designed to assist the average computer user to detect, remove, and protect their PCs from the latest malware attacks. Here shows how it works:

1. Free download SpyHunter by clicking on the below button.

2. Click the "Run" button to enter the setup program and follow the installation steps until setup is complete.

3. When the installation is complete, click the "Finish" button to exit the installation.

4. If SpyHunter does not automatically start, click the icon on your desktop or Start menu to open it.

5. Allow the program to scan by clicking the "Scan Computer Now!" button. If you would like to have a quick scan on your PC, please check the "Quick Scan" box; otherwise, uncheck it.

6. The first scan will take some time, please be patient while waiting for the scanning result.

7. After the scan is done, you can see that all threats are successfully detected. Check the "Select All" box and then click the "Remove" button to fix all threats in your PC.

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STEP 3: Double Check by Using RegCure Pro

RegCure Pro is an advanced optimizer which is able to solve your computer system problems, remove your privacy items produced by online searches, delete junk files, uninstall malware and fix performance problems. Here shows how it works:

1. Free download RegCure Pro by clicking the below button.

2. Click the "Yes" button to enter in installation process and then follow the instruction to install the program step by step.

3. When the program is successfully installed, double click on its desktop shortcut to open it. On the Overview tab, check all the scan settings and then click on the "Click to Start Scan" button to run a system scan on your computer.