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InstallProvider Adware

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About Adware InstallProvider

InstallProvider is a bogus download manager that displays popups and banners advertising rogue antispyware programs. It also adds a toolbar to your IE to provides search feature. InstallProvider seems to be a variant of WinFixer/WinAntivirus.

How to Remove InstallProvider ?

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Follow these steps to manually remove InstallProvider adware:

1. Reboot the computer to safe mode ( Press F8 key when windows start ).
   
2. Go to Start > Run, type '%temp%', delete all the temporary files in the open folder.
   
3. Open a Dos command window (go to Start > Run, type 'cmd' (for Windows XP/2000) or 'command' (for Windows 98/Me) and click OK). Enter the following commands:
   
   cd "%programfiles%\Install Provider"
   regsvr32 /u InstallProvider.dll
   del *.*
4. Delete the folder 'Install Provider' from 'Program Files' folder.
   
5. Click Start > Run, type 'regedit', and click Ok to open the Registry editor.
6. Search for and delete all the entries containing the following values:

   {A9344DE7-59F2-40F8-9AE7-C203B67444DA}
   {BBA0C39A-46D8-436D-BF53-6FB84997BC6E}
   {F93C5BFF-16F9-4DC5-B78C-EC46F896EE56}
   

7. Navigate to and delete the following keys:
   
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Install Provider
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DownloadManager
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Install Provider
   
8. Exit Registry Editor.
   
9. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel, double-click Internet Options, click the Programs tab, click the Reset Web Settings button to reset your Internet Explorer settings.
   
10. Reboot the computer.

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