Deleting Ads by DiscountRatio. Adware removal guide

DiscountRatio Ads have been bothering some computer users over the past few days. It is obvious that this application is fairly classified as adware by some security blogs, and this is exactly what we’ve done. The reasons why we do is that this program does nothing but displaying a lot of intrusive advertisements whenever you surf the world wide web in an attempt to find something important. As soon as you actually open your browser you start facing various intrusive pop-ups, ads, deals and all kinds of other unwanted events taking place in your computer. Plus, you may also notice that the system now works quite slow due to the high CPU usage on the part of this program.

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Discount Ratio adware may be the problem for all major browsers today. This list includes Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. Most likely you will notice the name of this adware to be specified in the section where you find all other legally installed applications in your computer. Also your browser may have some add-ons or extensions related to this adware. Definitely, to get rid of all these ads you have to uninstall the adware in a regular way and to disable some of those add-ons (extensions) it added.

DiscountRatio adware removal menu:

Yet, in many cases manual removal doesn’t help when it comes to deleting DiscountRatio Ads. Sometimes the adware is deeply integrated with certain other adware programs, which make it quite difficult to get rid of them all simultaneously. Indeed, it is much easier to avoid adware installation into the PC in the first place, then to look for the information about its removal after the attack of it already took place. Please be very careful when you surf the world wide web today and especially when you install various free programs. You must always pay close attention to the facts stated in the EULAs (End User License Agreements) related to all free applications you’re going to install into your computer. If you find the information about some additional programs suggested for you to be installed into your system by default, please switch to the advanced (custom) installation mode at once. At this point you will be able to uncheck all third-party stuff from becoming the part of your system.

Some people today fail to be duly attentive while dealing with free programs. They often click on “Next” or “I agree” buttons, without actually understanding what exactly they agree with. As a consequence, they often permit various junk applications like DiscountRatio adware to be easily made the part of their computers by default. Then, of course, they will really regret for their failure to be attentive. The adware will be installed and will start annoying them greatly.

However, there’s a way to get rid of DiscountRatio Ads effectively. We recommend you to select our best malware removal tool called Plumbytes Anti-Malware for this purpose. What you will need to do is to scan your system with a reliable antispyware program, such as Plumbytes Anti-Malware, remove all the infections it finds (with its full registered version) and to reset your browsers with its help. All these important steps are reviewed in all the details below. In case you need more help on our part, please feel free to contact us at any time of your choice.


Software to get rid of DiscountRatio automatically.

DiscountRatio adware removal tool

Important milestones to delete DiscountRatio Ads automatically are as follows:

  1. Downloading and installing the program.
  2. Scanning of your PC with it.
  3. Removal of all infections detected by it (with full registered version).
  4. Resetting your browser with Plumbytes Anti-Malware.
  5. Restarting your computer.

Detailed instructions to remove DiscountRatio advertisements automatically.

  1. Download Plumbytes Anti-Malware through the download button above.
  2. Install the program and scan your computer with it.
  3. At the end of scan click “Apply” to remove all infections associated with DiscountRatio adware:
  4. Anti-Malware Scan Completed - Apply actions

  5. Important! It is also necessary that you reset your browsers with Plumbytes Anti-Malware after this particular adware removal. Shut down all your available browsers now.
  6. In Plumbytes Anti-Malware click on “Tools” tab and select “Reset browser settings“:
  7. Built-in tool of Anti-Malware to reset browser settings

  8. Select which particular browsers you want to be reset and choose the reset options.
  9. Options to reset browsers with Anti-Malware

  10. Click on “Reset” button.
  11. You will receive the confirmation windows about browser settings reset successfully.
  12. Reboot your PC now.

Video guide explaining how to reset browsers altogether automatically with Plumbytes Anti-Malware:


Detailed removal instructions to uninstall DiscountRatio manually

Step 1. Uninstalling this adware from the Control Panel of your computer.

  1. Make sure that all your browsers infected with DiscountRatio adware are shut down (closed).
  2. Click on “Start” and go to the “Control Panel“:
  3. Start - Control Panel

  4. To access the Control Panel in Windows 8 operating system move the computer mouse towards the left bottom hot corner of Windows 8 screen and right-click on it. In Windows 8.1, simply right-click on the “Start” button. Then click on “Control Panel“:
  5. How to access the Control Panel in Windows 8 and 8.1

  6. In Windows XP click on “Add or remove programs“:
  7. Add or remove programs in Windows XP

  8. In Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 click on “Uninstall a program“:
  9. Uninstall a program in Windows Vista, 7 and 8

  10. Uninstall DiscountRatio adware. To do it, in Windows XP click “Remove” button related to it. In Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 right-click on this adware with the PC mouse and click on “Uninstall / Change“.

Step 2. Removing adware from the list of add-ons and extensions of your browser.

In addition to removal of adware from the Control Panel of your PC as explained above, you also need to remove this adware from the add-ons or extensions of your browser. Please follow this guide for managing browser add-ons and extensions for more detailed information. Remove any items related to this adware and other unwanted applications installed on your PC.

How to prevent your PC from being reinfected:

Plumbytes Anti-Malware offers a superb service to prevent malicious programs from being launched in your PC ahead of time. By default, this option is disabled once you install Anti-Malware. To enable the Real-Time Protection mode click on the “Protect” button and hit “Start” as explained below:

Enable protection by Anti-Malware

Once this option is enabled, your computer will be protected against all possible malware attacking your PC and attempting to execute (install) itself. You may click on the “Confirm” button to continue blocking this infected file from being executed, or you may ignore this warning and launch this file.

Malicious item blocked by Anti-Malware