Should I remove PriceGong?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
2.6.4	100.00%

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from PriceGong

Remove PriceGong 2.6.4

PriceGong is a browser add-in for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox that analyzes web sites your browser visits and attempts to find coupons and other deals associated with the merchant's product offerings or services. If PriceGoing sees a corresponding deal, it will attempt to inject an affiliate 'code' in order to collect various affiliate based commissions if a purchase is made while trying to offer you the best price of that particular product, or, in many cases try and show you an alternative product that is similar even if it is sold by a different merchant. When visiting one of the domains on the limited list, the PriceGong extension will send the product or service information you are viewing to its servers in order to search for alternatives.

From the installer:
"PriceGong is a browser add-on (extension) that designed to help you compare products and prices while you shop online. When you visit an e-commerce website, PriceGong detects the product you are looking for and automatically search thousands of vendors for more deals and better price. Alternative prices and other product information will then be displayed in a slider window in the right side of the screen.

PriceGong is activated only on pre-defined sites. The sites list is updated from time to time, and is stored on your local machine. When you visit a site in that list, the PriceGong add-on sends the product information you are looking for to PriceGong servers in order to search for alternatives deals.

When you search for a product in e-commerce sites, PriceGong may insert a small tag link inside the HTML page near the product price or near the product details. Clicking on a tag link will send the product details to PriceGong servers to compare prices for the product. If alternative prices or offers are found, they will be displayed in a PriceGong results window."

URL: www.PriceGong.com

License: View the full license agreement (EULA) for PriceGong

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\pricegong

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\PriceGong\uninst.exe

Estimated size: 3.5 MB

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program PriceGong 2.6.4, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove PriceGong.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 70% Win Vista 0%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 83% Keep it 17%

GLOBAL RANK #10,618

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	30.57%
United Kingdom	9.65%
Brazil	7.34%
Germany	5.43%
Canada	4.89%
Italy	3.94%
Australia	2.99%
Japan	2.72%
Spain	2.72%
Netherlands	2.72%
Iran	2.58%
France	2.31%
Argentina	2.04%
Turkey	1.90%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

PriceGong was founded in January 2009 by a group of experts in internet technologies, online shopping and the comparison shopping industry.

Publisher URL: www.pricegong.com

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