Should I remove UnfriendMonkey?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

72% remove it28% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0002%

Versions

Version	Distribution
2.5.83	66.67%
2.5.60	33.33%

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UnfriendMonkey

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What is UnfriendMonkey?

UnfriendMonkey is an adware application that runs in the web browser as a toolbar and web extension. The web extension is primarily designed to take control of the user's browser in order to modify the search provider and redirect web searches to what ever search engine partner the publisher has a revenue relationship with. In doing so, the toolbar performs a number of behaviors in order to maximize the potential of a user to click on sponsored advertising through search. This includes but not limited to:

- Changing the web browser's default home page to the affiliate search portal.
- Changing the browser's search provider, built-in search box as well as the address bar.
- Ability to modify the 'new tab' functionality to launch the modified search portal page.
- Adds an alternative error page, DNS error and 'page not' found functionality.
- Adds additional functionality that is designed to protect the search and home page settings.
- Access the HTML of all pages visited as well as capture URLs of the pages and search terms.
- In many cases can inject advertising in the form of context ads, pop-ups and pop-unders.

Overview

The most used version is 2.5.83, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The main program executable is common.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 801.56 KB (820,799 bytes).

Installed as part of a co-bundle
May modify the web browser's home page
Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

UnfriendMonkey has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program details

Displayed publisher: UnfriendMonkey

URL: www.unfriendmonkey.com

Help link: www.unfriendmonkey.com/about.html

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\unfriendmonkey

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\UnfriendMonkey\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 801.56 KB

Files installed by UnfriendMonkey

Program module:	common.dll
Name:	UnfriendMonkey
Path:	C:\Program Files\unfriendmonkey\IE\common.dll
MD5:	05686fd8fa54a314a9dcba39c1e909d3

Additional files:

Uninstall.exe

How do I remove UnfriendMonkey?

You can uninstall UnfriendMonkey from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

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.

When you find the program UnfriendMonkey, 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).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove UnfriendMonkey.
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.