How to Remove Rocket Tab With Removal Instructions

Always receive ads by Rocket Tab when you browse the web? Have you received many unwanted commercial ads, coupons and sponsored links? Don’t be worry. The post here shows you details of the adware and how to delete the unwanted program that brings the ads step by step manually.

Rocket Tab is one among the programs that have been classified as adware or potentially unwanted programs. Though it claims that it is a tool which can help users to improve the browsing performance, the adware is not welcomed at all for this application brings a plenty of annoying ads. It can be added to Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome and other web browsers without consent. When in your computer, this adware will start generating various kinds of ads on your browsers, including deals, coupons, discounts, sponsored links, banners and more. Besides, Rocket Tab tracks PC users’ actions online by recording the visited sites, IP locations, and other data which can be used by the cyber criminals. This may lead to many troubles such as Identity threat and other frauds. Moreover, those pop-up ads or sponsored links may redirect you to malicious websites which may contain Trojans, spyware and other malware.

How You Encounter Rocket Tab?

Installing third-party freeware from the Internet: It is commonly bundled with additional parasites and other potential threats when you download and install freeware/shareware from the Internet. PC users will have a big chance of being infected by these viruses if they download and install unknown program from Internet directly.
Visiting illegitimate webpages: If you visit unsafe websites or illegal sites, you may get Adware or PUP on your computer. Cyber criminals implant Adware or PUP into those malicious sites and infect the targeted PC users on its sites.
Opening spam email attachments or clicking on links in the emails: Adware or PUP process can be hidden in the attachment or links of the spam emails. The adware is able start its infection once PC users click on the links or attachment accidentally.
Keeping outdated security software: Those unwanted adware programs can get a chance to enter your PC if there is no antivirus software on your PC or your security software is out of date. What is more, other infections will also have the ability to infect the computer.

Instructions on Deleting Rocket Tab From Your PC

If your computer is infected by this adware, your good mood may be destroyed when those unwanted ads keep popping up on the web pages. Besides, it has the ability to keep track of your online activities and collect your personal information to obtain illegal profits. Under circumstance, You are highly suggested to get rid of Rocket Tab from your computer as soon as possible. Here is the manual removal guide.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to bring up Windows Task Manager and stop the related processes.

Step 2: Remove the adware related programs.

Windows Vista/7:

Click the Start Orb and click Control Panel.

Make sure you are in the category view in control panel (indicated in the top right hand corner).

Click Uninstall a Program under the Programs heading.

Search for the adware related programs, click Uninstall from the options at the top of the list.

Windows XP:

Click the Start menu and click Control Panel.

Click Switch to Category View, if you are not already in this view.

Click Add or Remove Programs.

Select the adware related programs, and click Change /Remove or Remove.

Windows 8:

Press Windows key + R.

Type “control panel” in the box shown and hit Enter.

Go to Uninstall a Program.

Look for the adware related programs , and click Uninstall.

Step 3: In the C drive, find out and delete all adware associated files.

Step 4: Press Windows+ R keys and type "regedit" into the Run box. When the registry editor is opened, search for and delete the adware associated entries completely.

Step 5: Remove all add-ons and extensions.

Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools > Manage add-ons.

2. Under “Toolbars and Extensions”, search for the adware related add-ons. Highlight them, and disable them.

Google Chrome

1. Click the 3 bar options icon or wrench icon and navigate to Tools >Extensions.

2. Search for the adware related extensions and remove them all.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click Tools > Add-ons (Ctrl+Shift+A).

2. Under “Plugins”, search for the adware related add-ons. Disable or remove them. You may also search for other unwanted add-ons under “Extensions”.



Please be advised that this tricky adware is able to update its version and change its file code in a short time, so manual removal may not make sure a complete and safe removal of this adware. If you want to easily and thoroughly eliminate this pesky adware, it is strongly suggested that you download SpyHunter  to automatically detect and delete all its traces from your system.