Ok - I Give Up

[sir.prize]

I have tried all the 'solutions' suggested by searching Google to remove the adware monster named Price Companion. It appears randomly on screen as a pop up but having tried many ideas I cannot remove it from my PC.

Using Windows XP, Firefox the nuisance does not appear in Control Panel>Add or Remove - neither is it traced in a Start>run>search.

Anyone any idea how to get rid of this gremlin?

Many thanks

[Gizmonster]

Have you tried running malwarebytes??
Download it for free from:
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
It sounds like an infection of some kind and this should hopefully find it :)

[sir.prize]

Hi Gizmonster

Have run Malwarebytes, AVG Anti Virus, and Defragment; I checked Task Managr but it does not appear there. The blighter is still there and pops up quite often. On Google there are a number of suggestions to download a particular anti-virus - but if AVG cannot find anything that would be pointless.

Thanks again

[SlackAlice]

Been through all of this?
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/price-companion-deal-finder-removal/

Only thing I would add is turn off system restore before you start and when finished turn it back on again.

[Gizmonster]

A bit of a long shot here - when you did your scan with malwarebytes, did you perform a deep/full scan or just a normal scan??
I've done a normal scan before and it found nothing; then when I rescanned using a deep scan, it found some rogue programme :(

[sir.prize]

Gizmonster - I did a Full Scan on Malwarebytes. It found two PUP files which were quarantined, but nothing that resembled Price Companion.

SlackAlice - Many thanks for the tip. Will give it a whirl and see what happens.

[sir.prize]

Got it! The pop up carries a small x - click on it and the message says 'Disable Price Companion'. How simple was that?

Thanks for all your advice. Crisis over.

[galeck1947]

Download and run Spyhunter 4 it will remove it for you. You have to pay for this program cost is $39.95 USD for 12 month subscription. You should also consider upgrading to Windows 7 as support for XP finishes on the 8th April. You will continue to be infected as the malware writers step up their campaign. You have a 66% more chance of infection with XP compared with Windows 7 with 6%.

[HansUrbancka]

Who needs to purchase Spyhunter when the free edition of Malwarebytes is available.

Incidentally, XP will still be safe to use whilst it is being protected by a reasonable Anti Virus programme and, in this regard, Microsoft has extended its MSE to July 2015; after which other free AV programmes will still be available for download.

Hans.

[sir.prize]

Thanks everyone.
Methyl it wasn't the same problem - that one was back in February. I sorted that one. And I have now sorted the Price Companion too (see above). Interestingly, it did not appear in my Add/Remove Programs (Control Panel).

These bugs come, we zap 'em and they come again!