How to get rid of "Ads by Phrase Finder"?

What is Phrase Finder?

Phrase Finder is a advertising application which purpose is to display diffirent kinds of advertisements around web pages. Phrase Finder also installs browser extension:

Phrase Finder extension

Phrase Finder belongs to Vitruvian family of malware and can be named by different malware scanners also as:

• Adware.Vitruvian (Gridinsoft Trojan Killer) 
• InfoAtoms (fs)
• Adware.Plugin
• Win32/Adware.Vitruvian
• Adware.AdPage
• PUP.Installer.InfoAtoms
• PUP.Optional.PhraseFinder

How to figure out that your computer is infected with Phrase Finder?

Here are some symptoms that indicate that your computer is infected with Phrase Finder:

• you see any kind of "deals" along with your search results;
• "Phrase Finder" extension was installed to your browser without your permission;
• at least one of the following folders is present on your computer: 
• C:\Program Files\PhraseFinder_1.10.0.8
• C:\Program Files\PhraseFinder_1.10.0.9
• at least one of the following registry items is present on your computer:
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PhraseFinder_1.10.0.9
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\PhraseFinder_1.10.0.9
• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\pfnfd_1_10_0_9
• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\pfsvc_1.10.0.9
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PhraseFinder_1.10.0.8
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\PhraseFinder_1.10.0.8
• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\pfnfd_1_10_0_8
• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\pfsvc_1.10.0.8
• at least one of the following files is running on your computer:
  • pfsvc.exe
  • phrasefinderclientie.dll
  • phrasefinder-setup-1.10.0.9.exe
  • pfnfd_1_10_0_9.sys
  • phrasefinder-setup-1.10.0.8.exe
  • pfnfd_1_10_0_8.sys
• at least one of the following services is present on your computer:
  • pfnfd_1_10_0_9
  • Phrase Finder 1.10.0.9 Client Service
  • pfnfd_1_10_0_8
  • Phrase Finder 1.10.0.8 Client Service
• at least one file with the following MD5 hashes is present on your computer:
  • 3ABA2BAC6DC60C3C459C0F9A3B6C89FD
  • BF274107E360F4AD6B0D1B6675AE8A57
  • 7D473E4D907BCD079BC56D2993D74E58
  • 73789418C66EB2D650E926F2083D0070
  • 0308F10788D1F21D84CE4C008E94ADEC
  • 086B056C48FF344E2B4601336083152C
  • BBC272E07971C630BBCE4E2A6B22B51E
  • 7FF37E663ACCE9A90FD554C49AFBF48D
  • A252F82CC58C917D0C114A57269C3A0B
  • ED3513021AAD230B98289FE0FC969553

How to get rid of Phrase Finder?

Follow this guide to remove Phrase Finder from your computer completely.

Step 1.  Try to remove Phrase Finder using tools of Windows operating system.

If you have installed Windows 8, press Start button on the screen or Windows button on your keyboard, start typing "programs and features" and choose "Programs and Features" in the appeared menu:

Programs and Features

If you are using Windows 7, press Start button and choose "Control panel": 

Windows 7 start menu

Look for Phrase Finder in the list of installed programs, select it and press Uninstall button:

Phrase Finder uninstall

Now reboot your computer and check the result. If the advertising is still present, please move to the next step.

Step 2. Remove Phrase Finder completely using Gridinsoft Trojan Killer tool

Gridinsoft Trojan Killer is a powerful all-in-one tool aimed to kill diffirent kinds of malware. It has no analogues on the quality of malware and browser hijackers removal. Gridinsoft Trojan Killer also has professional support team that can resolve your problem remotely even though Trojan Killer didn't find any threat on your PC.

Please, follow the guide below to remove Phrase Finder malware from your computer.

• Download Gridinsoft Trojan Killer malware removal solution setup from the download link: Trojan Killer download link

• Close all your programs and browsers
• Install Gridinsoft Trojan Killer and run it by double-clicking on the icon on your desktop 

  

  Trojan Killer icon on the desktop

• Run Standart scan using Scan tab of your Trojan Killer

  

  Scan tab of Trojan Killer

• After the scanning completed mark all items as Move to quarantine and press Apply button to remove all dangerous items from your computer. Reboot your PC if Trojan Killer asks about it:

  

  Example of scan results
• Now you have to clean all your browsers. Go to Tools tab and press Reset browser settings button:

  

  Tools tab of Trojan Killer

• Mark all your browsers as shown below and press Reset button:

  

  Resetting browser settings

• Reboot your PC and check the result

Now your computer should be cleaned of Phrase Finder virus. If you still notice any signs of Phrase Finder, please send your request to the Trojan Killer Support. Specialists from Gridinsoft will help you to remove any kind of threats.

Please, notice that Trojan Killer Support service is able for registred users only.