PrecisionPop
Overview
From the PrecisionPop vendor:
"Applied Context offers two distinct desktop utility programs (Ram Memory Monitor and Harddrive Monitor)
which are supported by advertising software which will periodically deliver advertisements, promotional
messages and search results to your computer whenever your computer is connected to the internet. Also
included is the BlueZipper homepage utility which periodically changes your web browser settings to make
bluezipper.com your web browser homepage."
Source
Classification
Adware
Files
PRECPOP2.EXE
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Vendor
precisionpop.com whois
End User License Agreement
PrecisionPop End User License Agreement
Detection
Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects PrecisionPop.
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Uninstall notice for PrecisionPop
Notice that removing PrecisionPop may cause the program that bundled it
to not function as intended.
Uninstall procedure
Uninstall PrecisionPop from "Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows® Control Panel.
Uninstall PrecisionPop with FreeFixer
I'm working on a general purpose tool for removing unwanted software.
The tool is called FreeFixer
and can help you remove unwanted Browser Helper Objects, Internet Explorer toolbars
and software that starts automatically when you reboot your computer, so it can offer some
assistance while uninstalling PrecisionPop. The manual removal instructions
listed below will help you to identify what to delete with
FreeFixer.
Read more about FreeFixer.
Manual removal
Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove PrecisionPop manually. Please
notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most
cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If PrecisionPop remains on your system
after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.
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Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run.
(The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.)
- Browse to the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
- In the right pane, delete the value called 'precpop2', if it exists.
- Exit the registry editor.
- Restart your computer.
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Start Windows Explorer and delete:
%ProgramsDir%\PRECPOP2\
Note: %ProgramsDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Program Files.
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Contact information for PrecisionPop's vendor
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needs a revision.
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