Remove Powered by Vizu Pop-ups Completely

What is Powered by Vizu?

Powered by Vizu, pretending to be a survey, actually is considered adware and PUP that attempt to cheat PC users to benefit the third party. In most cases, it is brought to computer when user download and install free software from unreliable websites. PC users are easily because Powered by Vizu act falsely, to gain trust, Powered by Vizu shows users that it can help save money and time when they are shopping online. But actually it can only cause security issues by bringing you unreliable commercial ads and bad web-surfing experience.

What harms may you suffer from if your PC is infected?

The first one is browsers infecting. Powered by Vizu will infect the browsers that can generate ads such as Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. As a consequence, it will pop up a lot of ads or useless coupons when you visit the webpage, especially when you visit the E-shopping sites like Ebay or Amazon. And it’s difficult to get git of the ads even you use the Adblock plus application.

The second one is information leak and financial loss. If your PC is infected by Powered by Vizu, hackers can control your computer remotely, spyware would be installed in you PC. With these, cyber criminals can collect your sensitive information such as credit card details, IP address, and then steals your money, or drags you into crime activities.

The last one is system crushing. After staying in your PC for a few time, High Stair will install many unwanted programs silently, which can slow down your running speed, reset your system, crush it frequently, pry into your files and so on.


Therefore, it’s really vital that users remove Powered by Vizu from their PC timely, otherwise, you may be cheated unfortunately. Let’s do it as follow:

Plans to Erase Powered by Vizu Permanently and Safely

Plan I : Remove Powered by Vizu completely with the Strong Removal Tool Spyhunter (Popular)

Plan II: Remove Powered by Vizu Manually by Correctly Following the Manual Removal Steps

Plan I : Remove Powered by Vizu completely with the Strong Removal Tool Spyhunter (Popular)

How Can SpyHunter Benefit You?

★ Detect, remove Powered by Vizu and block spyware, rootkits, adware, keyloggers, cookies, trojans, worms and other types of malware.
★ Keep your system running at optimal performance and offer you PC intuitive real-tome protection.
★ Safely fix registry errors, clean up hard drive & speed up your PC
★ Clean, monitor & optimize your system memory

1. Download The Automatic Removal Tool to remove Powered by Vizu completely and end your nightmare

(You have 2 options for you: click Save or Run to install the program. You are suggested to save it on the desktop if you choose Save so that you can immediately start the free scan by clicking the desktop icon.)

2. The pop-up window box below needs your permission for the setup wizard. Please click Run.

Continue to follow the setup wizard to install the Automatic Removal Tool.

It may take a while to download all the files. Please be patient. 

No More Hesitation. Time to scan your PC. Please click Start New Scan/ Scan Computer Now!

Click Fix Threats to remove Powered by Vizu and other unwanted programs completely.

Plan II: Remove Powered by Vizu Manually by Correctly Following the Manual Removal Steps

Step 1: End Powered by Vizu related processes from Task Manager.

  Windows XP 

- Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys at the same time to open Windows Task Manager ;
- Under the Processes tab, right-click on the processes related with Powered by Vizu and click End Process

 Windows 7 / Windows Vista 

- Bring up Task Manager by right clicking on Task Bar or pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del together;
- Under the Processes tab, right-click on the processes related with Powered by Vizu and click End Process

 Windows 8 / 8.1

- Right-click on Task Bar and click Task Manager;
- Under the Processes tab, right-click on the processes related with Powered by Vizu and click End Process

(Easily Removal of Powered by Vizu: This option is very popular with those who can't handle Powered by Vizu manual removal steps - use Spyhunter to clear Powered by Vizu and fix system loopholes at once.)



Step 2: Reset your browsers.

  Remove Powered by Vizu from Google Chrome

- Click on the Chrome menu button on the browser toolbar, select Tools, and then click on Extensions

- In the Extensions tab, remove Powered by Vizu as well as any other unknown extensions by clicking the Trash Can icon

  Remove Powered by Vizu from Internet Explorer

Reset Internet Explorer settings to reverse it back to when it first installed on your PC.

- Open Internet Explorer>click on the gear icon > click again on Internet Options.
- In the Internet Options dialog box> click on the Advanced tab> click on the Reset button.

- In the Reset Internet Explorer settings section, select the Delete personal settings check box, then click on Reset button.

- When Internet Explorer has completed its task, click on the Close button in the confirmation dialogue box. Close your browser and then reopen to check.

  Remove Powered by Vizu from Mozilla Firefox

Resetting Firefox and help solve your problems happening on Firefox. It can not only fix Powered by Vizu issue but also other malware installed on Firefox by restoring Firefox back to its factory default state while backing up your personal information like bookmarks, account usernames, passwords, homepage, open tabs and others.


- In the upper-right corner of the Firefox window, click the Firefox menu button , the click on the Help button.

- From the Help menu, choose Troubleshooting Information.
- Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.

4. Click on the Reset Firefox button in the new confirmation window that opens if you want to continue. Firefox will close automatically and revet to its default settings. A window box will show the information that was imported. Then click Finish.

Reminder: You will find your old Firefox profile on your desktop under the name of Old Firefox Data. In case reset isn't working to fix your issue, you can restore some of the information not saved by copying files to the new profile that was created. You are suggested to delete the folder you don't want it in case it contains your sensitive information.


Step 3: Delete all registry entries that are related to Powered by Vizu.

Press Windows + R keys together, and then type regedit in the blank.

Find the related malicious programs and delete all of them.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpCmdRun.exe
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpUXSrv.exe
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Step 4. Reboot your computer to take effect.


Important Reminder

If you are not so familiar with the manual removal steps and don't have much confidence to accomplish the Powered by Vizu removal by yourself, you are suggested to Download and Install Spyhunter to fix the issue safely and automatically. In addition, Spyhunter also will erase other unwanted programs coming with Powered by Vizu and let you regain a clean computer.