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Question

Unable to Uninstall and remove RocketTab adware

Nov 21, 2014 5:48PM PST

Hi,

I have by mistake downloaded RocketTab adware (alongwith some other freeware) amonth ago. It has:

a) now slowed down the performance,
b) not able to open many sites unless uncheck proxy server setting in LAN settings,
c) get backs automatically to proxy server setting in minutes,
d) results error 502 etc. when open many sites.
e) On booting system, a blank box appears with title on the top "Taskeng.exe".

I have tried ccleaner to remove it, however not able to uninstall it. It is still appearing in control panel, and an icon is created on the bottom left menu. Although, Ccleaner has prevented it to show ads but it is still in the system.

On uninstalling, a pop shows message "An error occurred while trying to uninstall Rocket Tab. It may have already been uninstalled. Would you like to remobe Rocket Tab from the programs and feature lists?"

Please help me to uninstall it completely and remove all the related files from the computer.

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Try Grif's advice
Nov 21, 2014 6:22PM PST
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Nov 26, 2014 5:45PM PST

Try it:
browser Settings>Extensions, find the
Developer Mode. Hre you can find where it's loading each
extension from. Click the link for RocketTab, find its related files. Delete them and then remove this adware. Hope it help.