Donation Reminder

Donation Reminder is not an application that we recommend running on your personal computer because it exhibits quite a few dubious and and times even invasive features. You must be aware of the fact that, in reality, this piece of software is nothing more than yet another potentially unwanted program. Such category has been assigned by our team of highly skilled malware experts. Keep in mind that even though the promotional slogans claim that you should have this program active on your PC because it serves a great cause, the application itself at times can even be considered worthless. In this report we provide detailed information about the suspicious functionality of this program along information about its distribution methods, which are rather suspicious as well. Also our malware experts present a few virtual security tips that should help you maintain a secure and fully functioning operating system at all times. Besides all of that we present in-depth removal instructions of Donation Reminder as we believe that its termination is the best thing that can be done about it.

During our investigation we have noticed quite a few suspicious features of Donation Reminder. First of all, it has to be noted that some of its features resembles ones of a browser hijacker. This is so because the potentially unwanted program will alter your default homepage at the very same time that it enters your operating system. This is a frustrating and bothersome, to put it mildly since you will have little to no choice at all to start your web browsing sessions on a suspicious third-party site that this questionable application has assigned as your default homepage. These changes will occur on such popular web browsers as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It is important to note that the modifications are triggered by the suspicious extension that this potentially unwanted program implements to your web browser. On top of that, you might be presented with various banners that will urge you to donate on every given opportunity. The majority of those remainders will not be of your interest and will only interrupt you while you are surfing the web. What is even worse is that some of them could redirect you to suspicious third-party websites, which could turn out to be managed by cyber crooks. This is possible because the developers of Donation Reminder do not bother to review their third-party associates. Malware experts at our internal labs recommend executing a complete removal of this dubious application as there are no beneficial reasons to keep it fully active on your PC. Make sure to use the removal guide that we present below to delete this potentially unwanted program in its entirety.

If you are keen on keeping your operating system safe and secure at all times there are a few steps that you must take. First and foremost, make sure to implement a professional malware detection and removal tool as it can and will detect any suspicious content on the web or your PC and will warn you about the potential dangers of it in advanced. If you do not have such a tool running on your computer, you must be aware of the fact that the chances of infecting your PC with any suspicious program are extremely high. Another important thing to note is that by downloading your program from official creators’ sites, you will be able to avoid bundled installers, which are infamous for hosting dubious applications within them. In most cases such setup files are obtained from suspicious third-party websites. Last, but not, least make sure to pay your full attention to every single installation step. This is crucial and we cannot stress it enough. By reading everything on the setup window you might come across a chance to cancel the installation of some undesirable program by simply unmarking a single box. By following these steps, you will be able to avoid any questionable or potentially malicious program at all times.

The removal procedure of Donation Reminder requires care and attention as you need to manually delete individual files and registry entries. Do not skip any steps because you could simple leave active traces of this potentially unwanted program on your operating system. In some cases, Donation Reminder could continue its questionable functionality by using just a few files and registry entries. Once the whole removal procedure is done we highly recommend scanning your operating system with a professional malware detection and removal tool. This way you will be sure that every single bit of this undesirable application has been removed.

How to remove Donation Reminder from your computer

Windows 10

1. Right-click the Windows button.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a program.
4. Locate and select the unwanted program.
5. Click the Uninstall button.

Windows 8 and 8.1

1. Right-click your Task Bar.
2. Select Control Panel and then click Uninstall a program.
3. Right-click the Donation Reminder.
4. Select Uninstall.

Windows 7

1. Tap the Windows key on your keyboard.
2. Select Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.
3. Select the Donation Reminder.
4. Click the Uninstall option.

Windows XP

1. Click Start and select Control Panel.
2. Select the Add or remove programs option.
3. Select and remove Donation Reminder.

How to remove Donation Reminder leftovers

1. Open the File Explorer.
2. Go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions.
3. Delete the folder named plfknkdmhngcjepkalkhgpmhpolandfp.
4. Now go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage.
5. Remove the files called http_www.easyfundraising.org.uk_0.localstorage and http_www.easyfundraising.org.uk_0.localstorage-journal.
6. Go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\[any number of symbols].
7. Remove the file called www.easyfundraising.org[1].xml.
8. Go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming and remove the folder called Donation Reminder.
9. Click the Windows button, type regedit and select it.
10. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions.
11. Locate and remove the value called {01B94BDC-2A0C-4471-B08A-47A24E677873}.
12. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage.
13. Delete registry keys named www.easyfundraising.org.uk, easyfundraising.org.uu, and {01B94BDC-2A0C-4471-B08A-47A24E677873}.