How to remove SpeedyCar

What is SpeedyCar?

If you are experiencing a lot of pop-up ads with SpeedyCar label in the browser – then your computer is probably infected with an adware. Applications like this are able to annoy users with its SpeedyCarment in the form of pop-up ads and intrusive ads on all the pages they visit. Main purpose of such malware is to earn internet traffic and generate revenue from it. These ads are usually sponsored by third-party companies, most of them are far from reliable. SpeedyCar will forcibly redirect you to shady webpages and change your computer’s and browser’s settings so that it’ll spam your PC. This article will explain you how to remove SpeedyCar ads from your computer and web browser.

We should notice that SpeedyCar is tracking your personal data like IP address, browser activity history, searching results and other information concerning your activity in web browser. This information could be shared with third-party companies and misused to generate revenue. SpeedyCar will generate pop-up ads, slow down your computer’s performance and track down your personal data. That’s why we recommend you to remove SpeedyCar adware.

How to remove SpeedyCar from your computer?

Solution for Windows user: You may try to use anti-malware tool to remove SpeedyCar from your computer and clean up your browser.

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How to remove SpeedyCar ads manually

Step 1: Remove SpeedyCar from Control Panel

In order to get rid of SpeedyCar, first thing you need to do is to uninstall malicious program from your computer. When removing SpeedyCar, try to find suspicious recently installed programs and delete them too, as it’s pretty common that any malware comes with some other unwanted programs.

Mac OSX:

1. Open Finder.
2. Select Applications in the Finder menu.
3. Search for SpeedyCar or SpeedyCar Uninstaller, then choose it and follow instructions.
4. Drag malicious application from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Windows XP:

1. Select Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then choose Add or Remove Programs.
4. Search for SpeedyCar.
5. Click Uninstall.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Select Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Choose Uninstall a Program.
4. Find SpeedyCar and choose Uninstall.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Select Search.
3. After that choose Apps.
4. Next Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find SpeedyCar, select it and choose Uninstall.

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, then select Settings at the top.
2. Choose App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, find SpeedyCar and select it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

SpeedyCar won’t uninstall

There are a lot of options in any Windows version for removing applications. Still, not all the programs can be completely deleted using these options. Adware and other Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are too stubborn to be removed, more than that, they are created this way, created to be hard to get rid of them. That’s why sometimes you can’t uninstall them using standard Windows options. You’ll get this message: “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall SpeedyCar. Please, contact your system administrator.” To remove stubborn SpeedyCar, use Safe Mode:

For Windows XP, Vista, 7

1. Turn off your PC;
2. Turn it on and immediately press F8 button;
3. You’ll see Advanced Boot Options menu;
4. Select Safe Mode with arrow buttons;
5. In Safe Mode navigate to Control Panel, then choose Uninstall a program and remove “SpeedyCar”.

For Windows 8/8.1 and 10

1. Press the Win+R buttons, type msconfig in box and press Enter;
2. Choose Boot tab, and click on Safe Boot check box;
3. Select the type of Safe Mode: Minimal or Network;
4. Press OK and reboot your PC;
5. In Safe Mode navigate to Control Panel, then choose Uninstall a program and remove “SpeedyCar”.

You can also perform Clean Boot. You need to turn off all the startup programs that may be the reason why the program won’t uninstall.

1. Press Windows + R;
2. In the Run window type msconfig;
3. Choose Services section;
4. Find Hide all Microsoft services line, tick the box;
5. The click Disable all;
6. Return back to General section;
7. Find the line Selective startup and untick the box Load startup items;
8. Select Apply, then OK;
9. Reboot your PC;
10. Remove SpeedyCar from Control Panel.

Step 2: Remove SpeedyCar from browsers

Once you’ve uninstalled the application, remove SpeedyCar from your web browser. You need to search for recently-installed suspicious addons and extensions.

Safari:

1. Open Safari
2. Choose Safari menu.
3. Select Extensions.
4. Search for suspicious and unknown extensions that may be related to SpeedyCar.
5. Choose Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Choose Tools.
4. Select Extensions.
5. Search for SpeedyCar.
6. Select the trash can icon to remove it.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Select SpeedyCar.
4. Choose Disable or Remove option.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Choose Manage Add-ons option.
4. Click Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Next select Disable SpeedyCar.
6. Choose More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

To be sure that there is nothing left behind, we recommend you to reset your browser. It will restore your browser settings to default.

Reset browser setting in Safari:

1. Open Safari.
2. Select Safari menu.
3. Choose Reset Safari….
4. Click Reset button.

Reset browser settings in Google Chrome:

1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
2. Choose Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
5. Click Reset browser settings.
6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Reset browser settings in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Go to Help.
3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Reset browser settings in Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
3. Click Internet options.
4. Got to Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
7. Click Reset button.

There are all the manual instructions that will help you to find SpeedyCar on your computer and remove it. The most effective method to get rid of SpeedyCar is to perform the manual removal instructions and then use any automatic tool. The manual method will weaken the malicious program and the program will remove it.

Thank you for your attention.