KidStart Savings Prompt Removal Guide

The idea behind KidStart Savings Prompt is truly attractive, but this advertising-supported program is not all that great once you get to know it. According to the information at kidstart.co.uk, the services of this adware supposedly can help save money that could be put towards the education of children. If you sign up for a membership via the website or a mobile app, you will set up the so-called “Kiddybank” that supposedly allows updating profile information and monitoring the balance of your savings. In order to become a member, you are asked to register a payment card. This is what we are mainly concerned about, and this is why we are discussing the removal of KidStart Savings Prompt. If you are not sure how your payment card details can be handled by this program, you need to read this report.

According to the information at kidstart.co.uk/View/membershiprules.aspx, the numbers of your payment cards registered for the service can be disclosed to retail partners and suppliers. Although a statement is added stating that illicit transactions will not be made using these numbers, this raises many other questions. Another strange statement within these Membership Rules states that your savings can be adjusted “without limit” at the discretion of the administrator of this service. What this lets us know is that KidStart Savings Prompt records personal information and shares it with third parties and that it is capable of decreasing or increasing your collected savings. Most users will find this enough to initiate the removal of the suspicious ad-supported program. Of course, it is possible that your personal information will be kept safely and that parties capable of accessing it will use it to your benefit. It is also possible that the adjustments to your savings will be made only when errors occur. Nevertheless, you have to consider other scenarios as well.

It was found that over 96% of all KidStart Savings Prompt users are based in the United Kingdom. This is not surprising, considering that the company responsible for this service is UK-based. What is more, the so-called partners and suppliers are mostly UK-based as well, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Boots, Waterstone’s, or John Lewis. It is most likely that the deals offered by the Prompt will be associated with these suppliers; however, we cannot guarantee this. If you encounter ads shown by unfamiliar vendors, do not click on them. Also, if you find that you are routed to unfamiliar pages, you should close them without any hesitation. You also need to keep in mind that third-party tracking cookies are likely to be installed if you interact with the ads and offers shown to you. If you accidentally click on an unreliable/corrupted ad, you could let in intrusive cookies capable of tracking private information, and this kind of cookies deserves immediate removal. Needless to say, in this case, we are more concerned about third parties than the advertising-supported program itself.

Google Chrome users can download the KidStart Savings Prompt extension from the Chrome web store at chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kidstart-savings-prompt/agbkobfhnfgoioipaedgcjdhojbjhpcg?hl=en-GB. This program is installed as an extension on Internet Explorer as well; however, it is likely that a background process is used to show the ads/deals via Firefox. Since an official download page for this program does not exist, it is likely that you have encountered it when downloading unrelated programs. Our researchers claim that this adware has been found to be bundled, which, unfortunately, means that malware could have entered your operating system along with this seemingly harmless adware. Go to %PROGRAMFILES% (or %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%) to delete the KidStart Savings Prompt folder and check if other suspicious programs were installed without your notice.

The removal of KidStart Savings Prompt is more complicated than most users realize. Sure, it is easy to get rid of unwanted extensions and uninstall this program, but can you eliminate the leftovers as well? If you do not delete these leftovers, certain activities of this adware might continue, and this is not what you want if you have decided to get rid of this program. If you continue seeing ads after removing this adware, it is likely that you did not complete the task. The guide below explains how to uninstall the unwanted program, get rid of extensions, and eliminate the leftovers. Since other active threats might require different removal methods, we strongly recommend using anti-malware software that can erase all threats simultaneously.

How to delete adware

Delete from Windows XP:

1. Click the Start menu button and open Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs and find the undesirable application.
3. Select the application and click Remove.

Delete from Windows Vista or Windows 7:

1. Click on the Windows logo on the Taskbar and open Control Panel.
2. Select Uninstall a program (under Programs and Features/Programs).
3. Right-click on the program you wish to remove and click Uninstall.

Delete from Windows 8 or Windows 10:

1. Type Control Panel into the RUN (tap Win+R to launch) dialog box and click OK.
2. Move to Programs and click Uninstall a program.
3. Find the app you want to get rid of, right-click it, and select Uninstall.

Delete from Google Chrome:

1. Launch the browser and tap Alt+F.
2. Move to More tools and select Extensions.
3. Click the recycle bin next to the unwanted add-on and select Remove.

Delete from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Launch the browser and tap Alt+T.
2. Select Add-ons and move to the Extensions menu.
3. Identify the unwanted add-on and click the Remove button next to it.

Delete leftovers:

1. Launch RUN (simultaneously tap Win+R).
2. Type regedit and click OK to access the Registry Editor.
3. Click the Edit tab and select Find.
4. Search and Deletethese CLSIDs.
   • {FE0891F1-410B-42D2-9AC7-D2174A7E7DF3}
   • {18C59DDE-4940-4294-B34A-26B31912BDE6}
   • {3CEE8D6D-D817-4B9B-83D6-CC9C242E9321}
5. Launch Explorer (simultaneously tap Win+E).
6. Enter %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% or %PROGRAMFILES% into the address bar.
7. Delete the KidStart Savings Prompt folder and empty the Recycle Bin.