Innovate Direct Removal Guide

Innovate Direct is a program which you should not keep installed on your computer. Specialists working at 411-spyware.com say that this program is an advertising-supported application (adware) that is not going to do anything really useful despite the fact that it promises to “reinvent your browsing experience.” Yes, it is not completely clear what this application is going to do; however, many users believe that it is going to act in a useful way and so decide to download it. In fact, only a small number of users download and install this unreliable program themselves. It is not surprising for us at all because the Download button on the official website innovatedirect.com does not exist, which means that it is impossible to download it from there too. Of course, the application is probably available on other web pages too; however, research has shown that Innovate Direct usually sneaks onto computers without permission in most cases. It does not really matter how this untrustworthy program tends to enter systems now because we focus on the removal of this ad-supported program (adware) in this article.

Even though Innovate Direct seems to be a trustworthy program, the truth is that we cannot call it like that because this program is just an ad-supported program that is going to display advertisements. As we have managed to find out, the application will show banners, video ads, in-text ads, links, web browsing-related ads, interstitial ads, transitional ads, and full-page ads. It is rather dangerous to click on these ads because you will never know which of them are trustworthy. According to our specialists, unreliable commercial advertisements might redirect users to various third-party web pages. As nobody is going to protect you from harm on those web pages, you might infect your computer with malicious software. In addition, you might hand in all kinds of details about your activities on the web to third parties. As we have managed to find out, Innovate Direct is going to record demographic information, websites visited, and information about the usage of software. It also says that it will record “information that identifies a specific person.” This information is usually a user’s full name and address. Of course, Innovate Direct will not get this information from anywhere if users do not provide these details themselves.

Innovate Direct will not only show commercial advertisements and track users in order to get information about them, but it will also apply changes to the system. It has been noticed that this application will create several registry keys, e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Innovate Direct, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Innovate Direct, and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr Innovate Direct. On top of that, it will create new CLSID keys: {3598B1EB-D5D3-44CC-AE5B-71ECC1A62FDB}, {F55FB39F-8D68-4E90-9C04-4D28BEB1BCC1}, {26e9cac2-6f76-4bbe-872b-ad8c15e5c327}. Last but not least, it will add a folder in %PROGRAMFILES% (%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%) and %TEMP% directories. If you are not sure whether you have really encountered Innovate Direct, try to find the folder of this program. If it is there, we are sure that this adware is responsible for the ads you see on your screen.

As you already know, it is impossible to download this ad-supported (adware) program from its official website. Of course, it still manages to find ways to enter systems. According to the specialists at 411-spyware.com, Innovate Direct usually sneaks onto computers in software bundles. Users usually get these bundles from file-sharing and torrent websites after they click on the link to download particular software. It is definitely not easy to protect the system from harm, but there is still a way to do that. Security specialists suggest that you simply install a trustworthy security tool on the system. Users who want to be sure that untrustworthy programs cannot enter their systems should stop downloading programs from file-sharing websites, torrents, and other similar web pages. If you take care of your system’s safety, you will not allow similar adware, e.g. High Stairs, Wander Burst, Blazer Deals, Deals Avenue, Sale Charger, Assist Point, Strong Signal, and Record Page to sneak onto the computer. Other infections will not bother you ever again too.

You can remove Innovate Direct from the system manually, and it will not leave any of its files on your PC. If you have never tried erasing a program in a manual way, you should perform the removal steps as indicated in our manual removal instructions (see below). In case you decide to eliminate this program automatically, scan your system with an automatic malware remover, such as SpyHunter. It will erase infections and will protect your PC from future harm.

Remove Innovate Direct

Windows XP

1. Click the Start button.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Select the program and click Remove.

Windows 7/Vista

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program and right-click on Innovate Direct.
3. Click Uninstall.

Windows 8/8.1/10

1. Tap the Windows key + R simultaneously.
2. Enter Control Panel in the box and click OK.
3. Click Uninstall a program.
4. Find the application you wish to remove from the system.
5. Click Uninstall.