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System Health Checker Removal Guide
At the time our specialists tested System Health Checker it had over a thousand users according to the Chrome Web Store. However, the extension is not spread on this website anymore. It does not surprise us because the application is known as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). There are several reasons the tool falls under such category, and if you keep reading the text, we will reveal them to you one by one, except the last paragraph where we will suggest a couple of ways of how to get rid of this PUP once and for all. As you see, System Health Checker is not a plugin you could eliminate through the Google Chrome’s extensions menu. Reports show the application denies its user access to these settings, so removing it can be a little complicated. Therefore, to make sure this suspicious tool gets successfully deleted we would also advise you to follow the steps provided below the article carefully.
Besides Chrome Web Store the plugin was and still is distributed on systemhealthchecker.com; the official PUP’s website. It would be difficult to find the site on your own, so it could be advertised through pop-up ads. We could say the web page is completely blank as it does not have any content on it. When the user enters the site, it displays a pop-up warning instructing to “Add Extension To Leave.” There is a Cancel button provided, but it does not work at all; thus, the only way to leave the website without getting System Health Checker is to close the tab or even the whole browser if necessary.
Furthermore, after the application is added, it might modify Google Chrome’s buttons to deny you access to the extensions menu. As a result, while the PUP is installed trying to reach this menu will only redirect you back to your start page. Such behavior is undoubtedly quite strange as extensions are supposed to enhance your browsing, not make it more difficult. At this point, we should also mention it is unknown what System Health Checker’s purpose is since its description does not say what it does. “Monitor your system health and prevent before too late” – is the only sentence provided in the software’s characteristics. Based on this description and the software’s title some users may think the program is supposed to warn users about threats or guard the system against them, but our researchers find no proof the plugin could act this way and given how suspicious it acts, it is highly unlikely it can be of any assistance.
It is obviously a bad idea to keep an application you know nothing about. Especially when there is a chance that instead of benefiting the system, it could endanger and expose it to threats. Accordingly, we advise you not to hesitate anymore and delete System Health Checker before anything goes wrong. There are two different removal options, so you can choose the one you prefer most. Firstly, you could check the instructions placed below and learn how to undo the PUP’s modifications and delete its data manually. For the second option, you would have to install a trustworthy security tool. Afterward, you would only need to click the scanning button, wait till results appear, and press the removal button so that the antimalware tool could immediately erase all possible threats.
Get rid of System Health Checker
- Open your File Explorer by pressing Windows key+E.
- Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions for Win 7, Win 8, or Win 10 and %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions for Windows XP.
- Select a folder called mbmpjhclgodpjgbjhlnknfjdnjkijokf and press Shift+Delete.
- Leave the Explorer.
- Restart Google Chrome.
- Tap ALT+F to access Settings.
- Select More tools and navigate to Extensions.
- Find System Health Checker and press the provided recycle bin icon on its right side.
- Select Remove to finish.
