Prize-Party Removal Guide

It seems that by signing up for Prize-Party website, you will be able to win such prizes as MacBook, iPod and so on. All you have to do is log in with your Facebook account to prize-party.com and that is it. However, you should think twice before you do it. The website is obviously full of commercial advertisements, and sometimes the site does not even allow you to register for the lottery even after you log in with your Facebook account! Naturally, there is something fishy about Prize-Party, so it is no surprise that the application can be considered a browser hijacker.

The reason why this application can cause some trouble is the fact that it can alter your home page and your default search engine settings. Naturally, these changes occur without your permission, and Prize-Party does not even prompt you about the oncoming modifications. When you enter the website, no program is downloaded, but if you were to check Prize-Party's Facebook page, you would see that it promotes a number of coupon websites and other commercial pages. Thus, it is very likely that if you download an application from a third party related to Prize-Party, this browser hijacker gets installed on your PC as well.

What are the risks of Prize-Party installation? First of all, when your home page gets hijacked, the risks of constant redirections increase. Since Prize-Party is related to a list of coupon and commercial websites, it is very likely that you will experience constant pop-ups with links to other websites. In general, any unsolicited change to your browser compromises your system security and lowers down system guard. As a result, dangerous malware infection can enter the PC at ease, and your personal information might get leaked.

In order to avoid this, you need to remove Prize-Party from your computer. To restore your default browser settings, follow the instructions below.

Remove Prize-Party from my browser

Instructions for Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+X and go to Manage add-ons. Click Search Providers on the left.
2. Remove prize-party.com from the list and set a new default search engine.
3. Press Alt+X again and go to Internet options.
4. Remove prize-party.com from home page section under General tab.
5. Enter a new home page address and click OK.

Instructions for Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Firefox button and go to Options.
2. Delete prize-party.com from home page section under General tab.
3. Enter a new home page address and click OK.
4. Click search engine icon on the left of the search box (top right corner).
5. Select Manage search engines and remove Prize-Party.com from the list.
6. Set a new default search engine and click OK.

Instructions for Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and go to Settings.
2. Under On Start-up select Open a page or a list of pages. Click Set pages.
3. Remove prize-party.com from the list and enter a new home page. Click OK.
4. Click Manage search engines under Search and remove prize-party.com.
5. Set another search engine as default and click Done.

Restoring your browser settings may not be enough to remove Prize-Party from your PC. Thus, perform a full system scan with SpyHunter free scanner to check whether you have any other suspicious files in your system. If so, do not hesitate to invest in a powerful antimalware tool and remove the infection.