Website Counselor – Adware Removal Instructions

Found a new adware called Website Counselor that is being bundled with other software downloads. Here’s how it appeared in the installer:

Website Counselor installer disclosure

 

Website Counselor is installed as an add-on in Firefox. It will appears as Website Counselor 0.1 in the add-ons menu.

Website Counselor 0.1 in the Firefox Add-on Menu

How do I know that this is adware? Well, the Website Counselor EULA clearly explains that it can show advertisements:

Website Counselor Adware - The EULA

If you’d like to remove Website Counselor you can do so by removing it from the Firefox add-ons menu. You can also remove it with FreeFixer by checking the Website Counselor extension for removal:

How to remove Website Counselor from Firefox

Hope this helped you figure about what Website Counselor and how to remove it.

Any idea how you got this on your machine? Please share by posting a comment.

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