Torch Browser is a serious annoyance for many computer users where the application attempts to display random advertisements or pop-up messages that offer products or features for your computer. Torch Browser may also cause redirects to load up pages that have questionable or unwanted content. In some instances Torch Browser will reduce the performance of popular web browsers making it a difficult case to load up sites at full speed that have a lot of media content. Removal of Torch Browser is a task that could be difficult to complete if you are attempting to find all if its components and delete each of them. Through using an antispyware application you may automatically eliminate Torch Browser and all of its components.
Are you getting popups from Torch Browser? Have you identified that you have Torch Browser
installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Torch Browser completely from your computer?
Why should you remove Torch Browser?
If Torch Browser resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or
you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that Torch Browser may have
the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in
loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking Torch Browser removal
process.
How can you manually remove Torch Browser
Manual removal of Torch Browser may not be for everyone. Each
manual Torch Browser removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related
files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your
system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic Torch Browser removal process.
Torch Browser can be removed manually by following the steps below.
With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the
Control Panel.
Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
Locate Torch Browser in the list of programs. If you find it, select
it and remove it. If you cannot find Torch Browser, you can continue to step 5.
Restart your computer.
Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in
regedit, and click OK.
Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this,
then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
You may need to return to this removal process for removing Torch Browser.
You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by
clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the
keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark
this page.
Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process
Delete all of the following files that are associated with Torch Browser from
your computer.
If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read
how to find and search for files and folders here.
If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated
with Torch Browser, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may
allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can
read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.
Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"
After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories
associated with Torch Browser by going to the
C:\ProgramFiles\Torch Browser folder, select it, and delete it.
In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the
next step.
Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at
this point. You should have removed Torch Browser completely from your computer.
If you find that Torch Browser is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps
again or go to the automatic Torch Browser removal process.