Guide to Remove / Uninstall UPlayer

Got uPlayer and have no idea how to remove it? If you are still confused anything about uPlayer, read this passage to help you.

What Is UPlayer?

Uplayer states that it is a wonderful video player program which helps users watching video much convenience, while it is a malware program in essential. It pops up all the time when users browse the Internet. Except the uPlayer pop-ups, users will get other browser problems once installed. Homepages may be hijacked by other unfamiliar web sites, and searching results can be redirected to unsafe pages. Other pop-ups such as advertisements related to online shopping or coupons may appear and disturb users’ online activities. That is because uPlayer is able to install malicious toolbars and add-ons to browsers, and it is able to change the browser settings such as homepages, DNS settings, or default search engines.

Uplayer comes with many ways, while the most common way is bundled with free programs and installed together when users download or update free programs from the Internet. Other distribution way can be hacked web sites or spam email attachments. It seems that users cannot uninstall this nasty program at all, because uPlayer drops malicious files and registry entries to the infected system. So let’s learn more about this uPlayer, and get a way to remove uPlayer from your computer.

What UPlayer Will Do to My Computer?

UPlayer pops up when users open their browsers and disturbs users’ online activities. Besides, it causes browser problems such as homepage hijacker or random web page redirection, and it changes default browser settings. What is more, uPlayer installs malicious toolbar and add-ons to browsers. In fact, uPlayer is able to affect all browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. To settle down in the target computer, uPlayer drops malicious files and registry entries to the system, and changes the files names and locations very often.

Guide to Remove / Uninstall UPlayer

Solution one: uninstall uPlayer manually from the infected computer.

1) Boot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking if your computer performs badly because if the uPlayer.
To perform this procedure, please restart your computer and keep pressing F8 key until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up, then using arrow key to select “Safe Mode with Networking” from the list and press ENTER to get into that mode.

2) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to pull up Window Task Manager and end processes relates to uPlayer.

3) Check the following directories and remove all these associated files:

%CommonAppData%\ifdstore\app.ico
%CommonAppData%\ifdstore\cache.bin
%CommonAppData%\ifdstore\idfdata.bin
%CommonAppData%\ifdstore\<random>.exe
%CommonAppData%\ifdstore\support.ico

4) Open Registry Editor by navigating to Start Menu, type in Regedit, and then click OK. When you have been in Registry Editor, please remove the following related registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ifdstore
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe "(Default)" = "4g"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""%CommonAppData%\ifdstore\<random>.exe" /ex "%1" %*"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "idefsvc" = "%CommonAppData%\ifdstore\<random>.exe /min"

5) Uninstall uPlayer from Control Panel. Click Start menu and choose Control Panel, then click Uninstall a program. Remove uPlayer according to the instruction.

Video Instruction on How to Remove UPlayer

Solution two: automatically block uPlayer with SpyHunter.

Step one: Download SpyHunter by clicking the following icon.

Step two:Install SpyHunter on your computer step by step.

Step three: After installation, fully scan your computer, and then detect and remove every unfamiliar programs related to uPlayer.

Note: Both manual removal and automatic removal with SpyHunter are available methods for eliminating uPlayer, but manual removal demands a good command of computer from the user.Because manual removal is dangerous and complicated, and any errors including deleting registry entries and important system files will crash your computer system. If you are not sure whether you can handle manual removal or not, I strongly recommend you to download and install SpyHunter to assist you to remove uPlayer, the powerful and effective antivirus program. Moreover, if you install SpyHunter on your computer, it can help to protect your computer from being attacked by other virus in the future.


1. Automatically remove uPlayer with SpyHunter from your infected computer.
2. SpyHunter helps your computer be free from being infected by virus.