Category: Adware

Articles about removing adware: browser extensions generating ads, pop-ups and banners.

How to Remove Speed-open2.com

Delete https://speed-open2.com/r/?token=... virus

What Is Speed-open2.com?

If clicking on links in your browser sometimes redirects you to https://speed-open2.com/r/?token=… site and then to some ad site, betting site, page prompting you to download something, etc. then you have adware on your computer. That adware might have been installed together with some free program you’ve downloaded from the web, or it might have been downloaded by a trojan that got onto your PC pretending to be something else (a software installer, PDF file, movie, etc. that didn’t open when launched). This step-by-step guide will help you to uninstall the adware and stop https://speed-open2.com redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove “Google Chrome Update Service” Extension

Delete Google Chrome Update Service virus extension

What Is Google Chrome Update Service Extension?

Google Chrome Update Service extension may get installed on your Chrome browser without your knowledge or agreement and don’t provide any way to delete it on Extensions page. That happens because the extension abuses Group Policy settings of your computer and makes itself “installed by administrator”. Group Policy is intended for admins of corporate networks and allows them to force-install or forbid installation of specific programs and change various settings on machines under their care. Google Chrome Update Service has probably got installed on your computer after you’ve installed some free software or run a file downloaded from a shady source. This step-by-step guide will help you to reset Group Policy and remove Google Chrome Update Service extension from your computer. READ MORE

How to Remove Feed.exssmith.com

Delete https://feed.exssmith.com/code/x/?pc= virus

What Is Feed.exssmith.com?

If new and suspicious ads (for adult sites, online casino sites and so on) started appearing on webpages and in search results of your browser, leading to https://feed.exssmith.com/code/x/?pc=… site, then you likely have adware installed. You might have got this adware when you installed some free program or game and didn’t decline all extra programs that were offered. Another possibility is that you run a file downloaded from a questionable source (torrents, sites offering pirated software, etc.), and that file turned out to be a trojan that installed a bunch of malware and/or adware on your computer. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the adware and stop Feed.exssmith.com ads. READ MORE

How to Remove Jijitel.net/cl

How to delete http://jijitel.net/cl/ virus

What Is Jijitel.net/cl?

New tabs might pop up on your browser every several minutes and direct you first to http://jijitel.net/cl and then to some advertising site, tech support scam page, online casino site, and so on. Even if the browser was closed, it opens and loads these sites. That is a result of an adware infection. This adware might end up on your computer after you run a file downloaded from a shady site (usually a site offering pirated software). The adware creates an entry in the Task Scheduler to open jijitel.net/cl periodically, so usual methods of removing adware (like uninstalling suspicious browser extensions or reinstalling the browser) won’t work. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the adware and stop jijitel.net/cl pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Ditement.info Pop-ups and Notifications

How to delete http://ditement.info virus

What is Ditement.info

If new tabs pop up on your browser periodically with the site Ditement.info and ask you to allow it to show notifications, the cause is adware that got installed on your computer. If you allow the notifications, they will start to appear on the bottom right corner of your screen from time to time and invite you to visit Ditement.info or another site. These notifications will be marked as “enforced by your administrator” in your Chrome settings, and you will be unable to delete them until you remove some policy rules made by the adware. This step-by-step guide will help you to remove the adware and stop pop-ups and notifications by Ditement.info. READ MORE

How to Remove Hqfok.com/iew

How to delete http://hqfok.com/iew/ virus

What Is Hqfok.com/iew?

If new tabs pop up on your browser from time to time with the URL http://hqfok.com/iew/ and then open some ad page, betting site, “you’ve won an iPhone” scam page, adult site or some other suspicious website, that behavior is caused by adware. This adware creates a scheduled task to open hqfok.com/iew via default browser every several minutes, so that spam pop-up happen even if the browser was closed originally. This adware is usually distributed via shady sites offering pirated software. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the adware and stop hqfok.com/iew pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Aclassigned.info

How to delete http://aclassigned.info virus

What is Aclassigned.info

Adware might cause some sites to pop-up every several minutes asking you to enable notifications for them. If you agreed to receive notifications, then pop-ups will appear on the bottom right corner of your screen from time to time prompting you to visit aclassigned.info or another site. This adware changes some policy settings for Chrome on your computer, so that the notifications are “enforced by your administrator” and you cannot just remove them. This step-by-step guide will help you to remove the adware and stop Aclassigned.info pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Ads X From Search Results

How to delete Ads x virus

What Is Ads X?

If your search results on Google or other search engines started to display new ads with the caption Ads X before or after search results, that means adware is installed on your computer. Ads X are usually caused by browser extensions. While most ad-supported extensions get installed on users’ computers together with free programs that users download from the Internet, Ads X adware is a little different: it is often an extension that have been installed on the computer for a long time but only now started generating ads. That happens when the extension’s developer gets an offer to sell their creation, agrees to it, and the buyer then pushes an update to users, adding new, ad-injecting code to the extension. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the offending extension and stop Ads X from appearing in your search results. READ MORE

How to Remove Hotivit.net/oiqe

How to delete http://hotivit.net/oiqe/ virus

What Is Hotivit.net/oiqe?

There is a certain type of adware that creates an entry in the Task Scheduler of the infected computer to open some URL (in this case http://hotivit.net/oiqe/) on the default browser and repeat that action every 5 (10, 20, etc.) minutes. As a result, new tabs open on the default browser periodically with the URL hotivit.net/oiqe which then redirects the tab to some ad, a betting site, a “you have a virus” page or another suspicious website. This happens even if the browser wasn’t open originally. In some cases instead of new tabs popping up users get an error message stating that hotivit.net wasn’t found. This adware is usually distributed via shady sites offering pirated software. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the adware and stop hotivit.net/oiqe pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Onclickbright.com

Delete http://onclickbright.com/a/display.php?r= virus

What Is Onclickbright.com?

If new tabs open on your browser when you click on links or just on their own from time to time and open first http://onclickbright.com/a/display.php?r=… site, after that redirecting to some betting portal, “you have a virus” page or another suspicious site, then you have adware on your computer. This adware might have been installed together with some program you’ve got from a free downloading website. It is also possible that you’ve opened an .exe file downloaded from an untrustworthy source, and that file installed a malware downloader on your computer. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop onclickbright.com pop-ups. READ MORE

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