Category: Adware

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

How to Remove “Clean My Chrome” Extension

How to remove Clean My Chrome 1.0.1 (ID: ieinnneanoadfjcfhpjjncohgejljopj ; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is Clean My Chrome 1.0.1?

A browser add-on named Clean My Chrome 1.0.1 (“Easily clean your Chrome unnecessary data, history and cache files”) may get installed on your PC after you install a free program or game downloaded from the Internet, or you may get a pop-up or redirect to cleanmychrome.com site offering this extension and agree to install it. What you should know about Clean My Chrome is that it is an adware extension: it generates pop-ups on your browser, and sometimes redirects your searches from your default search engine to Yahoo. You may encounter a problem when you try to uninstall Clean My Chrome though, as this extension makes itself “installed by enterprise policy”. It takes advantage of Windows Group Policy that is intended for corporate networks, not for home computers, to prevent you from uninstalling it. This removal guide will tell you how to reset Group Policy and delete Clean My Chrome from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove “History Cleaner” Extension

How to remove History Cleaner 1.0.0 (ID: lcegkhchfikjgfochhmfmoadegikmfaa; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is History Cleaner 1.0.0?

History Cleaner 1.0.0 (“Quickly erase all necessary data in your Google Chrome”) is a browser extension offered on Chrome Web Store and on historycleaner.net website. You may agree to install this extension after encountering an ad for it, or it may get installed on its own, by bundling with free software you can get from the Internet. History Cleaner may cause advertising pop-ups on your browser and redirect your searches from your default search engine to search.yahoo.com. History Cleaner is not easily uninstalled; it changes your Windows Group Policy to make itself “installed by enterprise policy”. You may follow this removal guide to reset Group Policy and remove History Cleaner from your computer. READ MORE

How to Remove “Always Weather” Extension

How to remove Always Weather 1.0.2 (ID: pmcboldhlmhecoigccicmippjglnhhic; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is Always Weather 1.0.2?

A Chrome extension called Always Weather 1.0.2 (“Get instant weather forecast into your Chrome with multiple locations”) might get installed on your computer together with free software you download from the Internet, and prove hard to remove as this extension is “installed by enterprise policy”. Another way for Always Weather to enter your PC is a pop-up ad prompting you to install this “useful” browser add-on. Once installed, Always Weather will cause redirects and new tab pop-ups on your browser, directing you to tech support scam pages and sites advertising various software, as well as alter your default search engine and prevent you from changing it back. Always Weather uses Windows Group Policy to make itself nigh irremovable, at least until you reset said Group Policy. You may follow this removal guide to reset Group Policy and uninstall Always Weather from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Inversenews.com

How to stop http://inversenews.com/zorunew/, http://inversenews.com/zorunews/, http://inversenews.com/zorunewm/, http://inversenews.com/zorunewsm/ new tab pop-ups

What Is Inversenews.com?

If new tabs pop-up on your browser from time to time and load http://inversenews.com/zorunewsm/ (or a similar URL: http://inversenews.com/zorunew/, http://inversenews.com/zorunews/, http://inversenews.com/zorunewm/), which in turn redirects the browser to some suspicious page: online casino site, software ad, adult site and so on, you have adware on your computer. This adware will open inversenews.com even when the browser is closed – it will be launched. You may get this adware onto your PC after you install software downloaded for free from some questionable site. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop inversenews.com/zorunewsm pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Inversenews.net

How to stop http://inversenews.net/[random_letters]/, http://inversenews.net/[random_letters]s/, http://inversenews.net/[random_letters]m/, http://inversenews.net/[random_letters]sm/ new tab pop-ups

What Is Inversenews.net?

This type of adware creates a scheduled task or several on the infected computer to periodically open some web page on the default browser that in turn redirects the browser to a random ad page, online casino site, software downloading page and so on. In this case the page that opens first is http://inversenews.net/[random_letters]/. If the browser was closed, it launches and loads that page; if it was open, then a new tab appears with inversenews.net site. You may get this adware installed on your PC after you download and install software from a questionable source. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop inversenews.net/random_letters pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove 24runews.net

How to stop http://24runews.net/zop/, http://24runews.net/zops/, http://24runews.net/zopm/, http://24runews.net/zopsm/ new tab pop-ups

What Is 24runews.net?

If new tabs pop-up on your default browser from time to time and open 24runews.net/zopsm (or a similar URL: 24runews.net/zop, 24runews.net/zopm, 24runews.net/zops), after that redirecting to some ad, online casino site, adult site, software downloading page and so on, you have adware on your computer. This adware is often distributed via shady sites that offer pirated software and free programs. You may follow instructions on this removal guide to get rid of the adware and stop http://24runews.net/zopsm/ pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove “Search In Tabs” Extension

How to remove Search In Tabs 0.9.0 (ID: pcgbdjkepeiapgamcbodcinchjpchije; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is Search In Tabs?

A browser extension called Search In Tabs 0.9.0 (“Easily search opened tabs by url or title”) might get installed on your PC one day and prove hard to get rid of. Search In Tabs is an adware extension, it generates new tabs with ads and tech support scams. Search In Tabs makes itself “installed by enterprise policy”; that means the extension cannot be deleted until the user removes it from Windows Group Policy files or resets Group Policy altogether. This extension can get installed on your computer together with free software you download from the Internet or you can install it yourself after getting a pop-up promoting Search In Tabs. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to reset Group Policy and uninstall Search In Tabs from your PC. READ MORE

How to Remove Lorensonews.com

How to stop http://lorensonews.com/rtyuz/, http://lorensonews.com/rtyuzs/, http://lorensonews.com/rtyuzm/, http://lorensonews.com/rtyuzsm/ new tab pop-ups

What Is Lorensonews.com?

This type of adware creates a scheduled task on the infected computer to open http://lorensonews.com/rtyuzsm/ (or a similar URL: http://lorensonews.com/rtyuzs/, http://lorensonews.com/rtyuzm/, http://lorensonews.com/rtyuz/) via one of the browsers every 15 (20, 30, etc.) minutes. That means the browser will open a new tab periodically and load lorensonews.com site, which will then redirect the browser to a random ad page, online casino site, software downloading page, and so on. Even if the browser was closed originally, it will get launched. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop lorensonews.com/rtyuzsm pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Lorensonews.net

How to stop http://lorensonews.net/rgzos/, http://lorensonews.net/rgzoss/, http://lorensonews.net/rgzosm/, http://lorensonews.net/rgzossm/, http://lorensonews.net/gzos/, http://lorensonews.net/gzoss/, http://lorensonews.net/gzosm/, http://lorensonews.net/gzossm/ new tab pop-ups

What Is Lorensonews.net?

If your browser opens new tabs from time to time, loading first http://lorensonews.net/rgzossm/ (or a similar URL: http://lorensonews.net/rgzos/, http://lorensonews.net/rgzosm/, http://lorensonews.net/rgzoss), and then redirecting to a random ad page, online casino site, tech support scam page, etc., you have adware on your computer. This adware may get installed when you install a program or launch a file downloaded from a questionable website. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop lorensonews.net/rgzossm/ pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove “Tabs 2 Grid” Extension

How to remove Tabs 2 Grid 0.9.0 (ID: fhhlffidbdcekjjclelmafdgfpekkgeh; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is Tabs 2 Grid 0.9.0?

Tabs 2 Grid extension (“Easily split your screen on separate Chrome windows by chosen layout”) promises to allow you to arrange your open windows side by side into different layouts. While some users might find this functionality handy and useful, it is worth noting that Tabs 2 Grid is an adware extension and it causes new tab pop-ups and redirects on browsers where it is installed, loading various ads and tech support scam pages. Tabs 2 Grid may also change the default search engine of a browser and stop users from changing it back. Tabs 2 Grid can be installed by users themselves after they see an ad, or it may appear on a computer after its user installs a program downloaded from the Internet for free. This removal guide will help you to uninstall Tabs 2 Grid extension from your browser. READ MORE

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