Category: Adware

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

How to Remove 1news101.net

How to stop http://1news101.net/lae/, http://1news101.net/laes/, http://1news101.net/laem/, http://1news101.net/laesm/ new tab pop-ups

What Is 1news101.net?

This adware opens new tabs on one of your browsers from time to time or opens the browser itself if it was closed and loads one of these URLs: 1news101.net/laesm, 1news101.net/laes, 1news101.net/laem or 1news101.net/lae, which in turn redirects the browser to a random advertising page, adult site, software downloading page, online gaming site, and so on. This adware may appear on your PC after you launch a file or a program installer downloaded from a questionable source. Your homepage and default search might also get changed to mail.ru site, and a bunch of new programs and games might appear on your desktop. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop http://1news101.net/laesm/ pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Bl0ging.net

How to stop http://bl0ging.net/kie/, http://bl0ging.net/kies/, http://bl0ging.net/kiem/, http://bl0ging.net/kiesm/, http://bloging.net/ new tab pop-ups

What Is Bl0ging.net?

If new tabs open on your default browser every 20-30 minutes, loading http://bl0ging.net/kiesm/ (or a similar URL: http://bl0ging.net/kie/, http://bl0ging.net/kiem/, http://bl0ging.net/kies/) which then redirects the browser to some ad site, online casino site, movie-streaming site or other suspicious resource, the reason for this browser behavior is adware. This adware creates a scheduled task to periodically open bl0ging.net via the default browser. You may follow instructions on this page to get rid of the adware and stop bl0ging.net/kiesm pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Emboba.info

How to stop http://emboba.info pop-ups

What Is Emboba.info?

New tabs with the URL http://emboba.info/[…] might open on your browser every 20-30 minutes and then redirect you to various shady web-pages at random: online casino, movie streaming sites, software downloading pages and so on. These new tab pop-ups are caused by adware that got onto your computer. That probably happened when you installed some freeware and didn’t decline “optional” programs that were offered before the installation or when you downloaded from a questionable source and launched some file that seemingly didn’t open or do anything. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop Emboba.info pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Search Awesome Ads

How to stop ads by SearchAwesome

What Is Search Awesome?

SearchAwesome is a piece of software that is distributed primarily by bundling with free software that can be downloaded off the Internet: games, browsers, screensavers, etc. SearchAwesome is promoted as a useful program that allows users to see their social media friends’ likes, recommendations and comments related to searches these users make on Google, Bing, Youtube and many other popular sites. However, SearchAwesome also adds ads to users’ search results and inserts ad banners into web-pages users visit. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to uninstall SearchAwesome software and get rid of ads by SearchAwesome. READ MORE

How to Remove Go.redirectro.com

How to stop http://go.redirectro.com/v1/hostedsearch?pid=... redirects

What Is Go.redirectro.com?

If searching on Google, Bing and other search engines redirects you to http://go.redirectro.com/v1/hostedsearch?pid=… and then to search results on search.yahoo.com, that is result of adware being installed on your computer. You may have got this adware when you installed a free program or game downloaded from the Internet and didn’t decline extra software that was offered. Another possibility is you downloaded and launched a file or a program installer that seemingly didn’t work, but in truth downloaded a bunch of adware and possibly malware behind your back. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the adware and stop go.redirectro.com redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove “History Open” Extension

How to remove History Open 0.9.9 (ID: icfhggboopebcohpcffdgnbmodalpbic; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is History Open?

A Google Chrome extension called History Open 0.9.9 (ID: icfhggboopebcohpcffdgnbmodalpbic) is advertised as extension that allows you to “easily access and control your browsing history”. While that may be true, this extension also generates ads on your browser and may change your default search engine. If you tried to delete History Open, you already know that this extension is “installed by enterprise policy” and is not available for removal. That happens because upon installation this extension gets written into Windows Group Policy. Group Policy is intended for corporate networks and allows administrators to configure computers under their care. Group Policy allows admins, for example, to force-install or to prohibit certain programs. Some Chrome extensions abuse this functionality to make themselves difficult to remove. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to reset Group Policy and uninstall History Open extension from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Bitmotion Tab Ads

How to stop https://bitmotion-tab.com/?landing/, https://add-bitmotion.com/ ads

What Is Bitmotion-tab.com?

Ads for Bitmotion – New Tab extension (URLs: https://bitmotion-tab.com/?landing/, https://add-bitmotion.com/) might pop-up on your browser on opening or during your web-surfing. They may be accompanied by many other new tab pop-ups and redirects, and your search engine, homepage, start page may be changed to a site you didn’t set yourself. All that is a result of adware being installed on your computer. Most likely that adware was bundled with free software you’ve downloaded from the Internet, or it was installed by a malware dropper masquerading as some book, movie, game, etc. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the adware and stop https://bitmotion-tab.com/?landing/ pop-ups and redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove Alientab.net Ads

How to stop https://alientab.net/?chland/ ads

What Is Alientab.net?

If your browser keeps redirecting you to an ad for Alien Tab Chrome extension (URL: https://alientab.net/?chland/) or opens new tabs with the same ad, that is a sign of an adware infection. You have probably got this adware installed when you launched some file or software installer downloaded from a questionable source. Other pop-ups and redirects might also occur on your browser, while your homepage and search engine might be set to some unfamiliar website. You may follow instructions on this page to get rid of the adware and stop https://alientab.net/?chland/ pop-ups and redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove “History Button” Extension

How to remove History Button (“This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is History Button?

History Button extension may appear on your browser one day after you install some free program downloaded from the Internet. This extension gives you quick access to your browser history, but the downside of using it is ads that it generates on your browser and possible redirects of your searches to Yahoo or other search engines. However, when you try to uninstall History Button you will run into problems, as “this extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled“. History Button changes Windows Group Policy when it gets installed, to make itself “installed by enterprise policy” and pretty much impossible to remove until you change this policy back. Group Policy is used on corporate networks by admins to configure users’ computers, and is rarely put to use on personal machines. You may follow instructions on this page to reset Group Policy and remove History Button from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove 101news101.net

How to stop http://101news101.net/qop/, http://101news101.net/qops/, http://101news101.net/qopm/, http://101news101.net/qopsm/ new tab pop-ups

What Is 101news101.net?

If new tabs pop up on your default browser from time to time and load some ads, you probably have adware on your computer. The piece of adware we will talk about here creates new tabs that load 101news101.net/qopsm (or 101news101.net/qop, 101news101.net/qopm, 101news101.net/qops) site which then immediately redirects the browser to online casino pages, movie streaming sites, adult sites and so on. This adware gets installed on users’ computers after users launch files downloaded from shady websites (usually sites that offer pirated software, sometimes torrent sites). You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the adware and stop 101news101.net/qopsm/ pop-ups. READ MORE

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