Category: Adware

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

How to Remove Text Link Extension

How to delete Text Link 1.3.2 (ID: ikfmghnmgeicocakijcebpkmbfljnogk) virus

What Is Text Link?

Text Link 1.3.2 (“Create clickable links from plain text. Supports Autopager, any URL(even FTP or IRC domain name only) and email addresses”) is a browser extension that may get installed on your computer together with some program or game downloaded from the Internet for free. It is also possible that you’ve installed Text Link yourself some time ago after someone recommended it. However for the last several months Text Links has been injecting ad links into webpages and adding “RocketTab powered by Advertise” to Google search results. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall Text Link and check your computer for other adware. READ MORE

How to Remove Zokidif.com/kui Pop-ups

How to delete http://zokidif.com/kui/ virus

What Is Zokidif.com?

There is a certain type of adware that creates a scheduled task on the infected computer to open some webpage (in this case http://zokidif.com/kui/) periodically via the default browser. That means the browser will launch itself every 5-30 minutes or create a new tab if the browser was already open, and load the specified page which will then redirect the browser to some advertising site, “you have a virus” page, betting site, etc. This adware is primarily distributed through sites offering pirated software and is usually accompanied by several Mail.ru PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). You may follow instructions below to get rid of the adware and stop zokidif.com/kui pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Fapmeth.com

How to delete fapmeth.com/afu.php?zoneid=1209384%var=1209384 virus

What Is Fapmeth.com?

If new tabs pop up on your browser from time or clicking on links redirects you to various advertising and scam sites, including http://fapmeth.com/afu.php?zoneid=…/ that is caused by adware that got installed on your PC. Most probably you’ve got this adware when you were installing software from a free downloads website and rushed through the installation without declining all extra programs that were offered for installation. It is also possible that you’ve accidentally downloaded a trojan that installed a bunch of adware and malware onto your computer. Finally, a browser extension that you have on your browser may have being updated to generate pop-ups and redirects on the browser. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the adware and stop Fapmeth.com pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Newsquench.com

How to delete http://newsquench.com/ virus

What Is Newsquench.com?

If you experience pop-ups and redirects on your browser that open various unwanted sites, Newsquench.com among them, then you have adware installed on your system. You may have installed this adware yourself, after encountering an ad for some “useful” browser extension and agreeing to the installation. The adware might also have ended up on your computer after you installed some free program and didn’t opt out of extra apps that were offered to you. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop Newsquench.com redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove Adexchangemachine.com

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What Is Adexchangemachine.com?

If clicking on links sometimes redirects you to adexchangemachine.com (http://b.adexchangemachine.com/script/wait.php?stamat=…/ or http://c.adexchangemachine.com/script/wait.php?stamat=…/), or if new tabs pop up on your browser from time to time opening that site, which will then redirect you to some ad page, “you have a virus” warning or some other suspicious site, then you have adware on your computer. That adware may have been installed together with a program or game you’ve got from a free downloads website, or it may have being installed by an .exe file you’ve downloaded from a questionable source. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop Adexchangemachine.com pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchipdf2.com

How to delete http://search.searchipdf2.com (PDF Convert) virus

What Is Search.searchipdf2.com?

Search.searchipdf2.com (PDF Convert) is a page with a search bar and several links to popular sites and to a site that converts files into different types. Search.searchipdf2.com may become your new tab page or startup page after you install some program from a free downloads website and don’t opt out of extra apps that are offered before installation. One of these extra apps may turn out to be a browser hijacker that would add Search.searchipdf2.com to your browser settings. Browser hijackers can also collect information about your browser usage – what sites you visit, what search for on search engines – and use this data to display customized ads in browsers. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchipdf2.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Theappzworld.com Pop-ups

How to delete https://rep.theappzworld.com/offer.html?err=qs&extid=eklichipenkkcdnbolinplmpeepakgpe&yid=30pr&extname=Safe%20Searching&tid=149&vc=22&gr=10 virus

What Is Theappzworld.com?

If new tabs pop up on your browser from time to time or when you click on a link, and load various webpages that want you to download some software or call a phone number, then you have adware on your PC. Theappzworld.com is one of the sites that may open due to adware and offer you to download Safe Searching or MoviesWorld New Tab browser extensions (https://rep.theappzworld.com/offer.html?err=…). If you are wondering how exactly has this adware appeared on your computer, it has probably been installed together with some program you’ve downloaded from a freeware site. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop theappzworld.com pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Rep.myappzcollection.com

What Is Rep.myappzcollection.com?

If clicking on links sometimes redirects you to rep.myappzcollection.com/offer.html?err=… or causes new tabs to pop up with the same site, then you likely have adware installed on your computer. Rep.myappzcollection.com offers you to install mysafe Browsing or some other browser extension which will likely also generate ads and pop-ups or hijack your homepage and search engine, for example. If you are wondering how this adware ended up on your computer, most probably it has been installed together with some free program or game. Freeware installers often try to trick users into installing several potentially unwanted programs, including adware. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the adware and stop rep.myappzcollection.com redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove Tabsonline.info

How to remove http://tabsonline.info virus

What Is Tabsonline.info?

If tabsonline.info page opens on your browser from time to time with the words “Chrome is Updating… Please don’t close this page! This page will close auto when the update is finished!” or as a blank page, then you likely have adware installed on your computer. Tabsonline.info, while open, may use a lot of CPU, slowing down your system. Adware causing tabsonline.info pop-ups may have ended up on your computer after you installed freeware and didn’t opt out of extra programs offered or, for example, after you run an .exe file downloaded from a questionable source. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the adware and stop tabsonline.info pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Kotcatk.com

How to delete http://kotcatk.com/ksz/ virus

What Is Kotcatk.com?

New tabs popping up from time to time on one of your browsers with the URL kotcatk.com/ksz are caused by adware. Adware of this type creates a scheduled task on the computer to periodically open a specific site via the default browser. That site, once opened, redirects the browser to an ad, a betting website, a “you have a virus” page, a dating site, a “you’ve won an iPhone” page and so on. You may have got this adware after you launched an installer or some other executable file downloaded from a questionable source. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop Kotcatk.com/ksz pop-ups. READ MORE

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