Category: Adware

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

How to Remove Smartnewtab.com

How to stop http://www.smartnewtab.com/ redirects

What Is Smartnewtab.com?

If your browser keeps getting redirected to www.smartnewtab.com, that means Smartnewtab PUP got installed on your PC. Most probably this occurred when you downloaded and installed a free game or other software application from a freeware site. These sites make money by including junkware into software installers. When a user installs their software, the junkware gets installed too if the user doesn’t refuse it. Seeing that many users don’t pay particular attention during installation and that various tactics are used to prevent users from refusing, the junkware regularly ends up getting installed. If this has happened on your computer, you can follow this removal guide to get rid of Smartnewtab.com. READ MORE

How to Remove DynamiteArcade

How to stop DynamiteArcade ads

What Is DynamiteArcade?

Ads by DynamiteArcade will appear in your browser if you install DynamiteArcade software. This software allows computer users to play online games on dynamitearcade.com website, although many users might wonder how it ended up on their computers if they’ve never even heard of this site. Well, in such cases this occurred when the users got free-of-charge software from one of download sites. Freeware is often accompanied by PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) that get installed together with the freeware unless users know how to cancel the PUPs’ installation. Once DynamiteArcade is inside, it starts to generate ads of various types: banners, sidebars, text-links, pop-ups, etc. If you encountered such ads and wish to remove DynamiteArcade from your computer, this step-by-step guide will help you. READ MORE

How to Remove Ads by Not set

Ads by Not set

What Is Ads by Not set Adware?

If Ads by Not set are frequent guests in your browser, an adware program got installed on your computer. The ads can be in the form of coupons and sidebars, fake tech support pop-ups, fake software updates and so on. You are advised against clicking on these ads, using advertised online stores, leaving your personal information or downloading any suggested software, as that can bring about serious malware infestation, identity theft and/or financial loss. You can follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of Ads by Not set and uninstall adware causing them. READ MORE

How to Remove PlayLunar

PlayLunar adware

What Is PlayLunar?

PlayLunar software allows users to play premium games on www.playlunar.com site, and in exchange the users agree to see video ads and other types of advertisements in their browsers. PlayLunar adware usually gets onto users’ computers when the users download and install free games or software utilities off the Internet. During installation the users are told that a few more “useful” apps will get installed (there is a possibility to decline, but it is not always obvious how to do that). If this is what happened to you and you wish to uninstall PlayLunar and get rid of the ads, please follow this removal guide. READ MORE

How to Remove GreatDeals Ads

GreatDeals Ads

What Is GreatDeals?

If Ads by GreatDeals appeared in your browser, that means you inadvertently installed GreatDeals adware on your PC. GreatDeals adware is one of the programs on your computer: it can be called GreatDeals or have some other name. Ads by GreatDeals can take the form of coupons, pop-ups, sidebars, etc. Clicking on the ads is not recommended as they might lead you to questionable sites and online stores. To stop ads by GreatDeals you’ll have to delete GreatDeals adware; this page will tell you how. READ MORE

How to Remove Appnord.xyz Redirects and Pop-ups

appnord.xyz redirect

What Is Appnord.xyz?

Your browser getting redirected to appnord.xyz (and after a few seconds – to some other site) means adware is installed on your PC. Appnord.xyz adware can open redirecting tabs when you launch the browser or open new tab, and sometimes even when you click somewhere on the page or at Windows log-on. The sites Appnord.xyz directs you to may offer you installation of suspicious software, surveys requiring you to enter personal info, and use other deceptive methods that may lead to computer infections or identity theft. To remove Appnord.xyz adware from your computer, please follow this step-by-step guide. READ MORE

How to Remove Web Timer

Web Timer adware

What Is Web Timer?

Web Timer may seem like a useful and handy application for those who want to track how much time they spend on each website. While Web Timer does provide what it promised, it’s the program’s other, less savory properties that soon make its users want to uninstall Web Timer from their computers. The fact is, Web Timer’s creators generate revenue via advertising, and the users who installed the extension are forced to deal with ads and pop-ups in their browsers. Also, in order to customize the ads, Web Timer collects the users’ information and can share it with third parties. READ MORE

How to Remove Adsforeverybody.ga

adsforeverybody.ga site

What Is Adsforeverybody.ga?

New tabs or pop-ups leading to www.adsforeverybody.ga/ads.php regularly appear in your browser? It seems your computer is infected with adware. Adsforeverybody.ga pop-ups might open even when you are not using the browser, launching it themselves. The ads on adsforeverybody.ga page often encourage you to install untrustworthy software; doing this might lead to further, more dangerous computer infections. If you were unlucky enough and got these pop-ups on your PC, please follow this step-by-step guide to stop Adsforeverybody.ga ads. READ MORE

How to Remove Ad4Pop Ads

ad4pop.com website

What Is Ad4Pop?

Ad4Pop software allows computer users to play premium games on ad4pop.com. In exchange the users agree to see advertisements and other materials by third parties in browser windows. Most of the time users don’t install Ad4Pop adware on purpose; they get it inadvertently when installing freeware from the web. If during a free program installation a user doesn’t decline “recommended” software, they ends up with several more apps then they intended. If that happened to you and you wish to remove Ad4Pop from your PC, please follow this removal guide. READ MORE

How to Remove Searchincognito.com Virus

searchincognito.com site

What Is Searchincognito.com?

Searchincognito.com is advertised as a privacy-oriented search engine that doesn’t record your search history. If new tabs in your browsers open to searchincognito.com and entered search queries redirect you to the same site, that means Search Incognito got installed on your PC. That probably happened when you installed freeware from the Internet: free software often comes with potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) included in their installers, and if users don’t pay attention they end up installing the PUPs too. You can follow this removal guide to get rid of searchincognito.com on your Chrome, IE, Firefox and Opera. READ MORE

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