Intrusive advertising on website pages annoys any personal computer user. If you want to read text and a window pops up above it, it's very distracting. Bright flashing banners tire your eyes and distract your attention. In addition, some users are faced with the fact that their browsers automatically open pages with a huge amount of advertising, instead of the ones they need. This article describes how you can remove web browser advertisements from your computer.
Advertising sources
The first type can be disabled using the correct browser settings and special plugins.
Intrusive viruses are a little more difficult to remove, mainly because in most cases, users accidentally install them themselves. Typically, when installing free or pirated software, the installation wizard will ask you if you would like to additionally install another “useful” utility.
Many users inadvertently skip this point and open a direct path for ad viruses to their computer. But the installed antivirus cannot do anything, because the utility was installed with the permission of the computer owner.
Browser settings
The first thing you'll need to do is block pop-ups in your web browser. They are the most unpleasant type of Internet advertising and irritate users the most. Fortunately, they can be turned off using standard tools in any browser. In this guide, we will look at this process using Google Chrome as an example, and in other programs you can do everything by analogy:
Now you can install an additional extension on your Internet browser that will block almost all advertising. The most popular plugin among these is the free program AdBlock.
The extension has its own official website, from which you can easily download the distribution kit for any browser. Follow the link https://adblockplus.org/ru/. On the right side of the screen, click on the icon of your browser, for example, Yandex. After this, the button “ Install for Yandex.Browser" Click on it to begin the download and installation process. 
After successful installation, AdBlock will be launched automatically. You don't need to configure or enable anything. Pop-up windows, contextual advertising, banners, advertising in video players and much more will be blocked by the extension in real time and will no longer bother you.
Don't forget that this way you are installing AdBlock only for one browser. If you use several different programs in your work, you need to connect the extension to all of them by analogy.
Removing a malicious script
If, while browsing the Internet, you are periodically redirected to suspicious sites with a lot of advertising, these actions are probably performed directly from your computer using a special script.
If you have very few programs installed on your PC, or you can guess which application may be causing these problems, you can simply uninstall it manually:
One of the most common such programs is WebAlta.
ADW Cleaner
If you cannot find the source of the problems, you need to use the ADWCleaner utility. Follow the link http://adwcleaner.ru/ and click “Download portable”. Run the downloaded file. The portable version does not require any installation. 
Click on the "Scan" button and wait a few minutes. Once the process is complete, click “Clean” to remove all malicious ad scripts from your computer.
Yandex Browser has been rapidly gaining popularity lately. If you believe the statistics of liveinternet.ru, then the Yandex browser has already surpassed Firefox and took 4th place in popularity in the Runet. Therefore, we decided to write an article on how to remove advertising in Yandex Browser, similar to our old article about.
Removing advertising in Yandex Browser using Adguard
In the “Add-ons” section you need to find an add-on called “Adguard”, it should be located at the very bottom of the page, in the “Safe Internet” section. After you find "Adguard", activate it. To do this, just move the switch to the “On” position.
After the “Adguard” add-on is enabled, open any page with advertisements and check whether advertisements are displayed or not. If everything was done correctly, then after enabling “Adguard” there should be no advertising.
Setting up the Adguard add-on
Also, this add-on for Yandex browser can be configured if such a need arises. For this you need click on the “Adguard” icon on the browser panel.
After this, a pop-up window will appear in which you need to select the “Adguard Settings” section.
After this, a page with the add-on settings will appear.
Here you can enable or disable useful advertising, add an additional ad filter, add trusted sites to the whitelist, create your own filter to block ads, and enable or disable protection from .
Removing advertising in Yandex browser using Adblock Plus
Run this utility on your computer and click on the “Run scan” button.
Next, wait until the utility scans your computer and finally remove all malicious objects found. After this, restart your computer and check the Yandex browser. Pop-up ads should disappear.
- We indicate the path along which the installation will be carried out and click Next.
- The next step involves configuring the shortcuts. Here we use the same button.
- We are waiting for the installation of the application to complete on the PC.
- The installation is complete, all we have to do is run the program.
- After the application is installed, you can proceed directly to scanning for viruses. Launch the program and start scanning.
- To view the results, click the corresponding button.
All that remains is to quarantine the found viruses and your PC is safe.
After the scan is completed, the program must be uninstalled. This is done through the Windows control panel and does not cause any difficulties.
HitmanPro
The following program also worked very well. This is the famous Hitman Pro from Mark Loman. Let's figure out how to work with the utility.
- First, of course, we download the latest Russian version of the program from its official website. Then run the resulting file and click the Next button.
- We accept the license and move on to the next step.
- We refuse installation and select the one-time scanning option.
- We are waiting for the computer to be checked. Already at first, some threats are visible.
- When the scanning is completed, you need to configure work with the results. Each item has a drop-down list from which you need to select the appropriate option.
- As a result, the cleaning will begin and will protect your PC from malware in a matter of minutes. All you have to do is click on Exit.
AdwCleaner
Let's move on to the simply legendary application for searching for advertising modules. This is the famous AdwCleaner, which you can download on the official website. Then we move on to working with the program.
- First, click I agree.
- Then select the marked button. It will run a PC scan.
- The scan will begin and will take some time.
- After scanning, you will be shown a report with the threats found.
- To remove viruses, you need to select them in the menu below and click Clean.
- We will be warned that all programs on the PC will be closed automatically and the system will reboot. If you have saved the necessary data, click OK.
- Next, click Reboot now.
Attention! Be sure to save all data from running programs and close them. Otherwise, some files may be lost.
Cleaner
The next cleaning tool for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 is Cleaner. You can download the program, just like others, on its official website.
- When you receive the distribution, run it. No installation is needed here, just click the start scanning button.
- We are waiting for the process to finish
- We see a number of threats found and click on Defuse.
- Cleaning will not take much time.
- When finished, all we have to do is click on Finish.
This is such an easy to use program. But this is not enough for us, let's look at one more.
SpyBot - Search & Destroy
This application is developed by Safer-Networking Ltd. From the name alone it is clear that the main task here is to search and destroy viruses. So download the app and get to work quickly.
- Once the installer is downloaded, run it. For the deepest and most complete scanning, click the menu item marked in the screenshot.
- Next, select the item surrounded by a red frame.
- The inspection has begun, we are waiting for it to be completed.
At the end of the scan, all threats will be removed.
Attention! While scanning, do not run any programs, thereby preventing the program from working.
Reset Browser
Sometimes you can remove viruses that have settled in your browser by resetting it. We will show an example of cleaning based on Google Chrome, since it is the most popular. In other browsers, for example, Opera, Yandex.Browser, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Safari, this can also be done without difficulty.
- Let's go to the browser menu. In Chrome, this is an icon with three dots.
- Then select the settings item.
- Scroll the content to the very bottom and select the item circled in red.
- Click on Reset.
- We confirm our intentions by pressing the marked button.
After this, the browser will restart and be rid of any malicious code.
Job Scheduler
Sometimes the virus you picked up is also registered in the task scheduler. Thus, he seems to add himself to autoload and secretly. Let's figure out how to remove it from there.
- You can launch the application using the key combination Win + R. When the small window opens, enter the following command into it:
- Here you will see standard tasks, among which extraneous ones may get lost. We'll just have to remove it from here.
Malware can also nest in normal autorun. To remove it from there, you can use the CCleaner utility.
Launch the program, go to the tab. Here is a list of all applications launched with the system. If desired, they can be removed or disabled completely.
After running CCleaner, be sure to restart your PC.
Removing extensions
Again, the instructions will be shown using Google Chrome as an example. In other browsers, proceed in the same way.
- In the browser, go to its main menu, select the sub-item Additional tools, and then .
- These are our plugins, if you see something extraneous here, feel free to delete it.
Remember! Even an extension that has worked for you for many years can become infected with a virus over time and “add it” to you. You should trust only proven and well-proven plugins.
Uninstalling programs
- Initially, launch the control panel. You can find it through search.
- Let's move on to the point marked in the screenshot.
- We carefully look through the list of applications and, if there is something unknown, delete it by right-clicking the mouse.
Sometimes, before you can remove unnecessary malware files that pop up on your computer, you need to unlock access to them by stopping the process. This is done like this:
- Launch the task manager by right-clicking on an empty area of the taskbar. From the pop-up menu, select the item marked 2.
- When Task Manager is launched, go to the Details tab and carefully examine the list of running processes. If you find a stranger, stop it and then delete the files.
Attention: if you are launching the task manager for the first time, click the More details button in its lower left corner.
- In order to complete the process, you need to right-click on it and select the item marked in the screenshot.
Probably the most popular and annoying problem on the Internet for ordinary users is constantly appearing advertisements in the browser. If when you click on every site, pop-up windows with advertisements open, then you have installed malware, an application, or a virus. Getting rid of this is not always easy.
It's called AdWare. Its creators make money by watching ads. Typically, advertisements are broadcast in pop-up windows of various bookmakers and casinos.
I will try to show universal ways to solve this problem in all popular browsers ( Opera, Yandex, Chrome...) and help you get rid of this advertising forever.
Remove ads without additional programs
Since the applications and programs that cause pop-up windows to appear are not viruses, your antivirus may not see them. Follow these instructions as follows:
- Disable all applications in the browser. If the advertisement appeared because of him, it will disappear.
- Remove suspicious programs. It is possible that one of them is the cause of the advertisement.
- Remove the unnecessary ones.
Don't forget to restart your computer when you're done. You may have been lucky and removed ads with these simple steps; if not, read on.
Getting rid of ads with AdwCleaner
This program is free and created specifically for such cases with advertising. It will cope with the virus if it is in the browser. Download it from the official website and run ( no installation required). Perform a scan.
Then check all tabs ( highlighted in yellow in the image), uncheck the required elements ( if you are sure) and perform cleaning. Then the computer will restart, the program will clean up and set the browser settings to default. I found 3 problems in the registry.
After the reboot, you will see a report on the work performed. Open your browser and check the result. If the advertisement remains, don’t worry. Use the following method.
Getting rid of advertising with Anti-Malware
If other methods do not help, use this program. It was created specifically to combat AdWare. The developers provide free access for 14 days, which is enough for you to remove ads. Download it from the official website and install.
Run a system scan. Remove all found objects using this program.
Usually these three methods will be enough to solve this problem.
Manual way to remove ads
Did the other methods not help you? Then try to get rid of advertising in your browser by deleting the process responsible for its appearance. Use the free Process Explorer program. To do this, download it and run it ( no installation required). You need to find suspicious processes and remove them. The program contains a detailed description of each of them.
If you doubt any process, you can check it for viruses. To do this, select it and open the context menu. In it, select “Check VirusTotal” as in the image below. The results will be shown in the column on the right. You can also simply search for information about it in any search engine.
As soon as you have found the process responsible for displaying advertising, try stopping it and check ( restarting the computer) whether advertising disappeared. If it appears again, find the location of the files that launch it and delete them. To do this, select “Properties” in the context menu.
The path to the files will be displayed here ( a random process is taken as an example). Go there and delete them.
If you can’t delete for some reason, try doing it through safe mode. To do this, you need to turn it on.
Go to the Windows run prompt ( Win+R) and enter the command msconfig as shown in the image below.
Go to the path that was specified in the parameters and delete the files. Now the advertising should disappear.
Checking the task scheduler
If all of the above methods did not work, then you need to go to the Windows task scheduler and see what is there. Go to Start >> Control Panel >> Task Scheduler.
First, enable the display of hidden tasks.
Then delete suspicious tasks and tabs with advertisements will no longer appear. Below is a demonstration of how everything should roughly look like for you.
Possible problems after removing the virus
Adware leaves behind several problems. It can change the start page from the shortcut, change the hosts file and network settings. Now I will show you how to fix it all.
Shortcut fix
Sometimes you cannot change the start page when you turn on the browser. Therefore, most likely the virus added the address of its page to the address in the shortcut.
To fix this, go to the shortcut properties of your browser. Open the “Shortcut” tab and in it delete all the characters that are located behind the quotes in the “Object” field, as in the example below.
Or simply delete the shortcut and create a new one.
The virus can block access to search engines and other sites through the hosts file. You need to fix it. You can do this with a text editor ( notepad or other).
Go to My Computer Explorer and follow the path: Your disk with the system ( usually drive C) >> Windows >> System32 >> Drivers >> etc. Open hosts with a text editor. Delete all lines up to the first character from the bottom # and save the file.
Correcting network settings
It is possible that when you logged into your browser, you encountered an error connecting to the proxy server. You can fix it in the network settings.
Go to Start >> Control Panel >> Internet Options. Here go to the “Connections” tab and go to the network settings.
In this window, leave “Automatically detect parameters” as in the image below, and remove the rest.
There should be no more errors.
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Hello! Nowadays, the problem of viruses is not very acute - most users already generally understand what can be opened and what is highly discouraged... and modern Windows 10 is already less vulnerable to malware. And what do most users use a computer for? — surf the Internet and watch a movie. But with browsers, not everything is so simple, so the issue of blocking ads in the browser is more relevant than ever before.
If you are interested in the issue of ad blocking... or you have started to notice ads where there were never any (and even worse if advertising is already popping up in the browser), then I can tell you with confidence that you are not alone, and I will try to explain to you how to get rid of this illness.
How to block ads in your browser - simple steps to a clean Internet
- Advertising, which was deliberately installed by the site owner, is the most common and easiest method of advertising to block.
- Crashing, infuriating advertising on all sites... pop-up windows, spontaneous opening of the browser, various casinos and other nonsense - it is much more difficult to treat, but it’s possible (the problem is that your computer is showing you ads)
Initially, I want to show the basic setting of ad blocking in the browser (if this does not help, then you most likely have advertising modules or AdWare as they are called).
Recognizing AdWare is quite simple - it is a pop-up flashy advertisement in the browser on all pages (for example, on Yandex a Vulcan casino may be advertised or a browser with advertising may open spontaneously).
It’s clear that this is not normal... so I want to tell you about a method for blocking Yandex Browser (now I use it myself and can recommend it to you). In the instructions we will consider universal options that are suitable even for Internet Explorer or EDGE. Let's look at both paid and free extensions - don't switch, it will be interesting!
How to remove advertising in the Yandex browser
Do you know why I like the Yandex browser? — it contains a lot of useful things for a Russian-speaking user. In addition, there is a built-in ability to filter ads using the third-party service AdGuard (I previously used AdBlock Plus, but after switching from Firefox to Ya.Browser there is no point in installing a third-party extension). This extension can be turned on simply - open the menu and go to “Add-ons”... and turn on the “Adguard” extension.
By default, advertising from Yandex and Google will not be blocked (and even normal advertising there, sometimes even useful) - whether to disable it or not is up to you. On my own behalf, I would like to add that sometimes this is the only way for the author of a resource to earn money... after all, you need to pay for hosting, spend time writing posts like this one. Well, monetization is a great motivation to develop and fill your resource.
Well, that was a small lyrical digression - you can go to the extension settings and disable the “Allow search advertising and site’s own promotions” option. This way you will completely disable all advertising on websites known to the extension.
ADGUARD is an excellent ad blocker for any browser
Since we are talking about ad blocking, it would be a crime not to talk about the wonderful AdGuard application. What if I told you that you can block ads not only in the browser, but also in various applications where they are often found? Skype, Viber, uTorrent - all these programs are popular and constantly annoying with ads, but AdGuard will automatically remove them all. You can download it from the official website...
AdGuard deserves a separate note, which I plan to write in the future, but for now a short overview of the capabilities
Installation is the same as everywhere else, nothing new was invented... however, I would advise not to install recommended products (well, if we want, we’ll install it ourselves, I don’t like this intrusiveness)
What can I tell you about the best application for blocking ads on your computer? Many people are looking for ways to disable advertising on Skype or torrent, delve into the code, edit something there - this is all real and tested in practice... but you can just install AdGuard and it will automatically block ads in all popular applications - isn’t it beautiful?!
The Parental Control feature seemed useful. I don’t know what filters it works on - but the joke is not in blocking porn sites and other bad resources... but in the inability to even find them in the search.
But of course, it is not without its drawbacks - the application is paid, but its price does not exceed the cost of pizza... support the developers, do not bother with torrents! And don’t forget - the AdGuard application is used to block ads; it will not help against viruses. You can use a good antivirus for free against all evil spirits.
How to remove ads in Google Chrome browser and other browsers
Now let's move on to the easiest way to get rid of ads in the browser - I used this extension until I switched to Yandex Browser with the AdGuard extension. Suitable for any browser (or almost, all known to me are supported) - just go to the official website of the extension...
I’ll tell you using Google Chrome as an example (but everything is similar for any other - be it Firefox or Opera) - find the largest button “Install for YOUR_BROWSER”. Agree with the installation of the extension and restart your web browser - the lion's share of advertising on sites will disappear.
How to remove ads in the browser? — We choose the best
If you constantly see ads popping up in your browser, and all the methods described above have not corrected the situation, then you most likely have a malicious program on your computer, a browser extension, or the system settings have been changed. The whole problem with this infection is that antiviruses don’t see them, in fact it doesn’t harm the computer... but it infuriates the user. Let's start with disassembling pop-up advertising in the browser.
How to remove pop-up ads automatically
With the spread of this infection, it is not surprising that entire companies gradually began to appear producing applications to combat this advertising ransomware. Thanks to them, most advertising inserts are treated automatically and require virtually no user intervention - I highly recommend you use them.
AdwCleaner - an easy way to remove ads from your computer
In order not to bother you too much and not to bother you with places in the Windows system that are unclear to the average user, I suggest initially trying to remove pop-up ads in the browser automatically. There are many software products for removing AdWare, but my experience tells me to stick with AdwCleaner - in my opinion, the best solution to remove all known extensions from any browser.
Download only from !OFFICIAL site and nowhere else! After launching the application, click “Scan” and wait for the end of the search for harmful programs... check that there is nothing unnecessary in the results and click clean - check after rebooting.
Please note that AdvCleaner also considers all programs from Mail.RU to be malicious. If you use any Mail Agent, do not forget to remove it from the purge list.
HitmanPro is a good way to remove pop-up ads in your browser
A small utility from Malwarebytes, Hitman Pro will find most malware on your computer and can remove them. The application is paid, but with a test period - it will be more useful than ever for us for a one-time cleaning. As usual, download from the official website of the program.
To avoid installing the program on your computer, use the “I’m going to scan the system only once” option. In this case, we will immediately start scanning the operating system for unwanted programs.
As you can see, malware was found in our system (in our example it is a system activator, but it will do for the example) - just click “Next” to clear the found threats.
Remember I wrote that the application is paid? - so, to clean the system, you can activate a free license... click the appropriate button and enter your email to issue you a temporary license.
After cleaning, you should restart your computer and check whether our problem with pop-up advertising inserts has been resolved or not.
Removed pop-up ads in the browser - the Internet does not work
An unpleasant situation happens - you removed pop-ups and ads in your browser and now the Internet does not work. The browser reports that it is unable to connect to the proxy server. The problem is quite common, but has an elementary solution.
Most likely, the left DNS server was used, and since we removed the malicious application - using DNS data turned out to be impossible and useless - you just need to reset the settings to standard
To solve the problem with the error “Cannot connect to the proxy server,” we need to go to the “Control Panel,” open the “Network and Internet” section and in the “Browser Options” category, select “Manage browser settings.”
Make sure that the “Use a proxy server for local connections” checkbox is unchecked and that the “Automatic detection of parameters” option is active.
If the steps taken did not give the desired result, write in the comments, we’ll try to figure out the problem together.
How to remove pop-up ads in your browser manually
If all the above methods to get rid of viral advertising in the browser did not help, then extreme measures remain - we’ll try to fix the situation manually.
Task Scheduler - if ads pop up in the browser
The trend of 2017 is not a new frameless iPhone, but a problem of users who periodically have ads popping up in their browser... and not a single program sees them. I first encountered this species at the end of 2016 (and to be honest, for a very long time I could not understand what the problem was). The situation is as follows: an advertising site periodically opened, even if the browser was closed.
As it turned out, the malware used a task scheduler and simply periodically launched a task - launch the browser at the required time interval and open the site it needed in it (! brilliant).
To improve the health of our system, let’s open the task scheduler and delete it from there...
Open the Start menu and type “Task Scheduler” - find it in the search list and open it. Alternatively, press WIN + R on your keyboard and type taskschd.msc
In one of the tasks, you will probably see the path to the browser with a postscript in the form of a site that constantly opens for you - you should delete it (right-click on the task - delete). There are situations when different sites open all the time - in this case, one site opens, and then redirects to one of many (you just don’t have time to notice it) - just delete dubious tasks with additions to the path to the browser file.
What to do if advertising appears in the browser? — Disable extensions
You can clear your browser of ads and pop-ups simply by disabling the bad extension. Not long ago I installed a browser add-on that allowed me to watch torrents online... everything was great until I noticed that advertising appeared where there had never been one. Unfortunately, I didn’t notice this right away and therefore the solitaire game didn’t work out right away - it helped that the extension was not installed in another browser and there were no false advertisements there.
I just disabled the browser add-on and the ads disappeared. Try going to the list of extensions:
- For Yandex Browser this is Settings > Add-ons (in the same place where you enabled AdGuard)
- For Google Chrome - Settings > More tools > Extensions
Disable all extensions one by one until the ads stop appearing. This way you will identify a malicious extension - you need to remove it and forget about it forever.
Unfortunately, this point is often ignored, but it is one of the most common. You can’t trust anyone... there are often cases in which the extension that everyone is familiar with starts telling us all sorts of nasty things. We trust him, why do we need to turn him off and check him?! We will look in the place where it is not there... but until the last minute we will not try to simply turn it off for a minute and check.
The Hosts file is the reason for advertising in the browser
Many Adware use the Windows system hosts file to display advertisements. Currently, it is practically not used by advertising malware - usually left-handed Google addresses are registered there or social networks are replaced.
You can correct the hosts file using notepad (which, by the way, must be opened as an administrator, otherwise you will not be able to save changes in it). It is necessary to delete all lines that are under the lines starting with a hash.
Why do ads pop up in the browser? — Editing shortcuts
If, after completing all the steps described above, advertising starts only when you launch the browser itself, then it’s time to pay attention to program shortcuts. In the shortcut properties, delete everything that is outside the quotes (usually the address of the annoying site)... and create new shortcuts for the browser.
This method is incredibly simple, but many people overlook it. In my practice, this option of pop-up advertising occurs very often, so do not underestimate it.
Conclusions about pop-up advertising in the browser and blocking it
Constantly popping up ads in your browser can be very annoying, so be careful when installing different applications and try to use official download sites to minimize the possibility of picking up something unusual, but extremely unpleasant.
I hope this small instruction was useful to you (and it is really small - I described only a small part of the problem areas, but they are the most common) and you were able to defeat advertising in the browser. If something doesn’t work out, write in the comments, we’ll figure it out together!
