Yandex browser pops up an advertisement, what should I do? How to remove pop-up ads in your browser

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 everyone) Let's talk now about such an unpleasant situation when advertising pops up in Yandex Browser, fraudulent sites open and in general some kind of horror happens with Yandex Browser. Alas, guys, but this situation is not so rare nowadays, when users are gullible and not always attentive, but some developers take advantage of this.. And when you install some kind of program, it is often installed along with another one - it’s a program, or even more than one! Well, it’s clear that this is a stupid leftist and you stupidly don’t need him!

I don’t know if I can help you or not, but today there are so many different infections that sometimes you need to try several ways to remove this infection from your computer! But here I have collected for you the most super-super methods, they are the safest and most powerful. In general, I hope that they will help you!)

So what should you do first? But here you don’t need to do anything! And do you know why? Because first you need to use special utilities to remove adware from your computer; if they find an infection, they know better how to remove it, you know?

I will say again that everything I write here is something I didn’t just come up with, these are the most effective ways to eliminate left-handed advertising in Yandex Browser, which is created in most cases by advertising viruses! The methods under consideration are aimed specifically at eliminating the source of advertising, that is, removing all this virus from your computer!

So, the first utility is, of course, AdwCleaner. First you need to check your computer. So let's go to this site:

If suddenly, well, suddenly the site does not work, then look for the utility in a search engine, just write AdwCleaner and in the first or second place there will be the site from where you can download the utility. Well, or rather it should be.

In general, we went to the website, there we press the Download button, it will look like this in green:

Then the utility will download, launch it, this window will appear, there is some kind of licensing condition, you can read it, in short, click here I agree:

This window will pop up only once, when you first launch AdwCleaner. Well, then the main window of the program will open, here it is:

And then an unusual joke awaited me personally... In short, the point is that now AdwCleaner is like a utility from the company Malwarebytes, or so it seemed to me? The fact is that this has never happened before! I read some information on the Internet and in short it’s true, Malwarebytes acquired AdwCleaner, there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just a joke, a joke, well, unexpected!

Okay, let's continue. In general, the AdwCleaner window has opened, now what can you do? Well, now there’s only one thing left to do, and that’s to click on the Scan button, that is, click on this button:

That's it, the most important thing is to search for any infection on your computer, and then, if it is found, it will be deleted! Before scanning, a fresh signature database will be downloaded, and then the virus search will begin. Look, the search has begun and after a couple of seconds I have already found 29 threats (crap):

And in the end, a total of 81 threats were found, these guys are a complete mess! So, guys, the test is over (it took me about a minute):

What are we going to do now? We will clean Windows, but before that we’ll talk a little about what AdwCleaner found. Here is the Services tab, on this tab services were found that belong, so to speak, to left-wing programs, well, that is, this is a complete leftist, usually installed without your knowledge at all. All services that will be here will all be deleted (as a last resort, if anything happens, you can uncheck the box). As you can see, I have only one service here, this is ReimageRealTimeProtector:

On the Folders tab there will be all the folders that are going to be deleted, because they are classified as viral, so to speak. Here's what I have on this tab:

On the Files tab there will be virus files, well, that’s logical, there’s nothing more to say, here’s what I have on this tab:

The Shortcuts tab will list shortcuts that will either be cleared or completely deleted because they contain a virus site. I don’t remember exactly what will be done, but I know for sure that these shortcuts are a bummer, as all sorts of advertising viruses love! In general, this is what I have on this tab:

If suddenly you had a viral Yandex Browser shortcut, then if AdwCleaner removes it, then don’t worry. The most correct thing that can be done is to install Yandex Browser again, if you do this, then everything will be normal, all your settings and passwords and so on, then all this will be untouched!

But the Registry tab, I don’t even know what to say here, the registry keys that will be deleted will simply be indicated here, because they smell more like viruses. Here's what I have on this tab:

Here is the Chrome tab, some entries will be shown here, maybe extensions, I don’t know for sure, but I only know that this all relates to viruses in Chrome. Here's what I have on this tab:

As you can see, the AdwCleaner utility finds a lot of things and it’s very good. You may have more virus junk found than I do. And the AdwCleaner utility knows how to competently remove all detected viruses not only from Windows, but also from browsers, from their shortcuts, from extensions. Then, in general, you need to click on the Clear button to remove all evil spirits:

Then there will be such a window, here, in principle, it says that you need to close all your programs, close all open documents, save the changes and then click OK in this window:

That's it, then you need to wait a little until all the viruses are removed:

Everything was deleted for me in about ten seconds, generally quickly, then this message popped up:

Everything that is written here, I advise you to read it all)

Then there will be another message, it already says that you need to do a reboot in order to finish the job, so to speak. I advise you not to postpone this reboot:

Please note that after you click OK, it will immediately reboot! Well, then a report on the work done will be provided in the form of a text file, which will open automatically after a reboot. This is the report I got, look:

Let's draw some conclusions about what we did at all. We launched the AdwCleaner program, which cleaned the computer of all viruses. Believe me, it’s better to check this regularly, it’s very important, because these ad viruses, the regular antivirus just doesn’t catch them, you know? This was the first part, if it seems difficult, then drop it, I’m just telling you everything in detail here so that you understand everything exactly)

So, in principle, this may be enough, but it would be better to make another control shot in the form of the HitmanPro utility. Guys, dear guys, do you think that I’m just showing you these utilities? No, this is not true at all, these are the BEST UTILITIES THAT I KNOW, WHICH CAN CLEAN YOUR COMPUTER FROM ADVERTISING INFECTION TO THE MAXIMUM, keep this in mind. To remove viral advertising in Yandex Browser, you need to remove the source of the advertising itself, and in most cases this is virus programs or viral extensions or some similar nonsense. I won’t write bullshit for you)

So, now I suggest you check your computer with the HitmanPro utility, it is also aimed at searching for any advertising infection. So let's go to this address:

And there you click on Free Download:

Then check the box that you accept the license agreement and click Next again:

Then you will be asked to either install HitmanPro or scan the system one time. I will not install, I choose a one-time check. Then you still need to enter your email twice. Well, you can also uncheck the box so that you don’t receive news by email. In general, then click the Next button:

All guys, now the search has begun for any viruses on your computer, that is, advertising viruses and the like. Just like in AdwCleaner, the search is deep and all places where the virus can be located are checked. But keep in mind that HitmanPro searches after AdwCleaner, so it may easily not find anything. But no, I still see that something has already been found, because the window has turned red, look for yourself:

The fact that something was found is not surprising, the fact is that HitmanPro sniffs out viruses even more strongly than AdwCleaner and finds something that, in principle, is not particularly dangerous, but it is better to remove it anyway. Nevertheless, even some kind of Trojan FBtR_x86.exe and a bunch of other infections were found:

In general, click the Next button to delete all this. And then guys, a little surprise will await you, the fact is that you need to activate HitmanPro. But don’t worry, everything is simple, just click here Activate a free license:

Then you need to enter your email twice and click the Activation button:

Then you should have a window like this, if it does, then everything is ok:

But I won’t say anything about the minus that has emerged, here you will understand everything yourself:

Maybe if you enter a different email, there will be a new license and a new 30 days? Oh, I don’t know guys, I haven’t tried this, but I’ll have to try..)

Well, all in all, the program is activated, now click the Next button. The cleaning will begin and this is the result, for me personally everything was removed successfully:

Well, only the Trojan itself, FBtR_x86.exe, has been moved to quarantine. Then click the Next button again, after which you will see what was done by this utility, that is, how many threats were found, how many files were scanned, well, in short, this information:

The only thing is that at the bottom there will be a button about rebooting the system, well, in general, it’s better to do this reboot right away, otherwise you never know..)

After rebooting, your computer will be clean. All the guys, well, we have already done a lot of work, checking the computer with the AdwCleaner and HitmanPro utilities, this is a really powerful check)

True, I don’t quite understand what happened to that Trojan, well, which was in the HitmanPro quarantine.. In general, where is this quarantine? So I asked myself this question, and started looking for the Quarantine folder on the system drive and finally found it, here it is:

C:\ProgramData\HitmanPro\Quarantine

If anything, then this is in Windows 7, I think that in Windows 10 it is also there, well, as a last resort, you can look for it on the system drive, this is the easiest way to find this folder) As for searching, I mean write Quarantine in the right the upper corner of the system disk window, where the search is. Well, here's what's inside my folder:

To be honest, I don’t know what it is, but the first thing that came to mind was that there was an encrypted Trojan lying here, neutralized, so to speak)

But how to delete files in HitmanPro quarantine? I found out how to do this by accident, but in short, look, you need to launch HitmanPro again, then in the window at the bottom there will be a Settings button, click it. Next, go to the Log tab, there will be a Quarantine tab inside, check the box for Files located only in Quarantine, and there I saw the Trojan that was found during the scan, look, this file:

To remove this Trojan from quarantine, you need to check the box next to it and then click the Remove button below. I deleted everything without any jokes, that is, without problems)

Phew, finally figured out this quarantine. So guys, let's draw conclusions. What have we done anyway? We did a POWERFUL CHECK OF THE COMPUTER regarding the search for advertising viruses with two utilities, that is, the effect is maximum, we removed all the threats, cleaned it, and created a mess. Believe it or not, this is a really effective cleaning of advertising nonsense)

We did the most important thing! What should you do now? Now check if you have an ad blocker installed in Yandex Browser; I wrote about what they are and how to install them here:

Well guys, I think I wrote everything or forgot something? I hope that I wrote everything, but if something is wrong or I didn’t write something, then I’m sorry. Good luck in life and have a great mood)

14.12.2016

Advertising rains down on us from everywhere, from the radio, from TV, from street billboards, and it is not surprising that most people want to remove advertising at least from their browser on their computer or phone. Today we will help you remove all advertising from browsers on your digital devices.

“Advertising is the engine of trade,” said one of the founders of the advertising business, Louis Metzel, and he was right. With the help of advertising, potential buyers from advertising learn about new products and services offered to them. At first, advertisements were printed in various paper publications: advertising brochures, leaflets, and on the pages of magazines and newspapers. When radio, television and a little later the Internet appeared, advertising conquered this space too. Now, when we open any website, we see advertising and this is normal. After all, websites are created to make money, and advertising is additional income paid by the advertiser for promoting their services.

There are also completely different situations when, when you open one or another browser, without yet going to the desired site, you see an advertising banner, an unknown site opens, or when you go to the site you need, the browser redirects you to content unknown to you. Why did this problem arise? Often, when downloading some free content, the user may also receive software with built-in advertising as a surprise. Unscrupulous software developers are guilty of this: extensions and applications for browsers, PC programs, etc. This is a kind of payment for free software. “Why then doesn’t the antivirus program notice other people’s software? ”: - you ask. It’s simple: by downloading the program, you give the green light for it, and besides, the developers have thought of how to bypass the protection on your computer. What to do and how to deal with advertising in the browser for each individually we will consider below.

If the advertisement has already appeared, then we begin cleaning it up in this web browser by analyzing your actions a day or two before the advertisement appears. You need to determine what programs or applications you have downloaded from the Internet recently. You can look at this in the “Downloads” folder and by deleting one software after another, we achieve until the advertising stops appearing. It happens that such actions will not be enough, then we use more effective levers of influence - special programs and utilities:

Dr.Web Curettlt.

You can fight advertising in your Internet browser and using built-in methods. Open the Internet browser menu, select “Settings” - “Show additional settings” - “Personal data protection” and here click “Block pop-ups on all sites”. They also fight adware in web browsers using special extensions for them - ad blockers: adquard, AdBlock Plus, uBlock and others. If it is impossible to remove the ad virus from the browser, then simply remove it (the browser) from the computer.

Virus and adware get into Google Chrome in the same way as other web browsers - with programs downloaded to the Internet, therefore the methods for removing it are approximately the same, with minor changes. Let's now look at how to remove ads in this browser? The first thing we do is check it for the presence of foreign malware. To do this, hover the mouse over the browser icon and open its “Properties”, click on “Shortcut” in the “Object” text there should be “C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” If something else , then open the control panel, find the “My Computer” folder, find the “User” folder and see if a new “Temp” folder has appeared and if it exists, delete its contents.
You can also remove ads using tools built into your browser. You need to click the settings button at the top of the browser interface and go to them. Then select “Personal information” and open the “Content Settings” window, select the “Pop-up windows” entry, click the “Block pop-up windows on all sites” button and then “Done”.

How can you remove ads in your browser if you don’t understand your computer’s settings well? If this is the case, you need to install plugins in your web browser - ad blockers or the programs I gave for Yandex. It is better to do this from the Google Chrome store. Right-click on the browser settings, in the window select “Additional tools” - “Extensions”, go down to the bottom of this page and open the “More extensions” tab. On the store page, enter the name of one of the listed anti-advertising extensions into the search, select the one you need and install it in the browser.

Mozilla, like the two browsers above, has built-in tools to combat advertising. To enable them, you need to open it, select “Settings” - “Content” in the window and uncheck “Use Java Script” and put it in the “Block pop-up windows” line and click OK.

You can remove ads in this web browser using extensions. It is better to install them from trusted developers. You need to open the settings window, select “Add-ons” and write “Advertising” in the search, select and install the extension in this Internet browser.

As with the frefox web browser, you need to prohibit the use of Java Script and opening unsolicited sites. Go to the Opera menu and open them, select “Tools” - “General Settings” and check the box for “Block Content”, then go to “Advanced” - “Content” and uncheck the “Enable Animation” and “Enable Java Script” checkboxes. .

How to remove pop-up ads in your browser

All methods described above are suitable for any browser. It is necessary to disable pop-up windows in your browser settings and install special plugins to block ads. There is also a more universal way to remove advertising from your browser forever - you need to download any software only from trusted resources.

The simplest solution to the problem of advertising on YouTube is to enter this command into the browser console: ="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=oKckVSqvaGw; path=/; domain=.youtube.com";.reload(); when visiting this video hosting site. To open the console, you need to simultaneously press the Crl+Shift+J keys and enter this command into the console line, and then press the Enter button.

Intrusive advertisements that appear when browsing a website sometimes ruin your web surfing experience and are launched when you don’t need them at all. How to remove ads in Yandex Browser? To disable ad blocks, you can make appropriate settings and launch individual programs. Is it possible to remove advertising inside Yandex Browser yourself, what do you need to do for this?

Reasons for the appearance of pop-up advertising in the Yandex browser

There are two main reasons why advertisements appear on pages you view. The first is the presence of advertising blocks on the web resource itself. They are inserted by the webmaster himself - the creator of the page, they are aimed at monetizing the site, i.e. earnings. Such contextual advertising is launched along with the web resource; there is no need to prohibit its display. This applies to ad blocks from Google or Yandex.

However, not all webmasters use ad blockers from Yandex or Google. Some insert teaser ads with shocking content that cover content on the site, require mandatory viewing of videos, and other intrusive types of banners. You always want to prohibit such blocks from being shown. They are fought in different ways, which are discussed in more detail below.

The second reason for the appearance of advertising while surfing the web is the installation of a virus extension in the Yandex browser. The application store for this program is moderated and constantly gets rid of such scripts, but they are often found on third-party sites. Never install Yandex browser extensions outside the official store! This can not only cause the launch of unnecessary advertising, but also seriously affect the security of your personal data (including payment data).

How to get rid of ads and pop-ups yourself

Constant pop-ups can become annoying when browsing content on a website. They often contain not only advertising blocks, but also obscene pictures and all kinds of profiles with viruses. They can be deleted; to do this, go to the “Settings” tab – “Show additional settings” – “Personal data protection”, set the switch to the “Block pop-up windows” position. A message will be displayed on the right side of the address bar indicating how many windows were closed by the blocker.

You will not be able to clear your site of Yandex, Google contextual advertising or banners without the help of blocking programs. These blocks are located on a remote server and are delivered to your computer along with the content of the entire site. You can hide such advertising manually by pressing the F12 key and making changes to the HTML markup of the page. This algorithm is difficult to implement; only a person who understands the code can handle it.

Ways to block ads in the Yandex browser

In addition to the specified settings and changes to the source code, there are ready-made software solutions that answer the question of how to remove annoying advertising in the Yandex browser. By installing these utilities, you will forget forever about annoying banners. Important: many sites are designed in such a way that advertising is part of the overall design, so eliminating it can greatly affect the appearance of the site.

Blocking banner ads using Adblock Plus extensions

Adblock is a universal application for popular browsers, including Yandex. Easy to install, intuitive to use. In addition to the ad blocking function, ABP has the ability to analyze all visited sites for malicious content and notify you if it finds any. To hide banners on a specific page, simply click on the application icon - all advertising (including Adsense from Google and Direct from Yandex) disappears instantly. The application recognizes all advertising materials existing on the network, and the database is constantly updated.

Using the Adguard anti-banner software add-on

This is an addition to the Yandex browser. Launches in a special window, which is called up by clicking the Settings button. Unlike the previous extension, Adguard anti-banner turns off advertising on all sites you visit without exception. This program blocks pop-ups by default, which can significantly reduce the functionality of some resources.

Automatic malware removal tools

Malicious programs can end up on your hard drive due to visiting “dangerous sites” and cause significant damage. In most cases, the effect of viruses is not aimed at advertising, but at obtaining confidential information from your computer - account passwords, payment details, access to email services and instant messengers (Skype, ICQ, Wiber). You cannot remove such mini-programs yourself. Paid and free antiviruses are used for these purposes.

Paid program Hitman Pro

The application scans the contents of your computer's hard drive for Trojans, worms and other viruses. After detecting such, the program deletes the infected files entirely and eliminates malicious code from the computer. Everything happens quickly and automatically. Settings are made only once upon first launch. In earlier versions of the program, there were difficulties connecting the browser to a proxy server when removing ads, but in the latest updates this problem has been resolved.

In addition to scanning your computer, Hitman Pro separately examines applications and extensions installed in your browsers (Opera, Chrome, Yandex, Safari, etc.) for malicious codes and security threats. The module removes programs that add advertising to the browser. Hitman Pro antivirus works in passive mode, notifying only about critical errors and detected malware. Daily updates, and sometimes several times a day) of the virus database make it constantly up-to-date.

Free Malwarebytes Antimalware

Of all the free personal computer protection programs, Malwarebytes Antimalware is the most effective. The application removes advertising from browsers. As an addition, it has a paid Premium version, which significantly expands the already great capabilities of this antivirus. The most powerful utility of the application is the ability to restore files damaged by viruses, “soft” cleaning of infected code from existing programs without disrupting their functionality. To download the program, follow the link https://ru.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/premium/

In addition, Malwarebytes Antimalware has a trial (trial) Premium version. You can test all the functionality of the program for free for two weeks. The version is supplemented with the following features:

Complete blocking of malicious sites (the filter database is constantly updated).
Protect your computer in real time, i.e. he simply does not receive information that could harm him.
Adding a quick scan mode - only active malware is scanned.
A convenient scan scheduler will allow you to scan your computer and clean it automatically when you are not using it.

How to remove an advertising virus on VKontakte or Odnoklassniki

Advertising on popular social networks (VKontakte and Odnoklassniki) has its own “regular” location. For VKontakte, this is a block under the left menu with the same width, as well as special news feed posts marked “Advertising post”. Odnoklassniki also maintains several full-time advertising spaces. Two blocks under the left menu - below the profile photo and under the list of possible friends. Ads in the news feed marked “Advertising” on a yellow background. A large window on the right, above the list of your online friends.

There are no other banners, static, or pop-up blocks on VKontakte or Odnoklassniki. If you see additional windows with advertisements, it means that your browser has a virus application that places spam. You may not always remember under what circumstances you installed this extension, but eliminating it is very simple. You don’t need special programs for this; standard browser tools will suffice.

Go to “Settings” – “Options” – “Extensions”. This page will contain all the utilities installed in the browser. We disable each of them one by one - remove the checkbox (bird) to the right of the name, return to the social network page and press the key combination Ctrl+F5. Once you turn off one of these apps, the ads will disappear. This is the culprit - click on the trash can icon next to the extension, check the box on the left “Report violation” and confirm deletion.

Video instructions: how to disable advertising in the Yandex browser forever

Excellent instructions from YouTube for a beginner on how to disable advertising in the Yandex browser, protect your computer from malware and phishing programs, and significantly speed up page loading. It is described in an accessible language step by step with a clear demonstration of the order in which to press the buttons and make settings. You will learn how Adblock and Adguard are installed in Yandex Browser and how these applications complement each other. A brief overview of the free AVG antivirus, a description of the functionality and additional bonuses for blocking unwanted advertising on websites.

Contextual advertising in Yandex Browser, as well as in other web browsers, irritates many users and distracts them from reading useful information and viewing media content. Dazzling advertisements “load” the eyes (in the literal sense of the word!), often carry within themselves (or rather in the links provided) a hidden threat of infecting a PC with viruses, and reveal unpleasant pictures (pornography, illnesses, disasters, etc.). And the Yandex browser slows down the opening of web pages.

In this article you will find a comprehensive answer to the question of how to disable advertising in Yandex Browser using standard means and using the Adblock add-on. Let's take a closer look at all the ways to disable and remove banners in order.

About how to block banners in other browsers.

Standard options

1. Click “Menu” in Yandex (“three stripes” icon).

2. In the drop-down list, click “Settings”.

3. In the “Personal Data” block, make sure that the “Block shocking advertising” option is enabled (There should be a check mark in its line; if the box is empty, click on it).

1. Open the menu (see previous instructions).

2. Click the “Add-ons” section.

Note. If you are on the settings tab, at the top of it, in the horizontal menu, click “Add-ons”.

3. In the “Security” block, enable the necessary modules: by clicking the mouse, switch the switches to the enabled state.

Note. Filters are provided free in the browser.

Antishock

This add-on removes certain categories of unwanted and potentially dangerous banners and teasers from pages:
Pop-up advertising aimed at stealing credentials: with fake notifications from antivirus software about the PC being infected with viruses and offers to get rid of them, fake SMS from social networks, etc.

The machinations of social engineering: messages about a big win, advertising of fake weight loss products, predictions, financial pyramids, fraudulent investment schemes.

Shocking content: erotica and pornography, animated pictures with deaths, illustrations of injuries, diseases, intimate parts of the body.

Intrusive elements: block windows that pop up after clicking on any area of the open page.

To perform additional “Anti-shock” settings:

1. In the filter panel, click the spoiler “Details”.

2. Click on the “Settings” button.

3. In the window that opens, you can do the following:

check the box “Do not block...” so that the blocker does not filter out erotic advertisements;
add the site to the “black list” (button of the same name);
add URL, domain to the “white list” (“Exceptions” option).

4. After creating the settings, click “Done” to activate them.

Flash data lock

It is advisable to enable this filter only if the user does not play games or use audio and video players in the browser created on the Flash platform. Since it blocks all Flash elements on sites: trusted content and advertising animated banners.

The filter is controlled as follows:

1. Click in the panel: More → Settings.

2. In the "Exceptions" panel:

you can remove sites from the basic (preset) list;

add a link to a web page or site to the list;

assign an action for the list (Allow, Block, Find content);

Read more information about the add-on (link “More details”).

3. When you are finished editing, click Done.

Note. The display of Flash content can also be controlled through the browser menu in the Flash block.

Adguard

Powerful integrated third-party filter. Blocks banners, ads in video players, pop-ups, phishing links. Prevents the loading of viral, potentially dangerous web resources.

After enabling the addon, its icon appears in the upper right corner of the browser. Click it to go to the settings panel. The following options are available in the list: