Category Archives: pop-ups

Remove micepopcorn.country Pop Up Survey Ads

Sound familiar? You see pop-up ads from micepopcorn.country while browsing web sites that mostly don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to escape the built-in pop-up blockers in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Maybe the micepopcorn.country pop-ups appear when clicking search results from a Google search? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the micepopcorn.country pop-up looked like when I got it on my machine:

micepopcorn.country

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your computer, you most likely have some adware installed on your system that pops up the micepopcorn.country ads. There’s no use contacting the owners of the site you were browsing. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you with the micepopcorn.country removal in this blog post.

Those that have been spending some time on this blog already know this, but for new visitors: Not long ago I dedicated a few of my lab computers and intentionally installed some adware programs on them. Since then I’ve been tracking the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first spotted the micepopcorn.country pop-up on one of these lab computers.

micepopcorn.country was created on 2015-01-07. micepopcorn.country resolves to the 184.73.247.179 IP address and kovzz.super-promo.micepopcorn.country to 104.207.140.57.

So, how do you remove the micepopcorn.country pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the micepopcorn.country ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the micepopcorn.country pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with pop-ups like this one is that it can be launched by many variants of adware, not just the adware on my computer. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what can be done to solve the problem? To remove the micepopcorn.country pop-up ads you need to review your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the micepopcorn.country pop-ups is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can open this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows Operating System you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something dubious in there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed about the same time as you started observing the micepopcorn.country pop-ups.

Then you can examine you browser add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons dialog in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Anything that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think most users will be able to track down and uninstall the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’ve developed since 2006. Freefixer is a tool designed to manually find and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve found the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked like many other removal tools out there. It won’t require you to pay for the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having problems figuring out if a file is clean or adware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up your web browser with a page which contains more details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be quite useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial which shows FreeFixer in action removing adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the micepopcorn.country pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove palaceofbingo.com Pop Up Ads Caused By Adware

Having issues with pop-ups from palaceofbingo.com? If that is the case, you might have adware installed on your machine. I got the palaceofbingo.com pop-ups in Firefox, but they can appear if you are using Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera too.

Here’s how the palaceofbingo.com pop-up looked like when I got it on my computer in a new tab:

palaceofbingo.com pop up

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your system, you probably have some adware installed on your computer that pops up the palaceofbingo.com ads. There’s no use contacting the owners of the site you were browsing. The advertisements are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you with the palaceofbingo.com removal in this blog post. This is done by removing the unwanted adware from your machine.

I found the palaceofbingo.com pop-up on one of the lab computers where I have some adware running. I’ve talked about this in some of the previous blog posts. The adware was installed on purpose, and from time to time I check if something new has appeared, such as pop-up windows, new tabs in the browsers, injected ads on web site that usually don’t show ads, or if some new files have been saved to the hard-drive.

So, how do you remove the palaceofbingo.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the palaceofbingo.com ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and TinyWallet installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the palaceofbingo.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The problem with pop-ups like this one is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what can be done to solve the problem? To remove the palaceofbingo.com pop-up ads you need to examine your system for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the palaceofbingo.com pop-ups is to examine the programs installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can reach this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows Operating System you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something suspicious in there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed approximately about the same time as you started seeing the palaceofbingo.com pop-ups.

Then you can examine you browser add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons dialog in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think you will be able to find and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’ve developed since 2006. Freefixer is a tool built to manually find and remove unwanted software. When you’ve found the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to purchase the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having difficulties deciding if a file is safe or adware in FreeFixer’s scan result, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains more details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial which shows FreeFixer in action removing adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did you find any adware on your machine? Did that stop the palaceofbingo.com ads? Please post the name of the adware you uninstalled from your machine in the comment below.

Thank you!

Remove softnewready.freeupgrade24.com Pop Up Ads – freeupgrade24.com Removal Guide

Did you just get a pop-up from softnewready.freeupgrade24.com and wonder where it came from? Did the freeupgrade24.com ad appear to have been launched from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use aggressive advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-up show up while you clicked a link on one of the big search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here is how the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com ad looked like on my machine:

freeupgrade24.com pop-up

If you also see this on your system, you apparently have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com ads. Contacting the owner of the site would be a waste of time. They are not responsible for the ads. I’ll do my best to help you remove the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-up in this blog post.

Those that have been reading this blog already know this, but for new visitors: Not long ago I dedicated some of my lab machines and knowingly installed a few adware programs on them. I’ve been observing the actions on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first spotted the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-up on one of these lab machines.

softnewready.freeupgrade24.com was created on 2015-01-26. softnewready.freeupgrade24.com resolves to 198.7.56.112.

So, how do you remove the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com ads I had PriceHorse, PriceLess, OfferBoulevard and SpeedCheck installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with this type of pop-up is that it can be launched by many variants of adware, not just the adware on my computer. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

Anyway, here’s my suggestion for the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com ads removal:

The first thing I would do to remove the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-ups is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can open this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something suspicious in there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed about the same time as you started seeing the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-ups.

Then I would check the browser add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons menu in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think you will be able to find and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’ve developed since 2006. It’s a tool designed to manually find and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve identified the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to pay for the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having difficulties determining if a file is clean or malware in the FreeFixer scan result, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains more details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here you can see FreeFixer in action removing pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the softnewready.freeupgrade24.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove pcchecker.plugin-update.org Pop Up Ads About Outdated Flash Player

Sound familiar? You see pop-up ads from pcchecker.plugin-update.org while browsing sites that in general don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to bypass the built-in pop-up blockers in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Maybe the pcchecker.plugin-update.org pop-ups show up when clicking search results from Google? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s a screen capture of the plugin-update.org pop-up ad when it showed up on my computer:

pcchecker.plugin-update.org pop-up

Does this sound like what you see your computer, you almost certainly have some adware installed on your system that pops up the pcchecker.plugin-update.org ads. So don’t flame the people that runs the website you were at, the ads are presumably not coming from that website, but from the adware that’s installed on your machine. I’ll try help you to remove the plugin-update.org pop-ups in this blog post.

If you have been reading this blog already know this, but if you are new: A little while back I dedicated some of my lab computers and intentionally installed a few adware programs on them. Since then I have been tracking the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the computers. I first noticed the pcchecker.plugin-update.org pop-up on one of these lab computers.

pcchecker.plugin-update.org resolves to 198.7.56.118. pcchecker.plugin-update.org was created on 2015-01-20.

So, how do you remove the pcchecker.plugin-update.org pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the pcchecker.plugin-update.org ads I had PriceLess, PriceHorse, OfferBoulevard and SpeedCheck installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the pcchecker.plugin-update.org pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what can be done to solve the problem? To remove the pcchecker.plugin-update.org pop-up ads you need to review your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

  1. What software do you have installed if you look in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel? Something that you don’t remember installing yourself or that was recently installed?
  2. You can also check the add-ons that you have in your browser. Same thing here, do you see something that you don’t remember installing?
  3. If that did not help, I’d recommend a scan with FreeFixer to manually track down the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’m working on that scans your computer at lots of locations, such as browser add-ons, processes, Windows services, recently modified files, etc. If you want to get additional details about a file in the scan result, you can click the More Info link for that file and a web page will open up with a VirusTotal report which will be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

    FreeFixer More Info link example
    An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video guide showing how to remove pop-up ads with FreeFixer:

Did this blog post help you to remove the pcchecker.plugin-update.org pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove upgrade2check.check-live.com Pop-Up Ads

Does this sound like what you are seeing right now? You see pop-up ads from upgrade2check.check-live.com while browsing websites that typically don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to get round the built-in pop-up blockers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera. Maybe the check-live.com pop-ups appear when clicking search results from a Google search? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the check-live.com pop-up looked like when I got it on my machine:check-live.com pop-up

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your system, you probably have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the check-live.com ads. Contacting the site owner would be a waste of time. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you remove the check-live.com pop-up in this blog post.

Those that have been reading this blog already know this, but for new visitors: Some time ago I dedicated a few of my lab machines and deliberately installed a few adware programs on them. Since then I have been following the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of ads that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the systems. I first observed the check-live.com pop-up on one of these lab systems.

check-live.com was registered on 2015-01-14. upgrade2check.check-live.com resolved to 198.7.56.110.

So, how do you remove the check-live.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the check-live.com ads I had PriceLess, PriceHorse, OfferBoulevard and SpeedCheck installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the check-live.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Internet Explorer.

The problem with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be popped up by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what can be done? To remove the check-live.com pop-up ads you need to examine your system for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

  1. What software do you have installed if you look in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel? Something that you don’t remember installing yourself or that was recently installed?
  2. You can also examine the add-ons you installed in your browsers. Same thing here, do you see something that you don’t remember installing?
  3. If that didn’t help, I’d recommend a scan with FreeFixer to manually track down the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’m working on that scans your computer at lots of locations, such as browser add-ons, processes, Windows services, recently modified files, etc. If you want to get additional details about a file in the scan result, you can click the More Info link for that file and a web page will open up with a VirusTotal report which will be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

    FreeFixer More Info link example
    An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video guide showing how to remove pop-up ads with FreeFixer:

Did this blog post help you to remove the check-live.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove flavortoes.country Pop Up Surveys

Does this sound like your story? You see pop-up adverts from flavortoes.country while browsing web sites that generally don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to escape the built-in pop-up blockers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Maybe the flavortoes.country pop-ups appear when clicking search results from Google? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the flavortoes.country pop-up survey looked like when I got it on my machine:

flavortoes.country

If this description sounds like your story, you probably have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the flavortoes.country ads. Contacting the site owner would be a waste of time. The advertisements are not coming from them. I’ll try help you with the flavortoes.country removal in this blog post.

Those that have been visiting this blog already know this, but here we go: Not long ago I dedicated some of my lab machines and deliberately installed a few adware programs on them. I have been observing the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the systems. I first found the flavortoes.country pop-up on one of these lab machines.

flavortoes.country resolves to the 184.73.247.179 address and cekzz.super-promo.flavortoes.country to 104.237.143.198. flavortoes.country was registered on 2015-01-07.

So, how do you remove the flavortoes.country pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the flavortoes.country ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the flavortoes.country pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The bad news with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware, not just the adware running on my computer. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what should done to solve the problem? To remove the flavortoes.country pop-up ads you need to check your system for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

  1. Review what programs you have installed in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. Do you see something that you don’t remember installing or that was recently installed?
  2. You can also check the add-ons you installed in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Same thing here, do you see anything that you don’t remember installing?
  3. If that didn’t solve the problem, you can give FreeFixer a try. FreeFixer is built to assist users when manually tracking down adware and other types of unwanted software. It is a freeware utility that I’ve been working since 2006 and it scans your system at lots of locations where unwanted software is known to hook into your system. If you would like to get additional details about a file in FreeFixer’s scan result, you can just click the More Info link for that file and a web page with a VirusTotal report will open up, which can be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

    FreeFixer More Info link example
    An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial which shows FreeFixer in action removing adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the flavortoes.country pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove servingspot.com Pop Up Ads

Did you just get a pop-up from servingspot.com and wonder where it came from? Did the servingspot.com ad appear to have been launched from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use aggressive advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the servingspot.com pop-up show up while you clicked a link on one of the big search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here is how the servingspot.com ad looked like on my machine:

servingspot.com pop-up

(I know, lots of watermarks. Have to do it to stop the copy-cats.)

If you also see this on your computer, you presumably have some adware installed on your system that pops up the servingspot.com ads. So there’s no use contacting the site owner. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you with the servingspot.com removal in this blog post.

I found the servingspot.com pop-up on one of the lab computers where I have some adware running. I’ve talked about this in some of the previous blog posts. The adware was installed on purpose, and from time to time I check if something new has appeared, such as pop-up windows, new tabs in the browsers, injected ads on web site that usually don’t show ads, or if some new files have been saved to the hard-drive.

servingspot.com was registered on 2014-10-26.

So, how do you remove the servingspot.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the servingspot.com ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the servingspot.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

It seems as servingspot.com is getting quite a lot of traffic, based on Alexa’s traffic rank:

servingspot.com alexa traffic rank

The problem with this type of pop-up is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what can be done? To remove the servingspot.com pop-up ads you need to review your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the servingspot.com pop-ups is to examine the programs installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can open this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows OS you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something shady listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if some program was installed approximately about the same time as you started seeing the servingspot.com pop-ups.

The next thing to check would be your browser’s add-ons. Adware often show up under the add-ons dialog in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there something that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think you will be able to find and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop many years ago. It’s a tool designed to manually find and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve identified the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to pay a fee just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having issues deciding if a file is safe or malware in the FreeFixer scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains additional details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video guide showing how to remove pop-up ads with FreeFixer:

Did this blog post help you to remove the servingspot.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Update 2015-02-22: The servingspot.com ads are still popping up:

servingspot.com pop up

Remove kongregate.com Pop Up Ads Caused By Adware

Does this sound like what you are seeing right now? You see pop-up ads from kongregate.com appearing in new tabs while browsing at sites that usually don’t advertise with pop-ups. The pop-ups manage to escape the built-in pop-up blockers in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Perhaps the kongregate.com pop-ups show up when clicking search results from Google? Or does the pop-ups show up even when you’re not browsing?

Here is how the kongregate.com ad looked like on my system:

kongregate.com pop up

Does this sound like your computer, you almost certainly have some adware installed on your system that pops up the kongregate.com ads. So there’s no idea contacting the owner of the web site you currently were browsing. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you with the kongregate.com removal in this blog post.

Those that have been reading this blog already know this, but for new visitors: Recently I dedicated a few of my lab computers and intentionally installed some adware programs on them. Since then I have been monitoring the actions on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it downloads additional unwanted software on the machines. I first observed the kongregate.com pop-up on one of these lab machines.

So, how do you remove the kongregate.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the kongregate.com ads I had GamesDesktop, MedPlayerNewVersion, Movie Wizard and istartsurf installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the kongregate.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The problem with this type of pop-up is that it can be popped up by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

Anyway, here’s my suggestion for the kongregate.com ads removal:

  1. What software do you have installed if you look in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel? Something that you don’t remember installing yourself or that was recently installed?
  2. You can also review the add-ons that you have in your browser. Same thing here, do you see something that you don’t remember installing?
  3. If that didn’t help, I’d recommend a scan with FreeFixer to manually track down the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’m working on that scans your computer at lots of locations, such as browser add-ons, processes, Windows services, recently modified files, etc. If you want to get additional details about a file in the scan result, you can click the More Info link for that file and a web page will open up with a VirusTotal report which will be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

    FreeFixer More Info link example
    An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Did this blog post help you to remove the kongregate.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com Pop Up About Outdated Flash Player

Does this sound like your story? You see pop-up ads from 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com while browsing at websites that mostl of the time don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to find a way round the built-in pop-up blockers in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari. Maybe the newupdateweb.com popups appear when clicking search results from Google? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-up looked like when I got it on my system:

12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-up

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your system, you probably have some adware installed on your system that pops up the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com ads. There’s no use contacting the owners of the site you currently were browsing. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll try help you with the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com removal in this blog post.

Those that have been visiting this blog already know this, but for new visitors: A little while back I dedicated some of my lab machines and purposely installed a few adware programs on them. I’ve been observing the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of adverts that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the systems. I first spotted the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-up on one of these lab systems.

12softlive12.newupdateweb.com was created on 2015-01-14. 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com resolves to the 198.7.56.99 IP address.

So, how do you remove the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com ads I had PriceLess, PriceHorse, OfferBoulevard and SpeedCheck installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what should done to solve the problem? To remove the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-up ads you need to review your computer for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-ups is to examine the programs installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can open this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows Operating System you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something strange-looking listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed about the same time as you started seeing the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com pop-ups.

Then you can examine you browser add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons menu in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think most users will be able to identify and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop many years ago. It’s a tool built to manually identify and remove unwanted software. When you’ve identified the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked like many other removal tools out there. It won’t require you to pay for the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having issues determining if a file is clean or adware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains more details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial on how to remove the pop-ups with FreeFixer:

Did you find any adware on your machine? Did that stop the 12softlive12.newupdateweb.com ads? Please post the name of the adware you uninstalled from your machine in the comment below.

Thank you!

Remove offers.karamba.com Pop-Up Ads Caused By Adware

Does this sound like your story? You see pop-up ads from offers.karamba.com while browsing websites that mostl of the time don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to get round the built-in pop-up blockers in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Perhaps the offers.karamba.com pop-ups appear when clicking search results from Google? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s a screen capture of the offers.karamba.com pop-up ad when it showed up on my computer:

offers.karamba.com pop up

Does this sound like your machine, you almost certainly have some adware installed on your computer that pops up the offers.karamba.com ads. There’s no use contacting the owners of the site you were browsing. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you remove the offers.karamba.com pop-up in this blog post.

For those that are new to the blog: A little while back I dedicated a few of my lab computers and deliberately installed some adware programs on them. Since then I have been observing the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first found the offers.karamba.com pop-up on one of these lab computers.

So, how do you remove the offers.karamba.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the offers.karamba.com ads I had BlockAndSurf, TinyWallet and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the offers.karamba.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The bad news with pop-ups like this one is that it can be launched by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what can be done to solve the problem? To remove the offers.karamba.com pop-up ads you need to check your computer for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the offers.karamba.com pop-ups is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can find this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something suspicious listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed about the same time as you started getting the offers.karamba.com pop-ups.

Then I would check the browser add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons menu in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think most users will be able to find and uninstall the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’ve developed since 2006. It’s a tool designed to manually track down and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve tracked down the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not crippled like many other removal tools out there. It won’t require you to pay for the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having problems deciding if a file is legit or malware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up your web browser with a page which contains more information about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video guide showing how to remove pop-up ads with FreeFixer:

Did this blog post help you to remove the offers.karamba.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!