How to remove Bloom adware

What is Bloom adware

Bloom is a sneaky application developed to promote unwanted advertising content. Users may end up having this application installed as a result of downloading some third-party software from the net. Software with advertising abilities is often categorized as adware. It aims at generating traffic by displaying intrusive content to users who browse the web. The kind of content usually depends on users’ geolocations and browsing habits. Bloom may show advertisements even on legitimate and official pages like Youtube, Facebook, and other websites by using virtual layers. The shown advertisements may sometimes look nice, but conceal unwanted redirects to adult pages, online casinos, web games, fake software updates/installers, and tons of other low-quality content. Operation of adware inside of a system may also mean lower PC performance due to higher consumption of CPU and Memory resources. If you feel yourself being a victim of Bloom adware with the symptoms we listed above, then use our guide below to perform its removal and restore normal computer experience.

How Bloom adware infected your computer

As mentioned at the beginning above, adware is usually installed along with other software advertised on the web. It often happens when users download pirated, cracked, or simply free software from unofficial and untrustworthy pages. Many rush through installations and end up being infected with potentially unwanted software. The reason for that is skipping over “Advanced” or “Custom” sections that can be selectively altered during the setup. Thus, in order to be more protected against such threats in the future, it is important to pay more attention and deselect promotional software if any. You can also minimize the range of unofficial websites or even better choose only official resources instead. In addition, it is also recommended against clicking on advertising banners that offer to download something or claim your PC to be outdated or under infection. Read our guide below for more useful tips and practical information on how to secure yourself in the future.

1. Download Bloom Removal Tool
2. Remove/Uninstall Bloom from Control Panel and Applications
3. Remove Bloom extensions from browsers
4. Remove files, folders and registry keys of Bloom
5. Block Bloom search redirects
6. How to protect from threats like Bloom

Remove Bloom Adware manually for free

Here is the manual step-by-step tutorial for full Bloom removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of the Bloom installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Remove Bloom from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Bloom you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names, but commonly “Bloom”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller or CleanMyMac to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 and Mac.

Remove Bloom Adware from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Bloom.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Bloom Adware from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Bloom and click Uninstall.

Remove Bloom Adware from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Bloom, click Uninstall.

Remove Bloom Adware from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Bloom Adware from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Bloom in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Bloom in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Bloom Adware from Windows 11:

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the Apps tab on the left side.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Bloom in the list.
5. Click on 3-dots icon near it and then click Uninstall button near it.
6. Depending on the type of application (Windows Store app or classic Win32 app) it will be removed immediately or you will need to confirm the action and go through standard uninstall procedure.

Remove Bloom Adware from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Bloom might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Bloom from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Bloom Adware in Windows

In some cases, Bloom won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Bloom. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Bloom folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Bloom in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting type F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Bloom

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Cannot uninstall Bloom Adware in MacOS

If you can’t uninstall Bloom from MacOS using the instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Bloom. Follow the instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Bloom from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Bloom.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Bloom from Control Panel often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Bloom extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Bloom extension.
4. Click the Remove button to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Find Bloom extension.
4. Click three-dots icon near it and choose Remove in the menu.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Bloom extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) edge://extensions.
3. Find Bloom extension.
4. Click Remove link under the name of extension.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Bloom from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling the program from Control Panel. To disable Bloom, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable or Bloom related extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Bloom does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Extensions > Extensions.
3. Find Bloom related extension.
4. Click Details button and scroll down to the bottom.
5. Click Remove extension link and confirm the action by clicking Remove button on opened dialog window.
6. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Remove following files, folders and registry keys

Files and folders:


C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Bloom
Bloom.exe
node.dll
nw.dll
nw_elf.dll
ffmpeg.dll


Registry keys


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bloom


How to block ads and pop-ups from Bloom

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Bloom push notifications, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or an add-on installed in browsers. However, sometimes it can appear on a clean computer when visiting a malicious website, using an advertising script. Also, apps that generate “Bloom” ads and banners are themselves installed from pop-ups. To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

How to protect from threats, like Bloom – final tips

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Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Bloom, may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats, like Bloom.