How to remove Human Verification pop-ups

What is Human Verification pop-up

Human Verification pop-up is a social-engineering trick designed to trick users into clicking on the “Allow” button to verify that you are not a robot. Verification captchas are indeed required on multiple websites to prove that you are not a bot, however, this redirect is fake and sends spam of malicious advertisements right on your desktop after allowing push notifications. It can be seen whilst inadvertently clicking on dubious ads or links that redirect you to other pages. Also, if you constantly see this message at the start of a browser, then your computer is more likely infected with adware. The presence of unwanted applications like adware can slow down your PC and diminish the entire experience. Furthermore, adware-type programs are capable of gathering personal data such as passwords, browsing history, IP-addresses, and other sensitive data that third-parties can capitalize on. This is why we strongly recommend removing adware that shows Human Verification pop-ups from your computer.

Human Verification pop-up (variation 1)

Human Verification pop-up (variation 2)

How Human Verification pop-ups infected your computer

When it comes to adware, you should be attentive when downloading pirated repacks or installation kits because they can contain so-called “bundles”. Since most users fail to check all of the installation steps – extortionists make good use out of it. They hide unwanted software under “Advanced” or “Custom” options so that inexperienced users could not spot them whilst rushing till the end of the setup. Once missed, additional programs will be installed and modify browser settings to impose ads and other unwanted content. This can result in data leaks putting your identity under a threat. Also, stay aside from installing flash updaters that claim your software to be outdated. Usually, they are fake and meant to spread trojans that cause chain infections. To avoid Human Verification pop-ups you should follow the guide removal mentioned below.

1. Download Human Verification pop-ups Removal Tool
2. Stop Human Verification pop-ups notifications in browsers
3. Remove/Uninstall Human Verification pop-ups from Control Panel and Applications
4. Remove Human Verification pop-ups extensions from browsers
5. Reset browser search and homepage settings
6. Block Human Verification pop-ups search redirects
7. How to protect from threats like Human Verification pop-ups

Remove Human Verification pop-ups manually for free

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

Disable push notifications from Human Verification pop-ups in browsers

Remove unwanted websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Google Chrome

1. Go to Google Chrome settings, by clicking 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
2. On a Mac you can also go to Chrome and choose Preferences.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Content settings.
4. Click on Notifications menu (with the bell icon).
5. Set up preferred overall settings for push notifications and click Manage exceptions… button.
6. Find unwanted websites in the list and click cross icon to remove it. Click Done button to confirm the action.

Remove unwanted websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to Mozilla Firefox options, by clicking 3-bars icon in the top-right corner and choosing Options.
2. Choose Content tab on the left side.
3. Under Notifications, set up preferred overall settings for push-notifications and click Choose… button.
4. Find unwanted websites in the list and click Remove site to remove it.
5. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove unwanted websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Safari

1. Open Safari, and in the top menu click Safari, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences window, click on Websites tab.
3. On the left side, choose Notifications. You will see the list of websites and their settings for showing notifications.
4. Find unwanted websites in the list and click Remove button.

Remove unwanted websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Android (Chrome)

1. Open Google Chrome app on Android, and tap on three dots to open main menu.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, scroll down and under Advanced section tap on Site Settings.
3. In the Site Settings menu tap on Notifications.
4. In the Allowed list of websites allowed to show notifications find unwanted websites, tap on it and in the bottom of the window tap on Clean & Reset button.
5. Confirm your action by tapping on Clean & Reset again in opened dialog box.

Remove unwanted websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge, and click on the three-dots menu, in the top-right corner.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, and in the left part click Advanced.
3. Under Website permissions section, click Manage permissions button.
4. Find unwanted websites in the list and click on the cross sign to remove the setting and disable its notifications.

Remove programs related to Human Verification pop-ups from Control Panel or Applications

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

Remove Human Verification pop-ups from Mac:

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

Remove Human Verification pop-ups from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find recently installed suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Human Verification pop-ups from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find recently installed suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Human Verification pop-ups 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 recently installed suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Human Verification pop-ups from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Human Verification pop-ups 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 recently installed suspicious program 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 recently installed suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Human Verification pop-ups

In some cases, unwanted program won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall “unwanted program”. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing 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 the program in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press 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 recently installed suspicious program

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

and for Mac:

If you can’t uninstall Human Verification pop-ups using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of apps related to Human Verification pop-ups. Follow instructions below:

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

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

Safari:

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

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find suspicious extension.
4. Click the trash can icon 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. Choose suspicious extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. 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 Human Verification pop-ups from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Human Verification pop-ups, 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 suspicious extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Human Verification pop-up does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find suspicious extension.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Human Verification pop-ups installs a search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is an instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab and search engine to default values.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

How to block Human Verification ads and pop-ups

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Human Verification pop-ups, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or 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 Human Verification ads and pop-ups 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:

Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as threats, like Human Verification pop-ups, 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 Human Verification pop-ups.