How to remove Tongtonger.click pop-up ads

What is Tongtonger.click

Tongtonger.click is a deceptive adware site designed to exploit browser push notification features for the purpose of spamming users with intrusive advertisements and potentially harmful content. By tricking users into granting notification permissions—often through misleading prompts about security checks or missing updates—it gains the ability to deliver persistent pop-up ads directly to the desktop, bypassing traditional ad blockers. This infection is not limited to a single browser; it commonly targets popular browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Opera, affecting both Windows and macOS devices, and can also impact Android smartphones if permissions are granted. Once access is obtained, the site floods users with irrelevant ads, fake alerts, phishing links, and sometimes even malware-laden downloads. Many of these advertisements mimic legitimate notifications, making it easy for unsuspecting users to fall for scams or click on malicious links. The underlying goal is to generate revenue through click fraud or to redirect victims to dubious sites, potentially exposing sensitive information or causing further system compromise. Most infections occur after visiting pirated content sites, clicking on suspicious ads, or installing software from untrustworthy sources. Since browser notification abuse does not rely on traditional malware installation, users often remain unaware of the source, attributing the problem to browser glitches or legitimate notifications. Removing such threats requires disabling the unwanted notifications, scanning for adware, and resetting browser settings to ensure full remediation.

How Tongtonger.click infects devices

Tongtonger.click primarily infects computers through adware and deceptive online practices that exploit user behavior. Users often encounter this malicious site while browsing dubious websites, such as those hosting pirated content or questionable advertisements. These sites typically implement aggressive pop-up strategies that prompt users to allow notifications, which then lead to a barrage of unwanted ads from Tongtonger.click. Additionally, adware may already be present on a user’s system, altering browser settings to facilitate the display of these pop-ups without consent. Once infected, users may experience a significant decrease in system performance due to the constant influx of irrelevant and potentially harmful advertisements. It’s essential for users to maintain vigilant browsing habits and utilize reputable anti-malware solutions to prevent such infections.

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

Remove Tongtonger.click manually for free

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

Disable push notifications from Tongtonger.click in browsers

Remove Tongtonger.click from 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 the left side choose Privacy and security menu.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Site Settings.
4. Scroll down to Permissions section and click on Notifications (with the bell icon).
5. Go to the bottom list of sites named Allowed to send notifications.
6. Find Tongtonger.click in the list and click 3-dots icon near it. Click Remove button to delete the website permission.

Remove Tongtonger.click from 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 Settings.
2. On the left panel choose Privacy & Security menu.
3. Scroll down to Permissions section.
4. Near Notifications click Settings… button.
5. Find Tongtonger.click in the list and click Remove Website to remove it.
6. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Tongtonger.click from 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 Tongtonger.click in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Tongtonger.click from 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.
3. In the menu click Cookies and site permissions section, and scroll down to All permissions section.
4. Click on Notifications.
5. Find Tongtonger.click in the list under Allow, click on 3-dots icon and choose Remove.

Remove Tongtonger.click from 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 Tongtonger.click, 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 Tongtonger.click from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in iOS (Safari)

1. Find and tap the Settings app icon on your home screen.
2. Swipe up or down and select Safari from the list.
3. In Safari settings, find and tap on Websites near the bottom.
4. Find Notifications in the list and tap on it.
5. You’ll see a list of websites. Tap on Tongtonger.click to allow or deny notifications.

Remove Tongtonger.click from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Tongtonger.click you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Tongtonger.click”. 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 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 and Mac.

Remove Tongtonger.click 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 Tongtonger.click 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 Tongtonger.click from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Tongtonger.click 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.

Remove Tongtonger.click 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 recently installed suspicious program 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 Tongtonger.click from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall Tongtonger.click in Windows

In some cases, program related to Tongtonger.click won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Tongtonger.click. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Tongtonger.click 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 AntiMalware or uninstall Tongtonger.click 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 recently installed suspicious program

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

Cannot uninstall Tongtonger.click in MacOS

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Tongtonger.click 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 Tongtonger.click related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Tongtonger.click related 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 Tongtonger.click related 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 Tongtonger.click 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 Tongtonger.click related 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 Tongtonger.click from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Tongtonger.click, 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 Tongtonger.click related extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Tongtonger.click 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 Tongtonger.click 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.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Tongtonger.click may install 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.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. On the left panel expand Advanced options.
4. Choose Reset and clean up.
5. Click on Restore settings to their original defaults link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Mozilla Firefox:

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

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.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser
2. Click on 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choose Settings.
3. On the left panel find and click Reset settings option.
4. Click on Restore settings to their default values link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

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. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Settings and click Advanced on the left side and choose Browser.
3. Scroll down to the very bottom and click on Restore settings to their original defaults link.
4. Confirm by clicking Reset button.

How to block ads and pop-ups from Tongtonger.click

Tongtonger.click 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 “Tongtonger.click” 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:

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Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Tongtonger.click, 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 Tongtonger.click.