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Articles about removing unwanted and malicious toolbar and hijackers and resetting your browser settings. Instructions for Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera.

How to remove Putlocker pop-ups

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Putlocker is common name of file hosting websites and cloud storage, used for streaming of entertainment media. Due to piracy and security issues, Putlocker domains are blocked in most countries. However, there are over 50 mirrors of initial website, and they are using unethical marketing methods to deliver their content to users. Putlocker can be distributed by browser add-on, pop-ups and other types of unwanted advertising. Once shown to the user, Putlocker offers to subscribe to its notifications, and, if accepted, starts to display annoying notifications about movies, TV series directly on the desktop.

How to remove Dipladoks.org (Metagmae.org) on computer startup

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Dipladoks.org is annoying advertising website, that opens in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Edge on Windows startup. It will then redirect browser to Metagmae.org, Newsgmae.pro or Gmaegames.pro websites, filled with obscene ads and banners with adult content, casino ads, pop-ups and self-playing videos. This is made by virus, classified as browser hijacker. It sets up Dipladoks.org to open in startup using standard Windows services and Command Prompt, and hijacks browser shortcuts. As a result, unwanted website will open on every Windows startup and every browser launch. We recommend you to remove Dipladoks.org, using special removal tool or fix it manually with our precise instructions.

How to remove Deceptive Website Warning from Safari (Mac)

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If you receive Deceptive Website Warning pop-up, that looks like on the first picture below, in Safari, when visiting well-known, reputable websites, searching in Google, Yahoo or Bing, it means your browser or computer is infected. On this page you will learn how to deal with this problem. If you are sure, that you were able to visit websites, where you now see "Deceptive Website Warning" pop-up, earlier, or you get it on websites like Google.com, Facebook.com, Amazon.com and others, go on reading this article. Here we give detailed tutorial to remove virus, that causes scam messages in Safari in Mac, including "Deceptive Website Warning".

How to remove Weknow.start.me (Mac)

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Weknow.start.me is unsafe search engine, related to Weknow company, that is notorious for its Weknow.ac hijacker. Hijacker can modify search engine and homepage settings in Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on Mac. This one is built on another platform (start.me) and redirects user's queries to find.coinup.org. After some investigation, it turns out, that coinup.org is a platform, that allows search providers earn money on using user's computer power by mining cryptocurrency. So, after Weknow.start.me installs in browsers, it may use special JavaScripts or install certain browser extensions (like CoinUp add-on) to mine crypto-coins.

How to remove Mysearch.com

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Mysearch.com by APN, LLC is dangerous browser hijacker for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari, that modifies settings of search engine and homepage. APN (Ask Partner Network) is related to once popular search engine Ask.com, that was distributed via unwanted toolbars installations. Mysearch.com looks like legitimate search website with search box, shortcuts with quick links to social networks and shopping sites and is said to be "enhanced by Google". After closer research, it turns out, that users queries are redirected to search.mysearch.com, that is filled with third-party ads in search results and is quite different from Google SERPs.

How to remove Search.tapufind.com (Mac)

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Search.tapufind.com is precarious search engine for Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It appears in browsers after installing Tapufind New Tab extension and replaces default settings of homepage, search engine and newtab. This add-on was developed in Israel. Search.tapufind.com redirects users search queries to search.yahoo.com, and gets commission from ad revenue in this search engine. Tapufind takes control of browser settings and doesn't allow users to modify them. Changing settings won't help, as they will be reverted back to Search.tapufind.com. Hijacker tracks and collects information about user's online behaviour, such as search and visits history, that can be used for advertising purposes.

How to remove Search.hogwarin.com (Mac)

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Search.hogwarin.com is another typical representative of search hijackers for Mac, that installs in Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It infects browsers using Hogwarin extensions, that controls and modifies browser settings, such as homepage, default search engine and new tab. Settings cannot be changed by users, unless this malicious add-on is removed. As well as other hijackers of this type, Search.hogwarin.com redirects user's queries to search.yahoo.com. Special removal tool for Hogwarin called Uninstall.dmg is offered on their website. It will presumably remove extension and reset the settings. However, we do not recommend downloading additional software from developers of adware and hijackers.

How to remove QIP.ru (QIP Surf)

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QIP.ru is potentially unwanted third-party russian search engine and news website, powered by Yandex.ru. It infects user's computers along with QIP Surf browser, built on Chromium platform. It installs without user's permission and replaces default browser. QIP.ru is also spread separately in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer and replaces default search and homepage in this browsers.