How to remove pcpurifier.com popups from your browser

The pcpurifier.com pop-ups should not be underestimated, because the reason for their appearance on your computer is penetration an adware into the system. It can bring a security risk to your personal computer. So, do not ignore it! Of course, the pcpurifier.com is just a site, but the adware uses it to display intrusive and annoying advertisements, even without your permission and desire to see it. The display advertising can be just the beginning, because your PC system is hijacked by malicious software, so the amount of advertising in the future may increase. Its appearance will prevent you normally browse the web-sites, and more, can lead to crash the browser.

The ad supported software can change the settings of the Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge, but often that a dangerous software like this can also infect all types of web-browsers by changing their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user each time start the internet browser to see pcpurifier.com unwanted advertisements.

The ad supported software may insert a huge number of advertising directly to the web sites that you visit, creating a sense that the advertisements has been added by the creators of the web site. Moreover, a legal advertisements may be replaced on the fake advertisements, that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful programs. Moreover, the ad supported software has the ability to collect a tons of personal information about you (your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the Internet, which links you are clicking), which can later transfer to third parties.

We suggest you to remove ad supported software and clean your PC system from pcpurifier.com advertisements as quickly as possible, until the presence of the ad supported software has not led to even worse consequences. You need to follow the instructions below that will allow you to completely delete the redirect to pcpurifier.com unwanted web-site, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.

How does pcpurifier.com advertising get installed onto personal computer

Probably, the adware get installed onto your PC system when you have installed a free programs like E-Mail checker, PDF creator, video codec, etc. Because, most commonly the ad supported software is bundled within the installation packages from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar web pages. Even removing the program that contains an adware, does not help you remove the pcpurifier.com advertisements. Therefore, you must follow the step-by-step guide below to remove all unwanted advertisements.

How to manually remove pcpurifier.com

This useful removal guide for the pcpurifier.com . The detailed procedure can be followed by anyone as it really does take you step-by-step. If you follow this process to delete pcpurifier.com ads let us know how you managed by sending us your comments please.

1. Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove pcpurifier.com redirect
3. Get rid of pcpurifier.com pop-up ads from Chrome
4. Remove pcpurifier.com ads from Mozilla Firefox
5. Remove pcpurifier.com advertisements from Internet Explorer

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

The best way to begin the personal computer cleanup is to delete unknown and suspicious software. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, for one simple reason, many free applications at its installation additionally set various unneeded applications that most often generate unwanted ads and redirect your internet browser to pcpurifier.com web-page. So, delete the unneeded programs may cleanup your web-browser from popups, hijackers and so on.

1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows key, click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
3. It will open the Windows Control Panel.
4. Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. You will see a list of all installed programs.
6. Scroll through the all list, and remove suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort programs by date.

See more details in the video instructions below.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove pcpurifier.com redirect

Now you need to clean up the internet browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the browser, and not on any unknown file. Right click to a desktop shortcut for your web-browser. Choose the “Properties” option.

It will open the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The adware can replace it. If you are seeing something like “…exe http://pcpurifier.com” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the web-browser you are using:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe

Look at the example on the screen below. Once is done, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for web-browser shortcuts which redirects to an unwanted web-sites. When you have completed, go to next step.

Get rid of pcpurifier.com pop-up ads from Chrome

Like other modern browsers, the Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thus remove the redirect to pcpurifier.com annoying advertising which is caused by the adware.

Start the Chrome. Click on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will appear the main menu. Click on the option named “Settings”. Another way to open the Google Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the web-browser adress bar and press Enter. The internet browser will display the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as shown below and click on the “Reset settings” button. The Google Chrome will show the confirmation dialog box. You need to confirm your action. Press on the “Reset” button. The program will start the process of cleaning and when it is finished, the web-browser settings including the ‘block pop-ups’ option back to the values that have been when the Chrome was first installed on your personal computer.

Remove pcpurifier.com ads from Mozilla Firefox

Open the Firefox menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the Help button (). In the Help menu click on the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button. Confirm your action. Click on the “Refresh Firefox”.

Remove pcpurifier.com advertisements from Internet Explorer

Run Internet Explorer, press . Click “Internet Options” as shown below. In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next press Reset button. The IE will show the Reset Internet Explorer settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button. You will now need to restart your PC for the changes to take effect. It will restore the Internet Explorer’s settings to default state, disable ad-supported browser’s extensions and remove the redirect to the pcpurifier.com unwanted web-page.

How to delete pcpurifier.com with Antimalware

Remove pcpurifier.com ads manually is difficult and often the ad supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the MalwareBytes Anti-malware Free that are completely clean your personal computer. Moreover, the free software will help you to get rid of malware, web-browser hijacker and toolbars that your system may be infected too.

1. Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM) from the link below.
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. Close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup.
3. Click Next and follow the prompts.
4. Once installation is complete, click on the “Scan Now” button to start scanning your computer for the ad supported software which redirects your browser to the pcpurifier.com annoying web-page. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
5. When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Remove Selected”. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.

Block pcpurifier.com and other similar malicious sites

To increase your security and protect your personal computer against new annoying advertisements and malicious web pages, you need to use an application that blocks access to dangerous advertising and web-sites. Moreover, the software can block the display of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web-pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program using the following link.

After the download is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.

Follow the prompts. After installation is complete, you will see a window as shown in the figure below.

You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your PC, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, sites such pcpurifier.com, as well as other malicious or misleading sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

Remove pcpurifier.com ads and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot remove the unwanted pcpurifier.com advertising within the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs, toolbars. Also you can ask for help our Myantispyware team below.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below.

Once finished, open a directory in which you saved it. You will see a icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.

Press “Start” button to perform a system scan for malicious extensions and the adware which displays the advertisements from pcpurifier.com web page. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report as shown below.

Review the report and then click “Cleaning” button. It will display a prompt.

Click “OK”. When the cleaning process is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer.

When your computer is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

How to ask for help the Myantispyware team

If you are seeking a help for pcpurifier.com ads removal then follow these steps.

1. Download HijackThis from the link below and save it to your Desktop.
   

   HijackThis download
   4692 downloads
   Version: 2.0.5
   Author: OpenSource
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 7, 2015
   
2. Double-click on the HijackThis icon, and click the button labeled “Do a system scan only”.
3. Once the scan is complete, the scan button will read “Save log”, click it. Save this log to your desktop

Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.

4. Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.
5. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the redirect to the unwanted pcpurifier.com ads.