How to remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

If you find that your browser has become show the annoying hotstuff2017.com popups then it is a sign that your system is infected with dangerous software from the adware family. The adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) is a form of unwanted software that can show a ton of pop-ups without a user’s permission. Moreover, it can redirect the web-browser on malicious and misleading pages. Also, if you seeing that the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, IE and MS Edge tries to load an unknown web page, when you try to open a long-known web-page, then you do not need to wait! Press the stop button in web-browser’s address bar. Complete the instructions below and clean your machine from adware ASAP. It’ll assist you to remove the redirect to hotstuff2017.com and any unwanted pop-ups.

The adware usually affects only the Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox and Microsoft Edge by changing the web-browser’s settings or installing a malicious extensions (addons). Moreover, possible situations, when any other internet browsers will be affected too. The adware will perform a scan of the PC system for internet browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the browser shortcuts, it will add the argument like ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you run the browser, you will see the unwanted hotstuff2017.com site.

Technically, the ad-supported software is not a virus, but it does bad things, it generates a lot of popups, hindering or completely blocking the work in the web-browser. It may install other unknown and unwanted software without your permission, force you to visit dangerous sites. Moreover, a browser hijacker can be additionally installed on to your machine with the adware. Once started, it will replace your start page with an unwanted web site.

Instructions, which is shown below, will allow you to clean your system from the ‘ad-supported’ software as well as delete hotstuff2017.com unwanted pop-ups from the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Microsoft Edge and other web browsers.

How does hotstuff2017.com pop-ups get installed onto machine

Most often, the adware gets on your machine as a part of various freeware, as a bonus. Therefore it’s very important at the stage of installing software downloaded from the Net carefully review the ‘Terms of use’ and the ‘License agreement’, as well as to always choose the Advanced, Custom or Manual installation mode. In this mode, you can turn off all unwanted add-ons, including an ad-supported software, that can be installed along with the desired program.

How to manually remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups

This step-by-step instructions will help you remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups. These hotstuff2017.com removal steps work for the Google Chrome, FF, IE and MS Edge, as well as every version of Windows operating system. Some of the steps may require you to close the internet browser or reboot your machine. So, bookmark or print it for later reference.

1. Uninstall suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups from Firefox
3. Remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups from Google Chrome
4. Remove hotstuff2017.com from Internet Explorer
5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove hotstuff2017.com redirect
6. Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

The best way to start the PC system cleanup is to remove unknown and suspicious applications. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded software can clean up 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’ll open the Windows Control Panel.
4. Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. You will see a list of all installed applications.
6. Scroll through the all list, and remove suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort software by date.

See more details in the video instructions below.

Remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups from Firefox

If the Firefox settings have been changed by the ad-supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to remove the redirect onto hotstuff2017.com site.

First, run the FF and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web-browser. Next, press the Help button () as shown in the figure below.

In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web browser adress bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown in the figure below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will open the confirmation dialog box, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The FF will begin a task to fix your problems that caused by the adware. Once it is done, click the “Finish” button

Remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups from Google Chrome

Reset Chrome settings is a simple way to delete the malicious and ad-supported extensions, as well as to restore the web browser’s homepage, new tab page and search engine by default that have been changed by ad supported software.

1. Open the Google Chrome, then click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will show the Google Chrome main menu. Click the “Settings” menu.
3. Next, click the “Show advanced settings” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
4. Further, click the “Reset settings” button, that located at the bottom of the Advanced settings page.
5. The Chrome will open the reset settings prompt as shown on the screen above.
6. Confirm the internet browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
7. To learn more, look the article How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Remove hotstuff2017.com from Internet Explorer

First, start the Internet Explorer, then click button. Next, press “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, press the “Reset” button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer” settings dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.

You will now need to restart your personal computer for the changes to take effect. It will restore the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s settings like homepage, new tab page and search engine by default to default state, disable ad-supported web browser’s extensions and thereby remove the redirect to hotstuff2017.com unwanted page.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove hotstuff2017.com redirect

Once installed, the adware may add an argument similar “http://site.address” into the Target property of the desktop shortcut for the Chrome, FF, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge. Due to this, every time you start the web-browser, it will show the hotstuff2017.com unwanted web-site.

Right click on the web browser’s shortcut, click Properties option. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text which begins with “http://”. Remove it or everything after .exe. An example, for Google Chrome you should remove everything after chrome.exe.

Next, click OK to save changes. You need to clean all browser’s shortcuts. So, repeat this step for the Google Chrome, FF, Edge and IE.

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Once installed, the ‘ad-supported’ software can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you open your computer, it will open hotstuff2017.com unwanted site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and get rid of all tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ program.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard together. It will open a dialog box that called Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown on the image below.

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be open just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something such as “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need delete this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it’s a component of the adware, then this task also should be removed.

Further click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by adware. Once is complete, close the Task Scheduler window.

Get rid of hotstuff2017.com pop ups automatically

You can remove hotstuff2017.com pop-ups automatically with a help of Malwarebytes Free. We recommend this free malware removal tool because it can easily delete adware, browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

Download Malwarebytes Free on your PC system by clicking on the link below. Save it on your Desktop.

Once downloading is complete, close all windows on your personal computer. Further, open the file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up as on the image below, click the Yes button.

It will display the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Malwarebytes on the PC. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once the installation is finished successfully, press Finish button. Then Malwarebytes will automatically start and you can see its main window as shown in the figure below.

Next, press the “Scan Now” button for scanning your personal computer for the malware and ‘ad-supported’ software which cause the hotstuff2017.com popups. When a threat is found, the number of the detected objects will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is complete. Please be patient.

Once the scan is finished, you can check all threats detected on your system. Make sure all entries have “checkmark” and press “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes will start removing malware and adware which cause hotstuff2017.com pop-ups. Once the disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to reboot your machine. I recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the Malwarebytes to remove adware and other dangerous applications.

Block hotstuff2017.com and other annoying pages

To increase your security and protect your PC against new annoying pop-ups and malicious web-sites, you need to use program that blocks access to malicious pop ups and web-pages. Moreover, the program can block the show of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program using the following link.

After downloading is complete, start the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.

Follow the prompts. Once the install is done, you will see a window like below.

You can click “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will assist 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 machine, AdGuard will start automatically and block popups, sites such as hotstuff2017.com, as well as other dangerous or misleading pages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your Windows desktop.

If the problem with hotstuff2017.com is still remained

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot remove hotstuff2017.com pop ups, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs, toolbars.

1. Download AdwCleaner using the link below.
   

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   Version: 8.4.1
   Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: October 5, 2024
   
2. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once the tool is launched the main screen will appear as shown on the image above.
3. Now, click the “Scan” button to start scanning your PC system for the ‘ad-supported’ software that generates hotstuff2017.com popups.
4. When the system scan is complete, AdwCleaner will open a scan report. Review the report and then press “Clean” button. It will show a prompt, click “OK” button.

The following video explains the step-by-step instructions above on how to remove adware with AdwCleaner.

Finish words

Now your system should be clean of the hotstuff2017.com pop-ups. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop ups and annoying dangerous sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your PC system for new malware and ad supported software). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new dangerous applications and ad-supported software are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove hotstuff2017.com pop-up from your system, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.