How to remove christmasalert.pro pop-ups [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Are you seeing christmasalert.pro pop-ups in the Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge every time you use the browser to surf the Internet? This means that your PC system is infected with an adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) which looks the entire traffic generated by you and on this basis, it shows lots of unwanted popup ads. Currently, this ‘ad-supported’ software are widely spread, due to the fact that most people are trying to find free programs, download and install them on the machine without proper attention to the fact that the adware can penetrate into the computer along with them.

Most often, the adware affects the most common web browsers such as the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge. But such the malicious software as well may infect another browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding an argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of a browser’s shortcut). So every time you launch the web browser, it’ll reroute to the unwanted christmasalert.pro web-site. Even if you setup a new startpage, an annoying web-site will be the first thing you see when you run the Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.

The adware may insert a ton of ads directly to the web pages that you visit, creating a sense that the ads has been added by the creators of the web page. Moreover, a legal ads may be replaced on the fake ads, that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful programs. Moreover, the adware has the ability to collect lots 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.

Therefore it is very important to follow the few simple steps below ASAP. The few simple steps will assist you to remove adware as well as clean your computer from the christmasalert.pro pop-up ads. What is more, the guide below will help you remove other dangerous software like unwanted toolbars and browser hijackers, which could penetrate the machine along with the adware.

How does christmasalert.pro advertisements get installed onto system

The adware actively distributed with free applications, as a part of the installer of the software. Therefore, it is very important, when installing an unknown software even downloaded from known or big hosting web page, read the Terms of use and the Software license, as well as to select the Manual, Advanced or Custom installation mode. In this mode, you can disable the setup of unneeded modules and software and protect your PC system from the adware infection. Unfortunately, most users when installing unknown programs, simply click Next button, and do not read any information that the free software displays them during its setup. This leads to the fact that the internet browser starts to open a large amount of the christmasalert.pro ads.

How to manually remove christmasalert.pro pop-up ads

This steps will help you remove christmasalert.pro redirect. These christmasalert.pro removal steps work for the Google Chrome, FF, IE and Edge, as well as every version of Windows operating system. Some of the steps may require you to close the web-browser or reboot your personal computer. So, bookmark or print it for later reference.

1. Uninstall suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove christmasalert.pro redirect
3. Get rid of christmasalert.pro advertisements from FF
4. Remove christmasalert.pro pop-ups from Chrome
5. Delete christmasalert.pro pop-ups from Microsoft Internet Explorer
6. Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Uninstall suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you begin the PC cleaning process by checking the list of installed software and remove all unknown or suspicious programs. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious applications such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with free applications. Delete the unwanted programs may get rid of the unwanted ads or browser redirect to unknown or unwanted web-pages.

It’ll open the Windows Control Panel as shown in the following image.

Next, click “Uninstall a program” It’ll show a list of all applications. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown software. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort programs by date of installation in the Control panel.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove christmasalert.pro redirect

Once the adware is started, it can also alter the web browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument similar “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you start the web-browser, it will be redirected to an annoying advertisements.

To clear the web-browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. 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 starts with “http://” which has been added here. You need to remove it.

When the argument is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your web browsers, as they may be infected too.

Get rid of christmasalert.pro advertisements from FF

If the Firefox settings have been modified by the adware, then resetting it to the default state can help you to delete the reroute onto christmasalert.pro web site.

First, launch the FF and press button. It will show the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web browser. Next, click the Help button () like 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 address bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

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

Remove christmasalert.pro pop-ups from Chrome

Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the malware and ad-supported software, as well as to restore the internet browser’s settings that have been replaced by ad supported software.

1. Now start the Chrome and click Menu button (small button in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will display the Chrome main menu. Select “Settings” option.
3. You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Show advanced settings” link.
4. Scroll down again and press the “Reset settings” button.
5. The Google Chrome will show the reset profile settings page as on the image above.
6. Next, press the “Reset” button.
7. Once this task is finished, your web browser’s settings will be restored to their original defaults. This will reset your homepage, new tab and default search engine.
8. To learn more, read the post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Delete christmasalert.pro pop-ups from Microsoft Internet Explorer

First, start the Internet Explorer, then click the button in the form of gear (). It will display the Tools drop-down menu as shown below. Next, click the “Internet Options”.

In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then press the Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown in the figure below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then press on “Reset” button.

You will now need to reboot your PC system for the changes to take effect.

Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Once installed, the adware can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you open your system, it will show christmasalert.pro unwanted site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all tasks that have been created by adware.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard simultaneously. It will display a prompt that called Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and press OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, like below.

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

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

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

Remove christmasalert.pro with Malwarebytes

Remove christmasalert.pro advertisements manually is difficult and often the adware is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your PC. The Malwarebytes is a reputable malware removal application. It can automatically detect and remove the adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) of the your machine. Moreover, this free application will help you to delete browser hijackers, malware and toolbars that your computer may be infected too. You can follow the guide below to remove the christmasalert.pro annoying completely.

Download Malwarebytes Free from the link below.

Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your machine. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup like below.

When the installation begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Malwarebytes on your computer.

When setup is finished, you will see window as shown on the image below.

Now click on the “Scan Now” button for checking your personal computer for the adware which causes the redirect to christmasalert.pro web site. This task can take some time, so please be patient.

Once the scan is done, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button. The Malwarebytes will start removing the adware related files, folders, registry keys. When the disinfection is complete, you may be prompted to reboot the personal computer.

The following video explains the instructions above on how to get rid of ad-supported software with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

How to stop christmasalert.pro

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

1. Download AdGuard program from the following link.
   
   

   Adguard download
   26629 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once the downloading process is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
3. Once the installation is done, press “Skip” to close it and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see a quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your system, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-ups, christmasalert.pro redirects, as well as other malicious or misleading pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.

Scan your personal computer and remove christmasalert.pro pop-ups with AdwCleaner.

This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and remove ad-supported software, browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (home page, newtab page and search provider by default). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the computer.

Download AdwCleaner tool from the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

When the download is complete, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will start the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as on the image below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to display the program, click Yes button to continue.

Now, click the “Scan” to perform a system scan for the ad-supported software which cause a redirect to christmasalert.pro ads.

Once the scan is finished, it will show a list of all items detected by this tool as shown on the screen below.

You need to click “Clean” button. It will show a prompt, press “OK” to start the cleaning process. Once the clean-up is done, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your machine. After restart, the AdwCleaner will open the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Finish words

Now your computer should be clean of the christmasalert.pro ads. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted popup ads and unwanted dangerous web-sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your machine 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 software and ‘ad-supported’ software are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove christmasalert.pro ads from your PC system, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.