How to remove yahoe.news pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The yahoe.news is an ‘ad’ web site, already at the first sight of which there are various doubts. This web-site is created only for one purpose – display advertisements or redirect to other ‘ad-supported’ web-pages. Its appearance in your web browser means that your computer is infected with adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software). This type of malicious applications does not delete files or infect them, but like a virus can change system settings like the homepage and search engine by default and download and install malicious extensions that generates a huge number of ads. All the time, while the adware is running, your web-browser will be fill with unwanted ads. Moreover, this adware will be able to collect a lot of information about you, everything related to what are you doing on the Web. Thus, it’s clear that the presence of adware on your personal computer is not desirable, and you need to clean up your machine in order to get rid of yahoe.news redirect as soon as possible.

Most often, the ad-supported software affects the most common web-browsers like the Google Chrome, FF, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. But such the harmful software as well may infect another web-browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding an argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of a web browser’s shortcut). So every time you start the internet browser, it’ll redirect to the unwanted yahoe.news page. Even if you setup a new start page, an annoying site will be the first thing you see when you open the Google Chrome, FF, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.

The ‘ad supported’ software is the part of the software that is used as an online promotional tool. It is created with the sole purpose to open dozens of popup ads, and thus to promote the goods and services in an open web browser window. So, the yahoe.news is just one of the many web sites of the so-called ‘ad-support’ type. It’s designed to fill the web-browser’s constant stream of advertisements, or reroute the browser to not expected and intrusive advertising pages. Moreover, the ‘ad supported’ software can substitute the legitimate advertising links on misleading or even banners that can offer to visit dangerous web pages. The reason is simple, many advertisers agree on any ways to attract users to their web-pages, so the creators of adware, often forcing users to click on an advertising link. For each click on a link, the authors of the ad-supported software receive income. It’s the so-called ‘Pay-Per-Click’ method.

We suggest you to get rid of adware and clean your personal computer from yahoe.news pop-ups as quickly as possible, until the presence of the ‘ad supported’ software has not led to even worse consequences. You need to follow the steps below that will allow you to completely delete the reroute to yahoe.news annoying site, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.

How did you get infected with yahoe.news pop-up ads

I want to note that the adware spreads in the composition together with various free software. This means that you need to be very careful when installing programs downloaded from the Internet, even from a large proven hosting. Be sure to read the Terms of Use and the Software license, select only the Manual, Advanced or Custom install mode, switch off all additional modules and programs are offered to install. So, the negligence when running unknown software may lead to the fact that the ‘ad supported’ software is installed.

How to manually remove yahoe.news pop-ups

If you perform exactly the guide below you should be able to remove the yahoe.news advertisements. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or reboot your computer.

1. Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Delete yahoe.news ads from Firefox
3. Delete yahoe.news advertisements from Google Chrome
4. Get rid of yahoe.news advertisements from Internet Explorer
5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove yahoe.news redirect
6. Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

The best way to begin the computer 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 programs can clean up your internet browser from pop-up ads, 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 display the Windows Control Panel.
4. Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. You will see a list of all installed software.
6. Scroll through the all list, and delete suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort software by date.

See more details in the video instructions below.

Delete yahoe.news ads 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 get rid of the reroute onto yahoe.news web page.

First, start the Mozilla Firefox and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Next, press the Help button () as on the image 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 open the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown in the figure below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will display the confirmation dialog box, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will begin a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the ad-supported software. When it is complete, press the “Finish” button

Delete yahoe.news advertisements from Google Chrome

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Settings” option.

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 on the screen below and press the “Reset settings” button.

Confirm your action, press the “Reset” button.

Get rid of yahoe.news advertisements from Internet Explorer

To remove the yahoe.news pop-ups you need to reset the Microsoft Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the Windows was installed on your computer.

First, launch the Internet Explorer, then click ‘gear’ icon . It will display the drop-down menu on the right part of the browser, then press the “Internet Options” as on the image below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, you need to select the “Advanced” tab and press the “Reset” button. The Internet Explorer will display the “Reset IE settings” dialog box as shown on the image below. Next, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. After that, click the “Reset” button.

When the process is finished, press “Close” button. Close the Microsoft Internet Explorer and reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web-browser’s settings to default state and disable ‘ad-supported’ extensions.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove yahoe.news redirect

When the adware is started, it can also modify 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 rerouted 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 that 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 internet browsers, as they may be infected too.

Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the annoying yahoe.news site opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all the tasks that have been created by malicious software.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard at the same time. This shows a prompt that titled with Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, as on the image 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. Pay attention to that it launches on your PC. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it is a component of the malicious program, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to get rid of, then 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 malicious application. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.

How to delete yahoe.news redirect automatically

Manual removal is not always as effective as you might think. Often, even the most experienced users can not completely get rid of yahoe.news ads from the infected personal computer. This is because the ad-supported software can hide its components which are difficult for you to find out and delete completely. This may lead to the fact that after some time, the adware again infect your computer and it will start to show annoying yahoe.news pop-ups. Moreover, I want to note that it is not always safe to delete ad-supported software manually, if you do not have much experience in setting up and configuring the computer.

I suggest using the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your PC. It’s an advanced malware removal application developed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti-malware technology. It is able to help you remove browser hijackers, malware, adware, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your PC for free.

Now, press the link below to download Malwarebytes Free on your personal computer. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

After the download is finished, close all programs on your PC. Next, start the setup file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown on the image below, click the Yes button.

It will display the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Malwarebytes on your system. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, click Finish button. Then Malwarebytes will automatically start and you can see its main screen as shown below.

Now click the “Scan Now” button . This will begin scanning the whole PC system to find out ad supported software that cause a redirect to yahoe.news. Once the adware or malware is found, the number of the detected objects will change accordingly. Wait until the the scanning is finished. Please be patient.

When the system scan is done, you can check all threats detected on your personal computer. Make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button. The Malwarebytes will begin removing malware and adware that cause yahoe.news redirect. Once disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to reboot your PC.

I suggest you look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the Malwarebytes application to get rid of adware and other malware.

How to block yahoe.news

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

1. Download AdGuard application by clicking on the following link.
   

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   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once downloading is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
3. When the setup is done, click “Skip” to close it and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see a quick tutorial that will allow 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 computer, AdGuard will launch automatically and block popup ads, yahoe.news redirects, as well as other harmful or misleading web 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, that is located on your Windows desktop.

Remove yahoe.news ads and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes cannot remove the unwanted yahoe.news advertisements from the Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for ad-supported software, browser hijackers, PUPs and toolbars.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below.

After the download is finished, open the file location. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once this utility is started, you will see a screen such as below.

Now, click the “Scan” button to start scanning your personal computer for the malicious extensions and ‘ad supported’ software that opens ads from yahoe.news web page. When the system scan is complete, it will display a scan report as shown below.

Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will display a prompt. Click “OK”. When the clean up is complete, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your personal computer.

Look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the AdwCleaner to remove ad supported software, browser hijackers and other dangerous software.

Finish words

After completing the steps outlined above, your PC system should be free from malware and ‘ad supported’ software. The Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, FF and Microsoft Edge will no longer show yahoe.news unwanted advertisements or redirect you to unwanted web-pages. Unfortunately, if the guide does not help you, then you have caught a new type of adware, and then the best way – ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.