How to remove Hic.6125878.com pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The ad supported software often change all internet browser shortcuts that located on your Desktop to force you visit various unwanted ad pages. As a result, your web browser can still redirect you to an undesired ad web-site despite your web browser is actually free of adware.

We strongly suggest that you perform the step by step instructions below which will allow you to remove Hic.6125878.com popup ads using the standard features of Windows and some proven free programs.

Hic.6125878.com ads removal instructions

Without a doubt, the adware is harmful to your PC system. So you need to quickly and completely remove this ad-supported software which redirects your internet browser to intrusive Hic.6125878.com web page. To remove this adware, you can use the manual removal instructions which are given below or free malicious software removal utility like Zemana Anti-malware, Malwarebytes or AdwCleaner (all are free). We suggest you use automatic removal way that will help you to delete Hic.6125878.com pop-up ads easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you are well versed in personal computer or in the case where ‘ad supported’ software is not uninstalled automatically. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your web-browser or restart your computer.

How to remove Hic.6125878.com pop-ups without any software

If you perform exactly the guidance below you should be able to delete the Hic.6125878.com popup ads from the Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge internet browsers.

Uninstalling the Hic.6125878.com, check the list of installed applications first

Check out the MS Windows Control Panel (Programs and Features section) to see all installed software. We recommend to click on the “Date Installed” in order to sort the list of programs by the date you installed them. If you see any unknown and suspicious programs, they are the ones you need to remove.

Press Windows button , then press Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will show the Windows Control Panel as shown in the figure below.

Further, click “Uninstall a program”
It will display a list of all programs installed on your machine. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs.

Fix browser shortcuts, changed by ad-supported software

Now you need to clean up the browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the web-browser, and not on any unknown file.

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 like “http://site.address” that has been added here. You need to delete it.

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

Remove Hic.6125878.com popups from Google Chrome

Reset Google Chrome settings is a simple way to delete the browser hijackers, harmful and ‘ad-supported’ extensions, as well as to restore the web-browser’s startpage, newtab page and search engine by default that have been modified by adware that causes a lot of undesired Hic.6125878.com advertisements.

1. First, start the Google Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will open the Google Chrome main menu, press the “Settings” menu.
3. Next, press “Show advanced settings” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
4. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings” button.
5. The Google Chrome will open the reset settings dialog box as on the image above.
6. Confirm the internet browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
7. To learn more, read the post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Remove Hic.6125878.com pop-ups from Internet Explorer

If you find that Microsoft Internet Explorer web-browser settings like homepage, newtab and search provider by default having been replaced by adware which designed to redirect your web-browser to various ad pages like Hic.6125878.com, then you may revert back your settings, via the reset internet browser procedure.

First, run the Internet Explorer, click ) button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown in the figure below.

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

You will now need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. It will remove Hic.6125878.com popup ads, disable malicious and ad-supported web-browser’s extensions and restore the IE’s settings such as homepage, newtab and default search engine to default state.

Remove Hic.6125878.com popup ads from Firefox

If your FF browser is re-directed to Hic.6125878.com without your permission or a an unknown search engine displays results for your search, then it may be time to perform the web browser reset.

First, open the Mozilla Firefox. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will show the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu press the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button like below.

Confirm your action, press the “Refresh Firefox”.

Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the intrusive Hic.6125878.com web page 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 ‘ad-supported’ programs.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard simultaneously. This opens a dialog box that titled as 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 in the figure below.

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Please choose the first task, its properties will be open just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your personal computer. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then remove this malicious task. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it’s a component of the ‘ad-supported’ software, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to delete, then click on it with the right mouse button and choose Delete as shown on the image 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.

Run free malware removal utilities to completely remove Hic.6125878.com redirect

If your PC is still infected with adware which created to redirect your browser to various ad pages such as Hic.6125878.com, then the best method of detection and removal is to use an anti-malware scan on the PC. Download free malware removal utilities below and run a full system scan. It will help you delete all components of the ‘ad supported’ software from hardisk and Windows registry.

Automatically delete Hic.6125878.com advertisements with Zemana Anti-malware

You can delete Hic.6125878.com pop-up ads automatically with a help of Zemana Anti-malware. We recommend this malicious software removal tool because it can easily remove browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, adware which reroutes your internet browser to Hic.6125878.com site with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.

Download Zemana anti malware from the link below.

Once the downloading process is complete, close all applications and windows on your PC system. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup as on the image below.

When the setup begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Zemana antimalware on your machine.

Once setup is finished, you will see window as shown on the screen below.

Now click the “Scan” button to begin checking your PC for the ad-supported software which cause intrusive Hic.6125878.com popup ads to appear. A system scan may take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your system. While the utility is scanning, you may see how many objects it has identified either as being malware.

Once the scan is complete, it’ll open a list of all items found by this tool. Review the scan results and then press “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti-malware will start removing adware related files, folders and registry keys.

Delete Hic.6125878.com pop ups with Malwarebytes

We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your computer of the adware. The free utility is an advanced malware removal application made by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular antimalware technology. It is able to help you get rid of intrusive Hic.6125878.com pop-up advertisements from your web-browsers, PUPs, malware, hijacker infections, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your computer for free.

Download Malwarebytes Free by clicking on the link below.

When the download is complete, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this task is finished, press the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the ad supported software that causes unwanted Hic.6125878.com pop up advertisements. A scan may take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your computer and the speed of your PC system. During the scan it’ll detect all threats present on your PC. Review the scan results and then press “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes is a free application that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malware removal utility, we recommend you to read and follow the tutorial or the video guide below.

Scan your PC system and delete Hic.6125878.com advertisements with AdwCleaner

The AdwCleaner utility is free and easy to use. It can scan and delete malware, potentially unwanted software and ad supported software in Google Chrome, FF, Internet Explorer and MS Edge web browsers and thereby remove all annoying Hic.6125878.com pop-ups. AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and delete malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the PC system.

Download AdwCleaner utility by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

Once the download is complete, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will launch the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as shown below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to show the program, click Yes button to continue.

Next, press “Scan” to perform a system scan for the adware that redirects your internet browser to intrusive Hic.6125878.com site. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient.

As the scanning ends is complete, you can check all items detected on your system as shown in the figure below.

Review the scan results and then click “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box. Click “OK” to begin the cleaning process. Once the clean-up is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your personal computer. After restart, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.

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

How to block Hic.6125878.com popups

We recommend to install an ad blocker program which can block Hic.6125878.com and other unwanted sites. The adblocker utility such as AdGuard is a application that basically removes advertising from the Internet and blocks access to malicious web pages. Moreover, security experts says that using ad-blocker software is necessary to stay safe when surfing the Internet.

Installing the AdGuard ad-blocking program is simple. First you will need to download AdGuard from the following link.

Once the downloading process is done, double-click the downloaded file to run it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as shown below.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guidance as shown below.

Click “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick guidance that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop pop-ups, pages such Hic.6125878.com, as well as other harmful 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, that may be found on your desktop.

How to Hic.6125878.com advertisements get installed onto computer

Most commonly the ad supported software is bundled with free software. So, think back, have you ever download and run any free applications? Because most users, in the Setup Wizard, simply press the Next button and don’t read any information like ‘Terms of use’ and ‘Software license’. This leads to the fact that the personal computer is infected and all your browsers configured to display a lot of undesired Hic.6125878.com advertisements. Even removing the free applications that contains this adware, the unwanted pop-up ads does not disappear. Therefore, you must follow the guidance above to clean your system from the ad-supported software and thereby delete Hic.6125878.com redirect.

Final words

Once you have finished the tutorial above, your personal computer should be clean from malicious software, hijackers and ‘ad supported’ software. The Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and IE will no longer display Hic.6125878.com unwanted web-site when you surf the World Wide Web. Unfortunately, if the step-by-step guide does not help you, then you have caught a new ad supported software, and then the best way – ask for help.

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3. When it has finished scanning your system, the scan button will read “Save log”, press it. Save this log to your desktop.
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6. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the undesired Hic.6125878.com redirect.