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

It is not a good idea to have an unwanted program such as this ad supported software on your machine. The reason for this is simple, it doing things you do not know about. The adware can also be used to gather lots of personal information about you which may be later used for marketing purposes. You don’t know if your home address, account names and passwords are safe. And of course you completely don’t know what will happen when you click on any Private.theappjunkies.com pop ups.

The ad supported software often change all web-browser shortcuts that located on your Desktop to force you visit various annoying ad web sites. As a result, your web browser can still reroute you to an unwanted ad web page despite your PC is actually clean of adware and other malware.

So, obviously, you need to delete the ‘ad supported’ software as soon as possible. Use the free steps below. This guide will help you clean your computer of adware and thereby remove the Private.theappjunkies.com annoying pop up advertisements.

How to remove Private.theappjunkies.com redirect

We can assist you remove Private.theappjunkies.com from your browsers, without the need to take your system to a professional. Simply follow the removal instructions below if you currently have the undesired ‘ad supported’ software on your computer and want to get rid of it. If you’ve any difficulty while trying to remove the ‘ad supported’ software that causes unwanted Private.theappjunkies.com pop-up advertisements, feel free to ask for our help in the comment section below. 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 manually get rid of Private.theappjunkies.com

The instructions will help you remove Private.theappjunkies.com popup ads. These Private.theappjunkies.com removal steps work for the Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge, as well as every version of Windows operating system.

Uninstall Private.theappjunkies.com associated software by using MS Windows Control Panel

The process of adware removal is generally the same across all versions of MS Windows OS from 10 to XP. To start with, it is necessary to check the list of installed programs on your machine and remove all unused, unknown and suspicious software.

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

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

Remove Private.theappjunkies.com pop-ups from Microsoft Internet Explorer

If you find that Microsoft Internet Explorer internet browser settings like newtab page, startpage and search engine by default having been changed by adware that causes multiple annoying pop-up ads, then you may restore your settings, via the reset web-browser procedure.

First, open the Internet Explorer, press ) button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown in the following example.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click Reset button. The Microsoft 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 system for the changes to take effect. It will remove adware that causes multiple undesired pop-up advertisements, disable malicious and ad-supported browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s settings like home page, new tab page and search provider by default to default state.

Remove Private.theappjunkies.com redirect from Google Chrome

Use the Reset internet browser tool of the Google Chrome to reset all its settings like homepage, new tab and default search provider to original defaults. This is a very useful tool to use, in the case of web browser redirects to unwanted ad sites like Private.theappjunkies.com.

1. First start the Google 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 click “Show advanced settings” link.
4. Scroll down again and click the “Reset settings” button.
5. The Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as on the image above.
6. Next click the “Reset” button.
7. Once this task is done, your browser’s homepage, newtab page and default search provider will be restored to their original defaults.
8. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Delete Private.theappjunkies.com from Mozilla Firefox by resetting web-browser settings

If the Mozilla Firefox settings such as start page, new tab page and default search provider have been changed by the ‘ad supported’ software, then resetting it to the default state can help.

First, run the 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 click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed below.

Confirm your action, press the “Refresh Firefox”.

Fix infected web browsers shortcuts to remove Private.theappjunkies.com redirect

The adware can hijack various Windows shortcuts on your desktop (most often, all web browsers shortcuts), so in this step you need to check and clean them by removing the argument like http://site.address/.

Open the properties of the browser shortcut. Right click on the shortcut of infected web-browser and choose the “Properties” option and it will display the properties of the shortcut. Next, choose the “Shortcut” tab and have a look at the Target field as shown below.

Normally, if the last word in the Target field is chrome.exe, iexplore.exe, firefox.exe. Be sure to pay attention to the extension, should be “exe”! All shortcuts which have been modified by adware such as Private.theappjunkies.com usually point to .bat, .cmd or .url files instead of .exe as displayed on the image below

Another variant, an address has been added at the end of the line. In this case the Target field looks like …Application\chrome.exe” http://site.address as shown below.

In order to fix a shortcut, you need to insert right path to the Target field or remove an address (if it has been added at the end). You can use the following information to fix your shortcuts that have been altered by ‘ad supported’ software.

Chrome	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
FF	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
IE	C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Opera	C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe
	C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe

Once is complete, click OK to save changes. Repeat the step for all web browsers which are rerouted to the Private.theappjunkies.com undesired web-site.

Remove 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 launch your system, it will display Private.theappjunkies.com intrusive web-page. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all harmful tasks which have been created by malicious program.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard at the same time. This displays 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 in the figure below.

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Please select the first task, its properties will be display just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your machine. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then delete 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’ 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 choose Delete as shown in the figure below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks which have been created by unwanted applications. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.

Get rid of Private.theappjunkies.com popup ads with free applications

Manual removal is not always as effective as you might think. Often, even the most experienced users can not completely remove ‘ad supported’ software which created to redirect your internet browser to various ad web-pages like Private.theappjunkies.com. So, we recommend to scan your computer for any remaining harmful components with free adware removal programs below.

How to automatically remove Private.theappjunkies.com pop-ups with Zemana Anti-malware

Zemana Anti-malware highly recommended, because it can scan for security threats such adware and ad supported softwares which most ‘classic’ antivirus applications fail to pick up on. Moreover, if you have any Private.theappjunkies.com pop-up advertisements removal problems which cannot be fixed by this utility automatically, then Zemana Anti-malware provides 24X7 online assistance from the highly experienced support staff.

Download Zemana on your computer from the link below.

When the downloading process is finished, close all applications and windows on your machine. Double-click the setup file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as on the image below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) on your computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, Zemana Free will automatically start and you can see its main screen as on the image below.

Now press the “Scan” button for scanning your personal computer for the ad-supported software which designed to redirect your web browser to various ad web pages such as Private.theappjunkies.com. This task can take some time, so please be patient. When a threat is found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the scanning is done.

Once the scanning is finished, Zemana Free will show a list of all items found by the scan. You may move threats to Quarantine (all selected by default) by simply press “Next” button. The Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will begin to delete adware that causes web browsers to open annoying Private.theappjunkies.com popups. After the cleaning procedure is done, you may be prompted to restart the system.

How to delete Private.theappjunkies.com with Malwarebytes

Remove Private.theappjunkies.com ads manually is difficult and often the ad supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we suggest you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your personal computer. Moreover, the free program will help you to get rid of malware, potentially unwanted applications, toolbars and browser hijackers that your machine can be infected too.

1. Please download MalwareBytes AntiMalware from the link below and save it to your Desktop.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
   326385 downloads
   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. At the download page, click on the Download button. Your browser will open the “Save as” dialog box. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
3. When downloading is finished, please close all software and open windows on your computer. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
4. This will run the “Setup wizard” of MalwareBytes Free onto your personal computer. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
5. When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the MalwareBytes will launch and display the main window.
6. Further, click the “Scan Now” button .MalwareBytes Free application will scan through the whole personal computer for the adware that causes web-browsers to show annoying Private.theappjunkies.com popup advertisements. This process may take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes Free is scanning, you can see how many objects it has identified either as being malicious software.
7. When finished, MalwareBytes will display a scan report.
8. Review the results once the tool has complete the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click the “Quarantine Selected” button. After that process is done, you may be prompted to restart the computer.
9. Close the AntiMalware and continue with the next step.

Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.

Get rid of Private.theappjunkies.com pop-up ads and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a free removal utility which can scan your computer for a wide range of security threats like malicious software, ad supported softwares, potentially unwanted applications as well as adware that causes multiple annoying ads. It will perform a deep scan of your system including hard drives and MS Windows registry. Once a malicious software is detected, it will help you to get rid of all detected threats from your machine with a simple click.

Download AdwCleaner tool on your PC system by clicking on the link below.

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 shown in the following example. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to launch the program, click Yes button to continue.

Next, press “Scan” .AdwCleaner program will scan through the whole computer for the adware that causes intrusive Private.theappjunkies.com popup advertisements.

Once that process is finished, AdwCleaner will open a screen which contains a list of malicious software that has been found like below.

Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and press “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box. Click “OK” button. The AdwCleaner will remove ad supported software that causes multiple undesired pop-up advertisements and add threats to the Quarantine. Once the procedure is finished, the utility may ask you to restart your machine. After restart, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.

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

How to stop Private.theappjunkies.com pop-ups

If you browse the Net, you can’t avoid malvertising. But you can protect your internet browser against it. Download and use an ad blocking program. AdGuard is an ad-blocking which can filter out lots of of the malvertising, blocking dynamic scripts from loading harmful content.

Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

Once downloading is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen like below.

Follow the prompts. When the setup is done, you will see a window as shown in the following example.

You can click “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which 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 pop-ups, web sites such Private.theappjunkies.com, as well as other malicious or misleading sites. 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 may be found on your desktop.

How did Private.theappjunkies.com redirect get on your PC

The adware actively distributed with free programs, along with the setup file of these programs. Therefore, it’s very important, when installing an unknown program 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 install mode. In this mode, you may disable the install of unneeded modules and applications and protect your computer from the adware that developed to redirect your web-browser to various ad pages like Private.theappjunkies.com. Do not repeat the mistakes of most users when installing unknown programs, simply press the Next button, and don’t read any information which the free software show them during its installation. In most cases this leads to one – the internet browser starts displaying a large amount of annoying advertisements such as Private.theappjunkies.com popup ads.

To sum up

Now your machine should be clean of the adware that redirects your browser to undesired Private.theappjunkies.com web page. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop ups and intrusive malicious web-sites) and Zemana (to periodically scan your PC system for new malware, browser hijackers 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 ad-supported softwares, harmful software and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove Private.theappjunkies.com popup advertisements from your internet browser, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.