Q. How can I remove suspicious “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop ups on my web browsers? I have attached the screenshot for what the popup window looked like. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Suspicious “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-up window
Text presented in “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop up window:
FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser. Click "Allow" to start watching.
A. “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop up is a scam that’s designed in order to trick you into subscribing to its push notifications so that they can send annoying ads directly to your web-browser and Windows desktop. If you’re experiencing suspicious pop-ups, fake alerts, various popup advertisements, trips to websites you did not intend to visit, then you have an adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) installed on your PC system.
What is Adware? An Introduction to Adware.
Adware is type of software developed to insert unwanted advertisements into your Web surfing or even desktop experience. Adware may even be designed to change your startpage, search provider, search results, or even add toolbars to your browser.
In order to display undesired ads as often as possible adware can change your web-browser settings. You may even find that your computer settings are changed without your conscious permission. The creators of adware software do so in order to make money via third-party ad network. Thus every your click on ads generates profit for them.
As well as undesired browser redirects to “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” scam, adware software can collect your Internet surfing activity by saving URLs visited, IP addresses, internet browser version and type, cookie information, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and web-sites visited. Such kind of behavior can lead to serious security problems or user data theft.
Therefore it’s very important to follow the tutorial below ASAP. The steps will help you to remove adware software as well as remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-ups. What is more, the steps below will allow you remove other harmful programs like undesired toolbars and browser hijackers, that can be installed onto PC along with the adware software.
How to remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop up scam
Fortunately, we have an effective way that will assist you manually or/and automatically get rid of “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” from your internet browser and bring your browser settings, including search engine, newtab page and start page, back to normal. Below you will find a removal guidance with all the steps you may need to successfully remove adware and its traces. Certain of the steps below will require you to exit this webpage. So, please read the instructions carefully, after that bookmark or print it for later reference.
To remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-ups, perform the steps below:
- How to manually remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser”
- Uninstalling adware, check the list of installed software first
- Remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop ups from Firefox
- Remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” popups from Internet Explorer
- Remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop ups from Google Chrome
- How to remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop up with free software
- How to Block “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” scam
- How does your system get infected with adware software
- Finish words
How to manually remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser”
These steps to remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop up without any apps are presented below. Be sure to carry out the step-by-step tutorial completely to fully remove this adware responsible for “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop up.
Uninstalling adware, check the list of installed software first
First of all, check the list of installed software on your computer and uninstall all unknown and recently installed programs. If you see an unknown application with incorrect spelling or varying capital letters, it have most likely been installed by malware and you should clean it off first with malware removal tool such as Zemana.
Press Windows button 
, then click Search 
. Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then press “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown on the screen below.
Further, click “Uninstall a program” 
It will display a list of all applications installed on your PC. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown applications.
Remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop ups from Firefox
If the Firefox internet browser is redirected to “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” scam and you want to recover the Firefox settings back to their original state, then you should follow the guide below. Essential information such as bookmarks, browsing history, passwords, cookies, auto-fill data and personal dictionaries will not be removed.
First, open the Mozilla Firefox. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, press the Help button (
).
In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page press on “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed in the following example.
Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.
Remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” popups from Internet Explorer
In order to recover all web browser settings you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the Microsoft Windows was installed on your system.
First, start the IE, then click ‘gear’ icon 
. It will display the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then click the “Internet Options” as shown in the following example.
In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” prompt. Further, press the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, click the “Reset” button as displayed below.
After the procedure is done, click “Close” button. Close the Microsoft Internet Explorer and reboot your PC system for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web browser’s settings to default state.
Remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop ups from Google Chrome
This step will show you how to reset Chrome browser settings to original settings. This can get rid of “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-ups and fix some surfing issues, especially after adware infection. When using the reset feature, your personal information like passwords, bookmarks, browsing history and web form auto-fill data will be saved.
- First run the Google Chrome and press Menu button (small button in the form of three dots).
- It will show the Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
- You’ll see the list of installed addons. If the list has the plugin labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following tutorial: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
- Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
- You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and click “Advanced” link.
- Scroll down again and press the “Reset” button.
- The Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as on the image above.
- Next press the “Reset” button.
- Once this process is done, your web browser’s new tab page, home page and default search engine will be restored to their original defaults.
- To learn more, read the post How to reset Chrome settings to default.
How to remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop up with free software
Anti-Malware apps differ from each other by many features like performance, scheduled scans, automatic updates, virus signature database, technical support, compatibility with other antivirus applications and so on. We advise you use the following free applications: Zemana Free, MalwareBytes Free and HitmanPro. Each of these programs has all of needed features, but most importantly, they can locate the adware and delete “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-up from the Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, MS Edge and Google Chrome.
Automatically remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-ups with Zemana
Zemana is a free program for Windows OS to detect and remove PUPs, adware, harmful web browser extensions, browser toolbars, and other unwanted programs such as adware related to the “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” popups.
Zemana Free can be downloaded from the following link. Save it to your Desktop.
164032 downloads
Author: Zemana Ltd
Category: Security tools
Update: July 16, 2019
When the download is finished, close all applications and windows on your personal computer. Double-click the install file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up like below, click the “Yes” button.
It will open the “Setup wizard” which will help you set up Zemana Free on your computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
Once setup is complete successfully, Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) will automatically start and you can see its main screen as on the image below.
Now press the “Scan” button . Zemana Free application will scan through the whole PC system for the adware software that causes multiple intrusive popups. This procedure may take some time, so please be patient.
Once the scan get finished, Zemana AntiMalware will show a list of all threats detected by the scan. Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and press “Next” button. The Zemana will remove adware that cause pop-ups. Once that process is done, you may be prompted to restart the system.
Run HitmanPro to remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” popup
HitmanPro is a free portable program that scans your machine for adware software responsible for “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-ups, potentially unwanted programs and hijacker infections and allows remove them easily. Moreover, it will also help you remove any harmful internet browser extensions and add-ons.
HitmanPro can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your Desktop.
After downloading is finished, open the file location. You will see an icon like below.
Double click the Hitman Pro desktop icon. After the utility is launched, you will see a screen as shown in the figure below.
Further, click “Next” button for checking your system for the adware software that causes multiple annoying pop ups. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC. When Hitman Pro completes the scan, you’ll be opened the list of all found threats on your computer as on the image below.
When you are ready, click “Next” button. It will display a prompt, click the “Activate free license” button.
How to remove “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Manual “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” popup removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the adware may be not fully removed. We suggest that run the MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) that are completely free your computer of adware. Moreover, the free application will help you to delete malware, PUPs, browser hijackers and toolbars that your machine can be infected too.
- Please go to the following link to download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM). Save it on your MS Windows desktop.
Malwarebytes Anti-malware
326384 downloads
Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020
- At the download page, click on the Download button. Your web-browser will open the “Save as” dialog box. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
- When the downloading process is complete, please close all apps and open windows on your PC system. Double-click on the icon that’s called mb3-setup.
- This will start the “Setup wizard” of MalwareBytes onto your computer. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
- When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the MalwareBytes will open and display the main window.
- Further, click the “Scan Now” button to search for adware which cause intrusive “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” pop-up. This process can take some time, so please be patient.
- Once MalwareBytes Free completes the scan, the results are displayed in the scan report.
- Review the scan results and then click the “Quarantine Selected” button. After disinfection is complete, you may be prompted to reboot the computer.
- Close the Anti Malware and continue with the next step.
Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.
Block “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” and other unwanted web-pages
It’s also critical to protect your web-browsers from malicious web sites and ads by using an ad blocker program like AdGuard. Security experts says that it will greatly reduce the risk of malware, and potentially save lots of money. Additionally, the AdGuard may also protect your privacy by blocking almost all trackers.
- AdGuard can be downloaded from the following link. Save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.
Adguard download
26627 downloads
Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
- After downloading it, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
- After the setup is complete, click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will help 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 computer, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop undesired advertisements, block “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” scam, as well as other malicious or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, which can be found on your desktop.
How does your system get infected with adware software
The adware usually is bundled within some free software that you download off of the Internet. So, think back, have you ever download and run any free applications. In order to avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other installation screens, as well as to always select the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ install type, when installing anything downloaded from the World Wide Web.
Finish words
Now your machine should be clean of the adware that causes “FlashPlayer has blocked video in your browser” popups in your internet browser. We suggest that you keep Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) (to periodically scan your personal computer for new adware softwares and other malware) and AdGuard (to help you block undesired pop up and harmful websites). Moreover, to prevent any adware, please stay clear of unknown and third party software, make sure that your antivirus application, turn on the option to detect potentially unwanted programs.
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