How to remove Hanner-blobal.com pop-up redirect (Virus removal guide)

What is Hanner-blobal.com?

Hanner-blobal.com is an ‘ad-rotator’. It is a type of websites created to redirect internet browsers to various advertising websites. According to experienced security researchers, Hanner-blobal.com redirects users to sites promoted by rogue ad networks. Some of the sites that users could potentially be redirected to are scams, others are websites that trick users into allowing push notifications. In addition, users may be redirected to web pages offering to install PUPs and dangerous browser extensions.

Usually, users end up on Hanner-blobal.com by going to a misspelled URL or, clicking on a fake link from push notifications and spam emails. In addition, they can be redirected to this site by malicious advertisements (malvertising) and Adware. Adware is considered by many to be synonymous with ‘malicious software’. It’s a malicious program that presents unwanted advertisements to computer users. Some examples include pop up ads, push notifications or unclosable windows. Adware can be installed unknowingly when visiting malware-infested websites or downloading pirated versions of software.

Threat Summary

Name	Hanner-blobal.com
Type	adware software, potentially unwanted program (PUP), pop up virus, pop up advertisements, pop ups
Symptoms	undesired advertising links appear on webpages that you are visiting your web-browser is redirected to websites you did not want there is an unwanted program in the ‘Uninstall a program’ section of your Control Panel annoying toolbars unexpected changes in your web-browser such as displaying new tabs you did not open you cannot update your anti-virus fast Internet but slow browsing speeds your internet browser crashes
Removal	Hanner-blobal.com removal guide

How does Adware get on your computer

Adware comes bundled with some free software. So always read carefully the install screens, disclaimers, ‘Terms of Use’ and ‘Software license’ appearing during the install procedure. Additionally pay attention for additional applications that are being installed along with the main application. Ensure that you unchecked all of them! Also, run an ad blocking application that will help to stop misleading and untrustworthy web sites.

How to remove Hanner-blobal.com pop ups (removal steps)

In the few simple steps below we will have a look at the adware software and how to get rid of Hanner-blobal.com from Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Chrome web-browsers for Microsoft Windows OS, manually or by using a few free removal tools. Read this manual carefully, bookmark it or open this page on your smartphone, because you may need to exit your internet browser or reboot your PC.

To remove Hanner-blobal.com, complete the following steps:

1. How to manually remove Hanner-blobal.com
   • Remove potentially unwanted apps using MS Windows Control Panel
   • Delete Hanner-blobal.com pop-up ads from Mozilla Firefox
   • Remove Hanner-blobal.com pop-up ads from Chrome
   • Get rid of Hanner-blobal.com pop up advertisements from Internet Explorer
2. Automatic Removal of Hanner-blobal.com popups
3. Stop Hanner-blobal.com ads

How to manually remove Hanner-blobal.com

The step-by-step guidance created by our team will allow you manually delete Hanner-blobal.com advertisements from your internet browser. If you have little experience in using computers, we suggest that you use the free utilities listed below.

Remove potentially unwanted apps using MS Windows Control Panel

It is of primary importance to first identify and remove all PUPs, adware programs and browser hijackers through ‘Add/Remove Programs’ (Windows XP) or ‘Uninstall a program’ (Windows 10, 8, 7) section of your Microsoft Windows Control Panel.

Windows 7	Windows 8
Click ‘Start’. In the Start menu select ‘Control Panel’. Find and select ‘Programs and Features’ or ‘Uninstall a program’. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.	Press and hold Windows key and hit X key. Select ‘Programs and Features’ from the menu. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.
Windows 10	Mac OS
Press and hold Windows key and hit X key. Select ‘Programs and Features’ from the menu. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.	On the top menu select ‘Go’, then ‘Applications’. Drag an unwanted application to the Trash bin. Right-click on the ‘Trash’ and select ‘Empty Trash’.

Delete Hanner-blobal.com pop-up ads from Mozilla Firefox

If the Firefox internet browser application is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring Firefox settings such as homepage, newtab and default search provider to their original settings. However, your saved passwords and bookmarks will not be changed, deleted or cleared.

First, start the Firefox and click button. It will open the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Further, 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 browser adress bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown in the following example. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will show the confirmation prompt. Further, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Mozilla Firefox will begin a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the adware software. Once, it is finished, click the “Finish” button.

Remove Hanner-blobal.com pop-up ads from Chrome

Another method to remove Hanner-blobal.com popup advertisements from Chrome is Reset Chrome settings. This will disable harmful extensions and reset Google Chrome settings to original state. Your saved bookmarks, form auto-fill information and passwords won’t be cleared or changed.

1. First, start the Google Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
2. It will display the Chrome main menu. Choose More Tools, then press Extensions.
3. You’ll see the list of installed plugins. If the list has the addon labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following instructions: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Chrome menu once again, press the “Settings” menu.
5. Next, press “Advanced” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
6. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
7. The Chrome will display the reset settings dialog box as shown on the image above.
8. Confirm the web-browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
9. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Get rid of Hanner-blobal.com pop up advertisements from Internet Explorer

If you find that Internet Explorer web browser settings such as new tab, homepage and search engine had been changed by adware that redirects your browser to the annoying Hanner-blobal.com web-site, then you may restore your settings, via the reset internet browser procedure.

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

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then press the Reset button. The IE will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown in the following example. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then press “Reset” button.

You will now need to reboot your personal computer for the changes to take effect.

Automatic Removal of Hanner-blobal.com popups

It’s very difficult for classic anti-virus to detect adware and other kinds of PUPs. We recommend you use a free anti-adware such as Zemana AntiMalware, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and HitmanPro from our list below. These utilities will allow you scan and remove trojans, malware, spyware, keyloggers, bothersome and malicious adware from an infected personal computer.

Use MalwareBytes Anti-Malware to delete Hanner-blobal.com advertisements

We recommend using the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware which are fully clean your computer of the adware. The free tool is an advanced malware removal program designed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This application uses the world’s most popular antimalware technology. It is able to help you get rid of intrusive Hanner-blobal.com ads from your browsers, PUPs, malicious software, browser hijackers, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your personal computer for free.

MalwareBytes AntiMalware can be downloaded from the following link. Save it to your Desktop.

Once downloading is finished, close all windows on your device. Further, launch the file called MBSetup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up like below, press the “Yes” button.

It will display the Setup wizard that will assist you install MalwareBytes on the device. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once setup is done successfully, click “Get Started” button. Then MalwareBytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you can see its main window as displayed on the image below.

Next, press the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the adware that causes the Hanner-blobal.com popup advertisements in your internet browser. This process can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes is scanning, you can see number of objects it has identified either as being malicious software.

When MalwareBytes Anti-Malware is finished scanning your personal computer, a list of all threats detected is produced. Once you’ve selected what you want to delete from your computer click “Quarantine” button.

The MalwareBytes Anti-Malware will start to remove adware software responsible for the Hanner-blobal.com pop ups. After finished, you can be prompted to reboot your personal computer. We recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the MalwareBytes AntiMalware to remove browser hijackers, adware and other malware.

How to remove Hanner-blobal.com ads with Zemana Anti-Malware

Zemana AntiMalware is a free utility that performs a scan of your personal computer and displays if there are existing adware, browser hijackers, viruses, worms, spyware, trojans and other malware residing on your computer. If malware is detected, Zemana can automatically remove it. Zemana Anti-Malware doesn’t conflict with other anti-malware and antivirus applications installed on your device.

Download Zemana on your Microsoft Windows Desktop by clicking on the following link.

After the download is complete, close all apps and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup like the one below.

When the installation begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Zemana AntiMalware on your device.

Once install is finished, you will see window like below.

Now click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the adware associated with the Hanner-blobal.com pop up advertisements. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the count of files on your personal computer and the speed of your PC. While the Zemana AntiMalware tool is scanning, you can see how many objects it has identified as being infected by malware.

When Zemana completes the scan, Zemana Anti-Malware will display a list of all items detected by the scan. Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and click “Next” button.

The Zemana AntiMalware will start to remove adware that causes the Hanner-blobal.com redirect in your internet browser.

Get rid of Hanner-blobal.com ads and malicious extensions with HitmanPro

If Zemana cannot remove this adware, then we recommends to use the HitmanPro. HitmanPro is a free removal tool for hijackers, PUPs, toolbars and adware that causes the annoying Hanner-blobal.com popup advertisements. It is specially designed to work as a second scanner for your computer.

Visit the page linked below to download the latest version of HitmanPro for MS Windows. Save it directly to your Windows Desktop.

Download and run Hitman Pro on your personal computer. Once started, click “Next” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the adware software that causes multiple unwanted pop-ups. This process can take some time, so please be patient. While the tool is scanning, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned..

When that process is complete, it will show the Scan Results.

When you are ready, click Next button.

It will display a dialog box, press the “Activate free license” button to begin the free 30 days trial to delete all malicious software found.

Stop Hanner-blobal.com ads

The AdGuard is a very good ad-blocking application for the Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, IE and Google Chrome, with active user support. It does a great job by removing certain types of unwanted advertisements, popunders, pop-ups, annoying new tab pages, and even full page advertisements and web page overlay layers. Of course, the AdGuard can stop the Hanner-blobal.com redirect automatically or by using a custom filter rule.

Installing the AdGuard is simple. First you’ll need to download AdGuard on your personal computer by clicking on the following link.

After downloading it, double-click the downloaded file to run it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as displayed 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 tutorial as shown below.

Click “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will allow you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you launch your device, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop unwanted advertisements, block Hanner-blobal.com, as well as other harmful 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 AdGuard icon, which is located on your desktop.

Finish words

We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted ads and intrusive harmful web-pages) and Zemana (to periodically scan your device for new malicious software, browser hijackers and adware software). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows operating system. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new hijackers, harmful programs and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove Hanner-blobal.com pop-ups from your web browser, then ask for help here.