Remove Strong Signal Ads From Chrome/FF/IE

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Is your browsing experience constantly interrupted by pop-up ads “Powered by Strong Signal”? If you see a Strong Signal ad every single time, you attempt to use your browser, know that you’re dealing with an adware tool. That’s right. Strong Signal is quite a crafty potentially unwanted program. It finds a way to sneak into your system undetected, and then proceeds to wreak all kinds of havoc. You only find out that it has infected your system known when it commences the bombardment of pop-up advertisements. Until then, you’re utterly oblivious to the fact that you have been infected by such an intrusive and harmful application. Since the ads appear so regularly, they lead to frequent system crashes and a slower PC performance. Unfortunately, that’s just the beginning of the issues you’ll have to deal with, courtesy of Strong Signal. If you allow it to remain in your system, you’ll most certainly regret it as the ads will be the least of your worries. This malicious tool jeopardizes your privacy by spying on you and stealing your personal and financial details. Are you going to let it take your sensitive information and hand it to the unknown wicked third parties with malevolent intentions behind it? Don’t risk it, and delete Strong Signal at once!

How did I get infected with?

Strong Signal is bound to seek your permission before its installation, but it has no trouble getting it. It is, in fact, so resourceful when it comes to deceiving you into giving it the green light that, not only do you allow it in, but you also have no idea that you did. Well, that is until the ads start popping up. The program usually sneaks in by hitching a ride with freeware. However, it can also hide behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, and websites or even by posing as a bogus system or program update. While you’re thinking you’re updating your Adobe Flash Player or Java, in reality, you’re granting access to a highly dangerous and unsafe application to invade your system. As soon as you click “Install”, “Agree”, “Okay”, or whatever else it shows you, you’re stuck with it. Maybe if you’re a bit more attentive, you’ll avoid getting stuck with Strong Signal, and you’ll spare yourself the time, energy and headaches of dealing with its daily messes.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Strong Signal doesn’t flood you with pop-ups for no reason. It is an ad-supported application, which means it has to generate web traffic for specific websites and produce pay-per-click revenue for the third parties that support it. Each ad you are fooled into clicking on is profit for these individuals. However, it is NOT recommended to click on the pop-ups as they are highly unreliable. Ignore them for your system’s safety, no matter how enticing they seem. Even a single click on a single ad will most certainly result in more malware getting installed on your computer. And if one malicious tool can cause so much damage, just try to imagine what five more can do to your computer. It is quite the scary thought. But even the threat of more malware installations won’t be your biggest concern. The worst issue, you’ll be faced with due to Strong Signal’s presence in your system, is the fact that it puts your security in grave jeopardy. As was already mentioned, it steals your sensitive information and places it in the hands of unknown wicked people. Strong Signal is programmed to keep track of your browsing activities and catalog every move you make. Are you going to allow it to put you in harm’s way? Do what’s best for you and your system, and get rid of it the first chance you get. It is NOT worth keeping.

How Can I Remove Strong Signal Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Strong Signal infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Strong Signal from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Strong Signal from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Strong Signal from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Strong Signal from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

 

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

 

navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ab293649-af90-4023-8af8-b05a1be131c0}

or if you are using 64 bit system then:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ab293649-af90-4023-8af8-b05a1be131c0}

STEP 2 : Remove Strong Signal from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on

• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Strong Signal Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.