Remove Play Pop Games Pop-up Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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There’s nothing fun about Play Pop Games. Oh, the irony. Even though this program is supposed to provide you various games thus improving your Internet experience, in reality, Play Pop Games is malicious. It has been classified as an adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP) for many, many reasons. Therefore, the sooner you get rid of this parasite, the better. It slithers onto your PC in complete silence, then it infects your browsers and modifies their settings (without asking for permission). Now that this is complete, the Play Pop Games virus floods your computer screen with pop-ups. It is utterly irrelevant whether you’re interested in seeing those ads or not because your preferences no longer matter. What’s important is hackers’ revenue. Thanks to the dubious pay-per-click mechanism crooks manage to gain revenue online by generating web traffic. However, as you can imagine, the parasite doesn’t discriminate between safe and corrupted links so it displays both kinds. That means you cannot afford to trust ANY discount, coupon, product deal, best price, price comparison or other equally unreliable pop-up you may see on your PC screen. Clicking a compromised web link presented as an attractive ad will only bring more issues upon you. You might end up on some dangerous website filled with malware; that probably doesn’t sound like a fun experience to you. It isn’t. Installing more infections isn’t what your machine needs right now, is it? The Play Pop Games parasite makes sure all websites you visit are covered with useless pop-ups, pop-under ads, banners, interstitial ads, etc. Apart from the fact these web links are absolutely worthless and quite stubborn, they are also potentially dangerous. As we mentioned, the Play Pop Games pop-ups are sponsored which makes them extremely unreliable. They also effectively slow down the PC speed and cause your overwhelmed browsers to crash or freeze. It goes without saying that Play Pop Games takes over your entire computer and the only way to stop its shenanigans is by deleting the virus. In addition, this program also starts monitoring your private information since the very moment your machine gets infected. That includes mainly IP addresses, email addresses, passwords, usernames, browsing history, search queries, etc. but the virus might also steal some personally identifiable data as well. And nobody could calmly surf the Web knowing they’re exposed to identity theft. Play Pop Games practically gives you no reason to keep it on board. So why keep it? Take action and uninstall the parasite; you won’t regret it.

How did I get infected with?

Being a classic representative of the sneaky adware family, Play Pop Games usually travels the Web bundled. If you’re wondering how this infection got to you, you probably downloaded some programs off of the Internet without paying much attention to the process. There’s your answer. As you can see, compromising your PC is an incredibly easy task to achieve. On the other hand, so it protecting your safety. All you have to do is be more cautious online and avoid unverified websites; unfortunately, most people tend to rush the installation. Remember, it would take you much more time to uninstall a virus later on so don’t jeopardize your security. Opt for the custom or advanced option in the Setup Wizard instead of the basic one. Also, it’s highly recommended that you read the Terms and Conditions or the EULA (End User License Agreement) beforehand. Otherwise you might be accepting some aggravating term or condition without even knowing it. Keep in mind that adware-type parasites aren’t the only virtual threat out there; being careless could result in various Trojans, ransomware infections or other viruses getting downloaded. You should also stay away from illegitimate programs because the freeware/shareware bundles they offer are unreliable as well.

Why are these ads dangerous?

You should know that the Play Pop Games virus is perfectly compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Once it landed on your computer system, the parasite installed a malicious add-on thus injecting all your browsers with pop-ups. From this moment on your browsing experience begins to look more like a battlefield that a fun activity because those pop-ups are everywhere. Prepare to be constantly bombarded with a rich variety of questionable web links; the Play Pop Games commercials are impressively annoying. It goes without saying that you have to restrain yourself from clicking anything this ad-supported parasite might attempt to force on you. Don’t install more viruses. Also, don’t become a sponsor of cyber criminals by keeping their program on board. This pest will expose you to numerous dangers, it will irritate you and the only right thing to do in the nasty situation you’re in, is to permanently remove Play Pop Games from your PC. In order to delete this dangerous, annoying and deceptive parasite, please follow the detailed removal guide that you will find down below.

How Can I Remove Play Pop Games Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Play Pop Games 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 Play Pop Games from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Play Pop Games from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Play Pop Games from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Play Pop Games from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Play Pop Games program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Play Pop Games 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 Play Pop Games 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.