Remove Milehighads from Chrome/FF/IE

 

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If you find yourself greeted by pop-up ads “Powered by Milehighads” every time you open your browser, worry not! You have adware on your hands. Milehighads is a potentially unwanted program, which bombards you with a never-ending waterfall of pop-up advertisements. They appear every single time you try to browse the web, without fail, and that can get really annoying, really fast. Unfortunately, it’s not even the most serious issue this application will cause you. In fact, the ads will be the least of your concerns compared to everything else. Milehighads is a harmful and intrusive program, which is not worth the risk of allowing it to stay on your computer. Do yourself a favor and delete it immediately after you realize it has slithered it way in. It will be for the best.

How did I get infected with?

Milehighads resorts to the usual antics when it comes to sneaking in your system undetected. Yes, this program requires your permission before it installs itself, but it’s so resourceful in getting it that you have no idea you let it in until the ads start popping up. One of its most preferred methods of infection is through freeware. That’s because most users are not nearly as attentive as they should be during its installation. Because of that, freeware provides the perfect cover and the easiest entry point. What more could a malicious program trying to sneak in want? For some reason, users believe that, not reading the terms and conditions before agreeing to them, is a grand idea. As surprising as it may be, it’s really not. Unless, you WANT to end up with a damaging and unsafe application like Milehighads. If you don’t, know that a little more attention goes a long way. Keep your eyes open and your guard up, and you might avoid getting stuck with such malicious programs.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Milehighads’ selling point is that it helps you save money by providing you with coupons and showing you deals. However, once you look past the smoke and mirrors, it’s quite evident that this bargain hunter harms you much more than help you. Due to the incessant bombardment of pop-ups, you end up experiencing frequent system crashes and slower computer performance. Not only that, but the application also jeopardizes your personal security. Milehighads is designed to start keeping a close eye on your browsing activities immediately after it invades your system. It has to keep track of every move you make, catalog it, and then proceed to send the collected data to the third parties behind it. That means that if you allow this application to stay on your PC, you will be providing these unknown wicked people with access to your private information. That includes credit card/s and bank account/s details. Are you willing to take such a tremendous risk? If not, be sure to remove milehighads as soon as you possibly can. You’ll spare yourself a ton of issues and headaches, and your future self will thank you for it.

How Can I Remove Milehighads Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Milehighads from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Milehighads from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Milehighads from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Milehighads 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 Milehighads 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 Milehighads 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.