Remove Winnersurvey.net Pop-up Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Winnersurvey.net is a malevolent domain responsible for promoting spam. There are many adware applications that take advantage of the website, and use it as a means to slither their way into your system. After they successfully sneak in undetected, they proceed to wreak all sorts of havoc. Adware programs are incredibly hazardous, intrusive, and damaging. Once they latch onto your computer, they cause a whole bundle of troubles. But before you start worrying about the problems you’ll be forced to deal with because of the adware, you should acknowledge the fact that you’re already infected with a malevolent tool that’s causing you grief. Confused? Well, you shouldn’t be as it’s pretty straightforward. If you are redirected to the page Winnersurvey.net every single time you try to browse the web, that means that something is redirecting you to that page incessantly. That “something” is a malware tool. The best thing to do after you realize that there’s malware on your PC already is to find it as quickly as possible and get rid of it! You’ll save yourself a ton of time and energy you’ll otherwise be forced to spend dealing with an entire waterfall of issues.

How did I get infected with?

Winnersurvey.net is undoubtedly responsible for promoting adware, but not for installing it. You do that all on your own. Adware requires your approval in order to enter your system, and unless you give it, it cannot infect you. That is why such applications have come up an entire set of different methods they can use to dupe you into giving it. But don’t beat yourself up too hard. These programs are resourceful and quite masterful in the arts of deceit. More often than not, they sneak in undetected by hitching a ride with freeware as it provides possibly the easiest entry point. That’s because, for some reason, user rush its installation process and skip reading the terms and conditions. Instead, they let haste, distraction, and naivety guide them and agree to everything in haste. That’s a horrendous idea with horrible repercussions. Other preferred ways of infiltration, adware often turns to include hiding behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, or websites and pretending to be a false system or program update, like Java or Adobe Flash Player.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Winnersurvey.net is a threat not to be taken lightly. If you allow it to continue popping up and interrupt your browsing experience, you WILL regret it. The best course of action you can take is to not delay finding the malware tool behind thew site. Immediately after you first get redirected to the page, start looking for it! And, when you locate where it’s lurking, delete it! Otherwise, you WILL get stuck with adware. It’s not something you can avoid as it’s not a matter of “if”, but a question of “when”. Once adware does slither its way into your system, you should brace yourself for an entire set of issues. For one, shortly after such a program invades your PC, it commences a full-on bombardment of pop-up ads. They’ll show up every single time you try to go online, and will not stop popping up until you delete the adware tool that’s behind them. Also, since they’ll appear quite often, they’ll slow down your computer’s performance to a crawl, and cause frequent system crashes. Do NOT be foolish enough to click on these pop-ups! They’re highly unreliable, and a click will only lead to more unwanted malware getting installed in your system. Unfortunately, even the threat of unwillingly installing more malevolent tools won’t be your biggest concern. The worst problem you’ll be forced to deal with, courtesy of adware, is the fact that it will place your security in harm’s way. As soon as adware infects your PC, it starts to keep track of your browsing habits and every move you make, and catalog them. Once it determines it has collected sufficient data, it sends it to the unknown individuals behind it. So unless you wish to hand your private life to strangers and overwhelm your system with malicious tools, be sure to find the malware behind Winnersurvey.net, and delete it! You won’t regret it.

How Can I Remove Winnersurvey.net Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Winnersurvey.net from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Winnersurvey.net from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Winnersurvey.net from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Winnersurvey.net 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 Winnersurvey.net 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 Winnersurvey.net 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.