Remove ActiveDeals Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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ActiveDeals is a software program recognized by security specialists as advertisement-supported. It is a tool presented to users as beneficial for their online shopping experience as ActiveDeals promises to help them save money on their online purchases. Surprisingly many users actually fall for that lie and let the ActiveDeals application run on their PC. Do not be one of them, you should know better than to let an adware program reside on your system as it will do nothing else but worsen the performance of your computer and expose you to dangerous threats. As soon as it reaches your PC, ActiveDeals will start flooding your browser with tons of third-party ads which will take up a lot of space on your screen and will interrupt you while you are trying to do your regular activity on the web. Do not bother closing the ads because they will keep showing up non-stop until the source generating them is completely removed from your PC. Hence, you should waste no time to delete the ActiveDeals application.

How did I get infected with?

You must be wondering how the ActiveDeals software has managed to find its way into your system because you probably do not remember downloading such an application. It is true that you did not download the application yourself simply because this is impossible. ActiveDeals does not have a homepage, so it cannot be acquired officially. The only way for the program to get installed on the PC is alongside questionable free applications that you have obtained from infamous file sharing websites. This happens quite often and is the reason way adware infections are so popular among computer users. If you remember downloading any such applications recently, then you should not be surprised by the appearance of ActiveDeals ads. To avoid installing such infections in future, you should only acquire software from official sources. Another good advice would be to avoid clicking random pop-up ads you see on the web because they also spread adware and other infections.

Why are these ads dangerous?

ActiveDeals ads are provided by remote third-party advertisers who aim to redirect traffic to their websites. They may do that simply because they need to increase their traffic count or because they want to spread malware. Whatever the case, it is strongly recommended not to interact with ActiveDeals ads. It is important to know that the developers of the ActiveDeals applications and the third parties behind the ads are different people. The third parties pay the developers to have their content promoted through the ads. Therefore, it is for monetary reasons that ActiveDeals displays ads so persistently. The creators of the application get paid by the pay-per-click method, so the more ads you click, the more money they will receive. Needless to say that this also increase the chance of infecting your system with malware, which is why you should refrain from clicking ActiveDeals ads. The best thing you could do to protect your PC from third-party malware is to delete the ActiveDeals software so that it stops generating intrusive ads.

How Can I Remove ActiveDeals Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete ActiveDeals from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove ActiveDeals from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall ActiveDeals from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals 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.