Remove DiscountBomb Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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DiscountBomb is the type of program that you would not be happy to have on your computer. It is classified as adware which means that it will not do any good to your system. DiscountBomb will display numerous ads on your screen while you are visiting different web pages. These ads are most likely to appear in the form of pop-ups and can be labeled in a variety of ways. For example, you could see them as “Ads by DiscountBomb”, “Brought by DiscountBomb”, “Powered by DiscountBomb”, or something else of this sort. Although they will present you with discount deals or inform you that you have won a certain prize, you should not trust DiscountBomb ads because their primary purpose is not to help you in any way. DiscountBomb and the ads it displays are only designed to serve third parties and to generate financial profit for their developers. For this reason, you should stay away from the ads and should delete DiscountBomb as soon as possible.

How did I get infected with?

Although it is possible to download certain adware applications from their official websites, this is not the case with DiscountBomb. The program is not represented officially and cannot be acquired from random file sharing sharing websites. The only way for it to get installed on your computer is together with freeware. Free apps that carry installers of potentially unwanted programs can be found on unofficial sources or could be promoted through random pop-up ads. When you see an ad presenting some media player or another supposedly useful software program, you should know that what will happen if you click it is that you will be sent to a web page where you should download the promoted program. This program could turn out to be DiscountBomb or other adware. Also, you could acquire some free program which will install DiscountBomb and other unwanted programs on your PC as additional programs. To prevent that from happening, you should only choose official sources and should be very careful with the ads that will appear on different websites.

Why are these ads dangerous?

We mentioned in the first paragraph that DiscountBomb has only been created to earn money for its developers. This happens thanks to the third parties who pay for the application’s advertising services. The developers of DiscountBomb get paid to promote the content of the third parties and they do that using pop-up and other types of ads. Using the pay-per-click method, they also receive money for each ad that is clicked, which is why they appear so persistently. The problem with the third-party content is that it is not supervised by DiscountBomb in any way, so there is no guarantee that it will be safe. With that in mind you should know better than to click any ads by DiscountBomb next time you see them. What is more, it is very likely that the adware on your computer will monitor your activity and will record details about it. Think carefully whether you want to let this continue as it may cause issues with your privacy. The best you could do is to remove DiscountBomb from the PC as quickly as you can in order to prevent its suspicious activity and to stop the flood of potentially dangerous ads.

How Can I Remove DiscountBomb Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete DiscountBomb from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove DiscountBomb from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall DiscountBomb from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the DiscountBomb 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 DiscountBomb 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 DiscountBomb 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.