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

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The Web is filled with nasty infections and as you’re sitting here reading removal guides in your spare time, it’s safe to assume your computer is one of the many compromised machines out there. We have prepared comprehensive removal instructions below our article because the sooner you fix this issue, the better. Would you want to risk causing your machine even more damage by ignoring a cyber problem? Probably not. As you know already, the Profittower.net pop-up ads exhibit numerous malicious traits – they are intrusive, deceptive, impressively annoying, very stubborn and potentially harmful. If your PC screen is currently bombarded with those pop-ups, you certainly want them gone because they bring upon you nothing but trouble. What is worse though, is she fact Profittower.net pop-up ads indicate that your computer is no longer virus-free. Why are you seeing those random web links? Because at some point the machine in front of you got compromised and some adware-type parasite or a potentially unwanted program (PUP) managed to get installed. That is correct, you have a parasite on board. Profittower.net is just a website that serves as a platform for those pop-ups but the real problem is somewhere on your computer system. This entire scheme exists so hackers could spread their malicious programs on the Web and gain some questionable profit at the same time. You see, your cyber security is simply  not important to crooks. Money is. After the sneaky adware parasite invaded your device, it modified your browsers and injected them with the unreliable Profittower.net pop-ups. Keep in mind that those pop-up ads come in various forms so you might be seeing fake product offers, fake software updates, fake warning messages, fake technical support services… Well, you get the picture. Those pop-ups will keep trying to scam you so it goes without saying that you have to restrain yourself from clicking ANYTHING brought to you as long as the PC is infected. Keep in mind that greedy cyber criminals stand behind all commercials and other links generated by this virus so it’s key for your safety to tackle the parasite as soon as possible. In addition to all the trouble it causes, this malicious program also spies on your browser-related activities thus jeopardizing your privacy. Crooks tend to sell the data collected by their tricky parasite in order to gain more revenue at your expense; it’s pretty obvious that you need to delete the parasite if you want to regain control over your computer.

How did I get infected with?

Adware is notoriously stealthy so, chances are, you have no idea when and how your machine got compromised. Even though it’s difficult to tell what the exact distribution technique was, there are some very plausible scenarios. First of all, you might have clicked open a corrupted third-party commercial, a malicious spam message or a spam email-attachment without knowing that this way you’re seriously compromising your own device. Another popular infiltration method that many parasites use is bundled freeware. Have you recently downloaded some questionable program package off of the Internet? There you go. To prevent such an unpleasant situation in the future, avoid illegitimate websites and the unverified shareware/freeware bundles there. Remember that free of charge doesn’t necessarily mean virus-free as well so you can’t afford to overlook the danger bundled software exposes you to. Also, take your time to go through the Terms and Conditions and the EULA (End User License Agreement) beforehand because this might be your only opportunity to spot some term or condition that you certainly do not want to accept. Don’t be gullible to think that you can’t get effectively infected with a whole bunch of pesky infections by rushing the installation process. Take your time when installing software. Trust us, it would take you much more time and energy to deal with a parasite later on that to deny it access right now. Caution pays off, make sure you remember that well.

Why are these ads dangerous?

To begin with, the irritating Profittower.net pop-up ads are cause by a tricky cyber parasite; there is no possible scenario in which they are harmless. Having said that, those pop-ups appear to be rather safe which is one of the most troublesome qualities they have. Once the adware-type infection lands on board, it installs a browser add-on (of course, it does so without your permission or authorization of any kind). This way the virus effectively takes over your entire Internet experience because, being perfectly compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, the never-ending parade of web links will be waiting for you on every single website you visit, regardless of which browser is your preferred one. The only way to escape those pop-ups is by deleting the infection that brought them to you in the first place so why hesitate? You will be bombarded with bogus warning messages about non-existent issues, fake product discounts and many more malicious web links so you could easily end up on a highly dangerous website full of malware. Don’t believe any of those ads and don’t keep something that malicious on your computer system because this would be a rookie mistake and you know it. Also, tolerating the Profittower.net pop-ups, as we mentioned already, leads to numerous privacy threats so it’s in your best interest to get rid of the parasite the moment you encounter its nasty presence. To uninstall the virus manually, please follow the detailed removal guide that you will find down below.

How Can I Remove Profittower.net Ads?

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

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

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

STEP 1 : Uninstall Profittower.net from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Profittower.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 Profittower.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 Profittower.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.