Remove Safer Surfer Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Safer Surfer is a potentially unwanted adware program. This PUP is incredibly malicious and intrusive, not to mention, harmful. As soon as it slithers its way in, it causes all sorts of damages, and issues pile up almost instantaneously. The first one you’ll encounter will be the never-ending waterfall of pop-up ads the application will continuously throw your way. The ads will show up and plague your browsing experience every single time you try to browse the web. Not only will that grow from annoying to infuriating extremely fast, but it will also bring further harm. For one, due to the pop-ups’ incessant appearance, your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl, and your system will frequently crash. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. As the ads are extremely unreliable, you’ll also be faced with a severe malware threat. And, even that’s not all! Safer Surfer also places your personal and financial information in grave jeopardy. It spies on you in an attempt to steal your private data and hand it to wicked strangers with malicious intentions. The question is, are you going to allow that to happen? Protect yourself and your computer, and avoid dealing with Safer Surfer’s ever-growing pile of troubles, by getting rid of it as soon as you first realize it has invaded your PC. This application is NOT worth the trouble. Delete it at once!

How did I get infected with?

Safer Surfer resorts to every trick in the book to fool you into agreeing to install it on your computer. It usually uses the old but gold methods of invasion. That means that more often than not, it hitches a ride with freeware or hides behind spam email attachments, corrupted links, or websites. It can also pretend to be a false system or program update, like Java or Adobe Flash Player. However, its most preferred and most commonly used way of infiltration is through freeware as it provides possibly the easiest access point. That’s because, for some reason, users believe that it’s a grand idea to pay little to no attention during its installation and rush the whole process. Well, they couldn’t be more wrong. It’s a horrible one, and it results in horrendous repercussions. But by the time they learn the error of their ways, the damage is already done. As this tool prays on our naivety, haste, and distraction, maybe if you don’t provide them, you won’t get stuck with it. Don’t forget that a little extra attention today can save you a lot of headaches and troubles tomorrow.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Safer Surfer is presented as a helpful tool. Its selling point is that it assists you in making your child’s browsing experience safer. Supposedly, the application prevents him/her from coming across any and all adult content websites, which is every parent’s dream. Unfortunately, this is nothing more than a mere marketing ploy. Once you look past the smoke and mirrors of advertisement, it becomes quite evident that there’s hardly anything positive about this program. And, whatever you may find to be positive, know that it will be heavily outshined by all of the tool’s negative aspects. Safer Surfer is NOT designed to help you, but to use you. If it is to proceed with its operations, it’s required to make money off of you. It has to trick you into clicking on its pop-ups as it’s ad-supported. That’s why it throws so many ads your way. Each one you’re foolish enough to click on generates web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the people behind it, and help it continue its existence. Do NOT do that! Ignore the ads as best as you can, and do NOT click on them no matter how enticing they seem! They’re immensely unreliable. A single click on a single ad leads to you unwillingly agreeing to install more malevolent tools, without even realizing it. But even this severe malware threat will pale in comparison to the grave security risk, the program places upon you. As was already mentioned, it spies on you. It keeps track of your online activities and catalogs every move you make. When it feels it has collected enough data from you, it sends it to the unknown third parties that published it. After they have it, they can use it as they see fit, and there’s nothing you ca do to stop them. Are you willing to take such a colossal risk with your privacy? Do what’s best for you and your computer, and delete this hazardous adware as soon as you possibly can! You won’t regret it, and your future self will thank you for it.

How Can I Remove Safer Surfer Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Safer Surfer from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Safer Surfer from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Safer Surfer from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Safer Surfer 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 Safer Surfer 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 Safer Surfer 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.