Remove Scanlocalhost.com Pop-up Ads (Permanent Removal)

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Imagine the following situation: you open your browser, and a pop-up advertisement appears seemingly out of the blue. You make another attempt at browsing the web so as to verify your suspicions. And it happens again. So, now you know for sure. Every time you try to use your browser, a pop-up ad “Brought to you by Scanlocalhost.com” shows up. Unfortunately, this is not an imaginary scenario, but rather a very real one. If this happens to you, know that you were tricked into allowing adware on your PC. Scanlocalhost.com is a potentially unwanted program that is malicious and harmful. It can cause quite the damages to your system if you allow it to stay. After it successfully invades your system, the application slows your computer’s performance to a crawl and causes frequent system crashes. Worst of all, it jeopardizes your personal security. Avoid having to deal with its daily messes, and delete it the first chance you get.

How did I get infected with?

Scanlocalhost.com has an entire array of tricks up its sleeve with which to fool you into approving its installation. It’s so resourceful in its methods that you don’t even realize you’re opening the door to such a malicious and harmful threat until it decides to show itself. That moment of realization usually occurs when the bombardment of pop-ups commences. Until then, you’re completely oblivious. That’s because Scanlocalhost.com sneaks in by hiding behind freeware or spam email attachments, corrupted links, and corrupted websites. It can also pose as a false system or program update. Once you click “Update”, or “Install”, or whatever Scanlocalhost.com shows you, you’re stuck with it. Since it prays on your distraction and naivety, if you’re a bit more attentive, you might avoid infection.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Even though, Scanlocalhost.com claims that it’s a helpful tool, the reality is quite different. It harms you much more than help you, because its primary objective is not to make your life easier but to make money off of you. The ads it floods you with help the malicious application generate pay-per-click profits for the third parties behind it. Every click equals revenue. There’s also one more way it can accomplish its goal. Scanlocalhost.com is designed to monitor your browsing activities and keep track of every move you make. It catalogs all the information it collects, and then sends it to the third parties behind it. Once they have it, they can use it however they see fit, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Are you willing to place your private and financial details in the hands of unknown wicked people? If that’s a risk you’re willing to take, that’s fine. But if it’s not, be sure to delete Scanlocalhost.com immediately after you realize it has slithered its way to your computer.

How Can I Stop Scanlocalhost.com Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Scanlocalhost.com 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: Delete Scanlocalhost.com from your add/remove programs

STEP 2: Disable Scanlocalhost.com from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Scanlocalhost.com leftovers

STEP 1 : Delete Scanlocalhost.com from add/remove programs

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Scanlocalhost.com program related software 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 Scanlocalhost.com 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 the unwanted 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 Scanlocalhost.com 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.