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Remove static.planet49.com Pop Up Survey Ads

Did you just get a pop-up from static.planet49.com and wonder where it came from? Did the static.planet49.com ad appear to have been popped up from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the static.planet49.com pop-up show up while you clicked a link on one of the major search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here’s a screenshot of the static.planet49.com pop-up ad when it showed up on my machine:

static.planet49.com pop up

(I know, lots of watermarks. Have to do it to stop the copy-cats.) It’s a survey that claims that I could win a Volvo S60 car.

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your machine, you presumably have some adware installed on your system that pops up the static.planet49.com ads. Contacting the owner of the site would be a waste of time. They are not responsible for the ads. I’ll do my best to help you remove the static.planet49.com pop-up in this blog post.

I found the static.planet49.com pop-up on one of the lab systems where I have some adware running. I’ve talked about this in some of the previous blog posts. The adware was installed on purpose, and from time to time I check if anything new has appeared, such as pop-up windows, new tabs in the browsers, injected ads on web site that usually don’t show ads, or if some new files have been saved to the hard-drive.

static.planet49.com was registered on 2000-08-23. se.static.planet49.com resolves to 62.24.27.100. According to YouGetSignal, there’s a bunch of other domains located on the same IP:

  • ar.static.planet49.com
  • au.static.planet49.com
  • au.static.yourturn-au.com
  • be.static.planet49.com
  • br.static.planet49.com
  • de.static.planet49.com
  • fi.static.planet49.com
  • fr.static.planet49.com
  • it.static.planet49.com
  • no.static.planet49.com
  • nz.static.planet49.com
  • pl.static.planet49.com
  • pt.static.planet49.com
  • ru.static.planet49.com
  • se.static.planet49.com
  • sg.static.planet49.com
  • uk.static.planet49.com
  • us.static.big-giveaways.com
  • us.static.planet49.com
  • www.lowes.com

So, how do you remove the static.planet49.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the static.planet49.com ads I had istartsurf, MedPlayerNewVersion and Movie Wizard installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the static.planet49.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

Judging from Alexa’s traffic rank, static.planet49.com is getting quite a lot of traffic:

planet49.com traffic

The bad news with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be popped up by many variants of adware, not just the adware that’s installed on my system. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

Anyway, here’s my suggestion for the static.planet49.com ads removal:

The first thing I would do to remove the static.planet49.com pop-ups is to examine the programs installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can find this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows Operating System you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something strange-looking in there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed about the same time as you started getting the static.planet49.com pop-ups.

The next thing to check would be your browser’s add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons dialog in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there something that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think most users will be able to find and uninstall the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop about 8 years ago. It’s a tool built to manually find and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve found the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked down like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to pay for the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having a mess figuring out if a file is safe or malware in the FreeFixer scan result, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains additional details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be quite useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial which shows FreeFixer in action removing adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the static.planet49.com pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

How To Remove consumer-responses.com Pop-Up Surveys

Are you getting pop-up surveys from consumer-responses.com while browsing on sites that typically don’t advertise in pop-up windows or by opening new tabs. Do the pop-ups manage to escape the built-in pop-up blockers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari.

Here’s how the consumer-responses.com survey looked like when I got it on my computer:

consumer-responses.com pop-up

Does this sounds like your experience, you probably have some adware installed on your system that pop up the consumer-responses.com surveys.  I’ll try help you to remove the consumer-responses.com in this blog post.

If you have been visiting this blog already know this, but if you are new: Some time ago I dedicated some of my lab machines and deliberately installed some adware programs on them. I’ve been monitoring the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it downloads additional unwanted software on the computers. I first found the consumer-responses.com pop-up on one of these lab computers.

Generally these survey pop-ups claim that they are “official” surveys from the web site you were currently browsing and that you will get a reward or have a chance of winning a price by completing the survey. Sometimes they also claim that your feedback will be used to improve the web site you were visiting. Since I own the freefixer.com web site, I know the survey is 100% fake.

So, how do you remove the consumer-responses.com pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the consumer-responses.com ads I had GoSave, CheckMeUp and PennyBee installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the consumer-responses.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

It seems as consumer-responses.com is getting quite a lot of traffic, based on Alexa’s traffic rank:

consumer-responses.com traffic rank

 

From the traffic graph we can see that the traffic has booming since in the beginning of November. consumer-responses.com was registered in July 2014, and the domain resolves to 8.29.137.208.

The issue with this type of pop-up is that it can be launched by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

Anyway, here’s my suggestion for the consumer-responses.com ads removal:

The first thing I would do to remove the consumer-responses.com pop-ups is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can reach this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows OS you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something suspect listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed approximately about the same time as you started seeing the consumer-responses.com pop-ups.

The next thing to check would be your browser’s add-ons. Adware often show up under the add-ons dialog in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Anything that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think you will be able to track down and remove the adware with the two steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop many years ago. It’s a tool built to manually identify and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve identified the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not crippled like many other removal tools out there. It won’t require you to purchase the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having difficulties determining if a file is clean or malware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up your browser with a page which contains more information about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be quite useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Are you a Mac or Linux user and get the consumer-responses.com pop-ups? What did you do to stop the pop-up in your browser? Please share in the comments below. Thank you!

Did this blog post help you to remove the consumer-responses.com pop-ups ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove .country “2015 Browser Survey” Pop Up Ads From Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

Do you see a “2015 Browser Survey” survey from a .country domain while browsing websites that usually don’t advertise in pop-up windows? Do the survey pop-ups manage to bypass the built-in pop-up blockers in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Perhaps the .country pop-ups appear when clicking search results from Google? Or does the surveys appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here an example on how the “2015 browser survey” at a .country domain can look like:.country 2015 browser survey pop-up ad

Typically, the web page appears in a new tab and shows a “2015 Browser Survey” and claims to give you chance of winning something by completing the survey. In this case, it tempts you with Apple’s iMac, iPhone 6 or an iPad Air. The survey is also localised, poorly, which is good since it makes it easier to dismiss it. In my case, the survey is localised to swedish. The above survey is from the lamptiger.country domain, but I’ve seen the same type of survey pop up from other domains. Here’s a few:

etc.. What .country-domain did you see in the survey that popped up on your machine? Please let me and the readers know by posting a comment.

If you also see this on your machine, you probably have some adware installed on your computer that pops up the .country ads. So don’t write angry emails to the web site you were browsing, the ads are almost certainly not coming from them, but from the adware on your machine. I’ll try help you with the .country survey removal in this blog post.

Those that have been following this blog already know this, but here we go: Not long ago I dedicated some of my lab machines and deliberately installed some adware programs on them. I’ve been tracking the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the computers. I first noticed the .country pop-up survey on one of these lab machines.

Who owns these .country domains? I don’t know. This is the registrant info from the WHOIS database:

Registrant ID: 283612-MMd1
Registrant Name: PrivacyDotLink Customer 302315
Registrant Organization: 
Registrant Street: PO Box 30485
Registrant City: Seven Mile Beach
Registrant State/Province: Grand Cayman
Registrant Postal Code: KY1-1202
Registrant Country: KY
Registrant Phone: +1.3457495465

So, how do you remove the .country pop-up surveys? On the machine where I got the .country ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the .country pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be popped up by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the surveys.

So, what should done to solve the problem? To remove the .country pop-up surveys you need to examine your system for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the .country pop-up surveys is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can reach this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows Operating System you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something dubious listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if some program was installed approximately about the same time as you started seeing the .country pop-ups.

Then you can examine you browser add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons dialog in Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think you will be able to identify and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop many years ago. It’s a tool designed to manually track down and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve identified the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked down like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to pay for the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having a hard time figuring out if a file is legit or malware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains more details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video guide showing how to remove pop-up ads with FreeFixer:

Did this blog post help you to remove the .country pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove micepopcorn.country Pop Up Survey Ads

Sound familiar? You see pop-up ads from micepopcorn.country while browsing web sites that mostly don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to escape the built-in pop-up blockers in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Maybe the micepopcorn.country pop-ups appear when clicking search results from a Google search? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the micepopcorn.country pop-up looked like when I got it on my machine:

micepopcorn.country

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your computer, you most likely have some adware installed on your system that pops up the micepopcorn.country ads. There’s no use contacting the owners of the site you were browsing. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you with the micepopcorn.country removal in this blog post.

Those that have been spending some time on this blog already know this, but for new visitors: Not long ago I dedicated a few of my lab computers and intentionally installed some adware programs on them. Since then I’ve been tracking the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first spotted the micepopcorn.country pop-up on one of these lab computers.

micepopcorn.country was created on 2015-01-07. micepopcorn.country resolves to the 184.73.247.179 IP address and kovzz.super-promo.micepopcorn.country to 104.207.140.57.

So, how do you remove the micepopcorn.country pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the micepopcorn.country ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the micepopcorn.country pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with pop-ups like this one is that it can be launched by many variants of adware, not just the adware on my computer. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what can be done to solve the problem? To remove the micepopcorn.country pop-up ads you need to review your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the micepopcorn.country pop-ups is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can open this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows Operating System you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something dubious in there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed about the same time as you started observing the micepopcorn.country pop-ups.

Then you can examine you browser add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons dialog in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Anything that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think most users will be able to track down and uninstall the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’ve developed since 2006. Freefixer is a tool designed to manually find and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve found the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not locked like many other removal tools out there. It won’t require you to pay for the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having problems figuring out if a file is clean or adware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up your web browser with a page which contains more details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be quite useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial which shows FreeFixer in action removing adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the micepopcorn.country pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove flavortoes.country Pop Up Surveys

Does this sound like your story? You see pop-up adverts from flavortoes.country while browsing web sites that generally don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to escape the built-in pop-up blockers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Maybe the flavortoes.country pop-ups appear when clicking search results from Google? Or does the pop-ups appear even when you’re not browsing?

Here’s how the flavortoes.country pop-up survey looked like when I got it on my machine:

flavortoes.country

If this description sounds like your story, you probably have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the flavortoes.country ads. Contacting the site owner would be a waste of time. The advertisements are not coming from them. I’ll try help you with the flavortoes.country removal in this blog post.

Those that have been visiting this blog already know this, but here we go: Not long ago I dedicated some of my lab machines and deliberately installed a few adware programs on them. I have been observing the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the systems. I first found the flavortoes.country pop-up on one of these lab machines.

flavortoes.country resolves to the 184.73.247.179 address and cekzz.super-promo.flavortoes.country to 104.237.143.198. flavortoes.country was registered on 2015-01-07.

So, how do you remove the flavortoes.country pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the flavortoes.country ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the flavortoes.country pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The bad news with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware, not just the adware running on my computer. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what should done to solve the problem? To remove the flavortoes.country pop-up ads you need to check your system for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

  1. Review what programs you have installed in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. Do you see something that you don’t remember installing or that was recently installed?
  2. You can also check the add-ons you installed in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Same thing here, do you see anything that you don’t remember installing?
  3. If that didn’t solve the problem, you can give FreeFixer a try. FreeFixer is built to assist users when manually tracking down adware and other types of unwanted software. It is a freeware utility that I’ve been working since 2006 and it scans your system at lots of locations where unwanted software is known to hook into your system. If you would like to get additional details about a file in FreeFixer’s scan result, you can just click the More Info link for that file and a web page with a VirusTotal report will open up, which can be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

    FreeFixer More Info link example
    An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial which shows FreeFixer in action removing adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the flavortoes.country pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove slavesail.xyz Pop-Up Survey Ads

Having a hard time with pop-up surveys from slavesail.xyz? If so, you might have adware installed on your machine. I got the slavesail.xyz pop ups in Firefox, but they can appear if you are using Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera too.

Here is how the slavesail.xyz ad looked like on my machine:slavesail.xyz

Does this sound like what you see your computer, you almost certainly have some adware installed on your computer that pops up the slavesail.xyz ads. There’s no use contacting the owners of the web site you were browsing. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll try help you with the slavesail.xyz removal in this blog post.

For those that are new to the blog: Not long ago I dedicated some of my lab systems and intentionally installed some adware programs on them. I have been monitoring the actions on these computers to see what kinds of adverts that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the computers. I first spotted the slavesail.xyz pop-up on one of these lab machines.

slavesail.xyz was registered on 2014-12-03. hhezz.super-promo.slavesail.xyz resolves to the 173.255.219.8 address and slavesail.xyz to 184.73.247.179.

So, how do you remove the slavesail.xyz pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the slavesail.xyz ads I had TinyWallet, BrowserWarden and BlockAndSurf installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the slavesail.xyz pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Firefox.

BlockAndSurf was the adware that caused the pop-ups in my case. I know this since the pop-up ad had a label with the adware name: “Ads by BlockAndSurf“.

Ads by BlockAndSurf pop-up

What label did your pop-up ad have? Please share by posting a comment below.

The issue with pop-ups like this one is that it can be popped up by many variants of adware, not just the adware on my system. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what should done to solve the problem? To remove the slavesail.xyz pop-up ads you need to review your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the slavesail.xyz pop-ups is to examine the programs installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can open this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something strange-looking listed there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if something was installed approximately about the same time as you started observing the slavesail.xyz pop-ups.

Then I would check the browser add-ons. Adware often show up under the add-ons menu in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there something that looks suspicious? Something that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think you will be able to identify and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop about 8 years ago. It’s a tool designed to manually find and uninstall unwanted software. When you’ve tracked down the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not crippled like many other removal tools out there. It won’t require you to pay a fee just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having difficulties deciding if a file is clean or adware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up your web browser with a page which contains additional information about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here you can see FreeFixer in action removing the adware that caused pop-up ads:

Did this blog post help you to remove the slavesail.xyz pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove notebookarm.xyz Pop-Up Surveys

Did you just get a pop-up survey from notebookarm.xyz and wonder where it came from? Did the notebookarm.xyz ad appear to have been initiated from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use aggressive advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the notebookarm.xyz pop-up show up while you clicked a link on one of the major search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here’s how the notebookarm.xyz pop-up survey looked like when I got it on my machine:

notebookarm.xyz pop-up survey

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your computer, you most likely have some adware installed on your computer that pops up the notebookarm.xyz ads. Don’t flame the people that runs the site you were at, the ads are probably not coming from that website, but from the adware that’s installed on your machine. I’ll try help you to remove the notebookarm.xyz pop-up surveys in this blog post.

If you have been following this blog already know this, but if you are new: Some time ago I dedicated some of my lab computers and intentionally installed a few adware programs on them. Since then I’ve been following the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first noticed the notebookarm.xyz pop-up on one of these lab systems.

notebookarm.xyz was registered on 2014-12-03. ki6zz.super-promo.notebookarm.xyz resolves to the 50.116.45.187 address and notebookarm.xyz to 184.73.247.179.

So, how do you remove the notebookarm.xyz pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the notebookarm.xyz ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the notebookarm.xyz pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The problem with this type of pop-up is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware, not just the adware on my system. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

Anyway, here’s my suggestion for the notebookarm.xyz ads removal:

  1. What software do you have installed if you look in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel? Something that you don’t remember installing yourself or that was recently installed?
  2. You can also check the add-ons you have in your browsers. Same thing here, do you see something that you don’t remember installing?
  3. If that does not help, you can give FreeFixer a try. FreeFixer is built to assist users when manually tracking down adware and other types of unwanted software. It is a freeware utility that I’ve been working since 2006 and it scans your machine at lots of locations where unwanted software is known to hook into your machine. If you would like to get additional details about a file in FreeFixer’s scan result, you can just click the More Info link for that file and a web page with a VirusTotal report will open up, which can be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

    FreeFixer More Info link example
    An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial on how to remove the pop-ups with FreeFixer:

Did this blog post help you to remove the notebookarm.xyz pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!

Remove fingerbedroom.xyz Pop-Up Ads Survey

Did you just get a popup survey from fingerbedroom.xyz and wonder where it came from? Did the fingerbedroom.xyz ad appear to have been initiated from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use aggressive advertising such as pop-up windows? Or did the fingerbedroom.xyz pop-up show up while you clicked a link on one of the major search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo?

Here’s a screenshot of the fingerbedroom.xyz pop-up survey when it showed up on my computer:

fingerbedroom.xyz

If this sounds like what you are seeing on your machine, you probably have some adware installed on your machine that pops up the fingerbedroom.xyz surveys. So there’s no use contacting the site owner for the site you were at. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll do my best to help you remove the fingerbedroom.xyz pop up in this blog post.

If you have been following this blog already know this, but if you are new: Some time ago I dedicated a few of my lab computers and intentionally installed some adware programs on them. Since then I have been observing the behaviour on these machines to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware updates itself automatically, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the computers. I first found the fingerbedroom.xyz pop-up on one of these lab systems.

fingerbedroom.xyz resolves to the 184.73.247.179 IP address and lcezz.super-promo.fingerbedroom.xyz to 50.116.45.187. fingerbedroom.xyz was created on 2014-12-03.

So, how do you remove the fingerbedroom.xyz pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the fingerbedroom.xyz ads I had TinyWallet, BlockAndSurf and BrowserWarden installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the fingerbedroom.xyz pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Firefox.

The issue with pop-ups such as this one is that it can be initiated by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

So, what should done to solve the problem? To remove the fingerbedroom.xyz pop-up ads you need to examine your computer for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

  1. What software do you have installed if you look in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel? Something that you don’t remember installing yourself or that was recently installed?
  2. You can also check the add-ons you installed in your browsers. Same thing here, do you see something that you don’t remember installing?
  3. If that didn’t help, you can give FreeFixer a try. FreeFixer is built to assist users when manually tracking down adware and other types of unwanted software. It is a freeware utility that I’ve been working since 2006 and it scans your computer at lots of locations where unwanted software is known to hook into your computer. If you would like to get additional details about a file in FreeFixer’s scan result, you can just click the More Info link for that file and a web page with a VirusTotal report will open up, which can be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

    FreeFixer More Info link example
    An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Here’s a video tutorial on how to remove the pop-ups with FreeFixer:

Are you a Mac or Linux user and get the fingerbedroom.xyz pop-ups? What did you do to stop the pop-up in your browser? Please share in the comments below. Thank you!

Did you find any adware on your machine? Did that stop the fingerbedroom.xyz ads? Please post the name of the adware you uninstalled from your machine in the comment below.

Thank you!

Remove topwebsiteconnect.xyz Pop-Up Survey Ads

Did you just get interrupted by a pop-up surveys from topwebsiteconnect.xyz ?. You are not alone. I also get the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-ups while browsing. Do the surveys also find a way round the pop-up blocker in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera. Then read on.

Here is a screenshot on the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-up survey from my machine:

topwebsiteconnect.xyz

(Sorry for the watermarks. Need to add them to prevent the most blatant attempts of other bloggers using my screenshots without attribution)

Does this sounds like your story, you presumably have some adware installed on your computer that pop up the topwebsiteconnect.xyz ads. So there’s no use contacting the site owner. The ads are not coming from them. I’ll try help you to remove the topwebsiteconnect.xyz surveys  in this blog post.

Those that have been visiting this blog already know this, but here we go: Some time ago I dedicated some of my lab machines and deliberately installed a few adware programs on them. I have been monitoring the behaviour on these computers to see what kinds of advertisements that are displayed. I’m also looking on other interesting things such as if the adware auto-updates, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first found the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-up on one of these lab systems.

topwebsiteconnect.xyz was registered on 2014-11-19.

So, how do you remove the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the topwebsiteconnect.xyz ads I had BuyNSave, TinyWallet and BlockAndSurf installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Mozilla Firefox.

The issue with this type of pop-up is that it can be launched by many variants of adware. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the pop-ups.

To remove the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-up ads you need to check your machine for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

The first thing I would do to remove the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-ups is to examine the programs installed on the machine, by opening the “Uninstall programs” dialog. You can find this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows Operating System you can just type in “uninstall” in the Control Panel’s search field to find that dialog:
Uninstall a program search

Click on the “Uninstall a program” link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:
Uninstall a program dialog

Do you see something dubious in there or something that you don’t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the “Installed On” column to see if some program was installed approximately about the same time as you started observing the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-ups.

The next thing to check would be your browser’s add-ons. Adware often appear under the add-ons dialog in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera. Is there anything that looks suspicious? Anything that you don’t remember installing?
Firefox add-ons manager

I think you will be able to track down and remove the adware with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the FreeFixer removal tool to identify and remove the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop many years ago. Freefixer is a tool designed to manually identify and remove unwanted software. When you’ve identified the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.

FreeFixer’s removal feature is not crippled like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to purchase the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having difficulties determining if a file is legit or adware in FreeFixer’s scan report, click on the More Info link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains more information about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be quite useful:

FreeFixer More Info link example
An example of FreeFixer’s “More Info” links. Click for full size.

Did this blog post help you to remove the topwebsiteconnect.xyz pop-up ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

Thank you!