Does this sound like your story? You see pop-up surveys from fastworldconnect.xyz while browsing web sites that mostly don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to sidestep the built-in pop-up blockers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari.

Here’s how the fastworldconnect.xyz pop-up looked like when I got it on my computer:

If this description sounds like your computer, you apparently have some adware installed on your machine that pop up the fastworldconnect.xyz surveys. I’ll do my best to help you remove the fastworldconnect.xyz in this blog post.

If you have been reading this blog already know this, but if you are new: Recently I dedicated some of my lab computers and deliberately installed a few adware programs on them. Since then I’ve been observing the behaviour 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 auto-updates, or if it installs additional unwanted software on the computers. I first observed the fastworldconnect.xyz pop-up surveys on one of these lab systems.

k9kzz.rewardzone.fastworldconnect.xyz resolves to 104.207.156.103, and fastworldconnect.xyz to 184.73.247.179. The domain was registered just a few days ago.

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

The issue with this type of pop-up survey 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 fastworldconnect.xyz pop-up surveys you need to review your system for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

1. Check 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 and that was recently installed?
2. You can also review the add-ons that you have in your browser. Same thing here, do you see something that you don’t remember installing?
3. If that does not help, I’d recommend a scan with FreeFixer to manually track down the adware. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I’m working on that scans your computer at lots of locations, such as browser add-ons, processes, Windows services, recently modified files, etc. If you want to get additional details about a file in the scan result, you can click the More Info link for that file and a web page will open up with a VirusTotal report which will be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

   

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Having issues with survey pop-ups from sampleshill.xyz? If that is the case, you might have adware installed on your machine. I got the sampleshill.xyz popups in Firefox, but they can appear if you are using Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera too.

I’ll try help you with the sampleshill.xyz removal in this blog post.

For those that are new to the blog: Not long ago I dedicated some of my lab computers and deliberately installed some adware programs on them. I have 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 updates itself automatically, or if it downloads additional unwanted software on the computers. I first spotted the sampleshill.xyz pop-up surveys on one of these lab machines.

sampleshill.xyz resolves to the following IP: 199.59.243.120. And fuvzz.promorewards.sampleshill.xyz is located at 199.59.243.121. The sampleshill domain was created just a few days ago: 2014-11-19.

So, how do you remove the sampleshill.xyz pop-up survey ads? On the machine where I got the sampleshill.xyz ads I had CheckMeUp, PennyBee and BuyNSave installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the sampleshill.xyz surveys 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 sampleshill.xyz popup ads you need to review your computer for adware or other types of unwanted software and uninstall it. Here’s my suggested removal procedure:

1. Check what software you have installed in the Add/Remove programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel.
2. What add-ons do you have in your browser?
3. If that does not help, I’d recommend a scan with FreeFixer to track down the unwanted software. FreeFixer is a tool that I’m working on that scans your computer at lots of locations, such as browser add-ons, processes, Windows services, recently modified files, etc. If you want to get additional details about a file in the scan result, you can click the More Info link for that file and a web page will open up with a VirusTotal report which will be very useful to determine if the file is safe or malware:

   

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Getting pop-up surveys from superworldonline.xyz? Then you have adware on your machine. I used FreeFixer to remove BlockAndSurf, TinyWallet and BrowserWarden and that stopped the superworldonline.xyz pop-ups.

superworldonline.xyz resolves to 184.73.247.179 and 8awzz.rewardszone.superworldonline.xyz resolves to 208.87.34.65.

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What adware did you find on your machine?

Does this sound like what you are seeing right now? You see pop-up surveys from hurryingadserver.xyz appear in a new tab while browsing web sites that in general don’t advertise in popup windows. The pop-ups manage to get round the built-in pop-up blockers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera. The full domain name was bpezz.rewardzone.hurryingadserver.xyz:

If this sounds like your machine, you most likely have some adware installed on your computer that pop up the hurryingadserver.xyz ads. I’ll try help you to remove the hurryingadserver.xyz in this blog post.

If you have been visiting this blog already know this, but if you are new: Recently I dedicated some of my lab machines and deliberately installed some adware programs on them. I have been following the actions 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 hurryingadserver.xyz survey on one of these lab computers.

hurryingadserver.xyz resolves to the 208.87.34.65 IP-address and bpezz.rewardzone.hurryingadserver.xyz resolves to 96.126.126.254. The domain was registered in the middle of November 2014.

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

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

The first thing I would do to remove the hurryingadserver.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:

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

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 hurryingadserver.xyz pop-ups. What did you remove? Did that stop the hurryingadserver pop-ups?

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 find and remove 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.

And if you’re having difficulties 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 browser with a page which contains additional details about the file. On that web page, check out the VirusTotal report which can be very useful:

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

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Do you see pop-up surveys from gov-surveys.com while browsing sites that generally don’t advertise in pop-up windows. The pop-ups manage to circumvent the built-in pop-up blockers in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari.

Here’s how the gov-surveys.com pop-up survey looked like when I got it on my machine yesterday. I’ve framed some of the interesting properties of the screenshot.

Does this sounds like your story, you apparently have some adware installed on your machine that pop up the gov-surveys.com surveys. So don’t send angry emails to the website you were browsing, the ads are presumably not coming from them, but from the adware on your system. I’ll try help you to remove the gov-surveys.com in this blog post.

Generally this type of survey tries to make the impression that it came from the web site you where browsing, that you will get some sort of compensation for completing the survey, that your feedback will be used to improve the web site. More often that not, the survey is also translated into you language, often poorly translated. Since I own the www.freefixer.com web site, I know the survey is fake.

For those that are new to the blog: A little while back I dedicated some of my lab machines and intentionally installed some adware programs on them. Since then I have been following the actions 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 noticed the gov-surveys.com pop-up survey on one of these lab machines.

So, how do you remove the gov-surveys.com pop-up survey ads? On the machine where I got the gov-surveys.com ads I had PriceHorse, SaferSurf and CheckMeUp installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the gov-surveys.com pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Firefox. Sorry, I don’t know which of them was responsible for the pop-up.

Judging from Alexa’s traffic rank, gov-surveys.com is getting quite a lot of traffic. From the diagram, we can see that the traffic started booming in the middle of October.

The gov-surveys.com domain was also registered in the middle of October 2014. It’s hosted on 209.126.106.182 which appears to be a dedicated server.

The issue with this type of pop-up survey is that it can probably 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 gov-surveys.com ads removal:

The first thing I would do to remove the gov-surveys.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:

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

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 approximately about the same time as you started seeing the gov-surveys.com pop-ups.

I think you 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 many years ago. It’s a tool designed to manually track down and remove 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 crippled 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 determining if a file is safe or malware 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 quite useful:

Are you a Mac or Linux user and get the gov-surveys.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 gov-surveys.com pop-ups ads? Please let me know or how I can improve this blog post.

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