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:

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“.

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:

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

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?

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:

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!

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:

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:

   

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!

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:

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:

   

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!

Did you just get a pop-up survey from sweepappliance.biz and ask yourself where it came from? Did the sweepappliance.biz survey appear to have been launched from a web site that under normal circumstances don’t use aggressive advertising such as pop-up windows?

If you see this survey, you probably have some adware installed on your machine that pop up the sweepappliance.biz ads. I’ll try help you with the sweepappliance.biz removal in this blog post.

wxdzz.promorewards.sweepappliance.biz resolves to the 96.126.122.65 IP and sweepappliance.biz resolves to 184.73.247.179.

For those that are new to the blog: A little while back I dedicated a few of my lab systems and deliberately installed a few 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, or if it downloads and installs additional unwanted software on the machines. I first spotted the sweepappliance.biz pop-up survey on one of these lab computers.

So, how do you remove the sweepappliance.biz pop-up pop-up ads? On the machine where I got the sweepappliance.biz ads I had SmartOnes and CheckMeUp installed. I removed them with FreeFixer and that stopped the sweepappliance.biz pop-ups and all the other ads I was getting in Firefox.

Judging from Alexa’s traffic rank, sweepappliance.biz is getting some traffic:

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 sweepappliance.biz ads removal:

The first thing I would do to remove the sweepappliance.biz pop-ups is to examine the software 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 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 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 observing the sweepappliance.biz pop-ups.

I think you 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. It’s a tool designed to manually identify 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 will not require you to purchase the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.

And if you’re having troubles figuring out if a file is clean or adware in FreeFixer’s scan result, 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 very useful:

Are you a Mac or Linux user and get the sweepappliance.biz popups? What did you do to stop the pop-up in your browser? Please share in the comments below. Thanks!

What adware did you remove from your machine?

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

Thank you!