Help Stop AdChoices from Popping up

AdChoices Pop-up Disaster

‘On right side of monitor are ads posted by 'something' called Ad Choices. It is annoying. How do I get rid of it?’

We were told by many victims that they were not that look out for the ad actually because adchoices happens sporadically, until one day, they start to notice that:

• Page loading speed is slower and slower day by day;
• Computer would get stuck more frequently;
• Weird scene is captured when CPU is consumed considerably with few running programs playing in the background;
• Ad choices is developing into large amount to the point that surfers are unable to browser anymore;
• More irrelevant search results are reached.

It is apparently that adchoices worth more of your attention even though it is found to be an add-on infection.

Ad Choices Pop-up Refuses to Be Disabled

Add-on as it is, adchoices manages to survive after you emptied out add-on section. There are many ‘amazing’ characteristics that you don’t know:

• Adchoices is able to make vulnerability on your system which can be exploited by tracking cookies and deadly virus like incredibar.
• Ad choices browser malware would place its registry entries into the kernel part of the system to ensure its auto-startup and disable some services on the machine.
• There are multiple copies of adchoices in different entries on the system.

All the above listed characteristics are well explaining why ad choices can be that pushy. We need to dig out every items related to the vicious add-on as any remaining crap would keep ad choices alive. Manual removal is recommended to exterminate ad choices completely so that you are far away from the risk of information theft. 

2 Efficient Removal Solutions

Solution A: Remove AdChoices Manually

1. Disable any suspicious startup items.

For Windows XP:
Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of ad choices adware.

2. Show hidden files 

a) open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options;
b) under View tab to tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK;
c) click on the “Start” menu and then click on the “Search programs and files” box, Search for and delete these files created by ad choices:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\ad choices\addon\1.bin\v4bar.dll
• C:\Program Files\ad choices\addon\1.bin\v4bar.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\ad choices\bar\2.bin\v4bar.dll
• D:\Program Files\ad choices\addon\1.bin\v4bar.dll

3. Delete all registry values related to ad choices pop-up in your local hard disk C.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\addon\{numbers}
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ AdChoices\UninstallString “%AppData%[RANDOM CHARACTERS][RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” -u
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\[RANDOM CHARACTERS] %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ AdChoices\DisplayName  AdChoices

4. Remove add-ons.

Internet Explorer:
1) Go to Tools -> ‘Manage Add-ons’;
2) Choose ‘Search Providers’ -> choose ‘Bing’ search engine or ‘Google’ search engine and make it default;
3) Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;
4) Go to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Internet Options’; select ‘General tab’ and click website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save changes.

Google Chrome
1) Click on ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon, select ‘Settings’;
2) Choose ‘Basic Options’;
3) Change Google Chrome’s homepage to google.com or any other and click the ‘Manage Search Engines…’ button;
4) Select ‘Google’ from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select ‘Search Result’ from the list to remove it by clicking the ‘X’ mark.    

Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier’s icon and select ‘Manage Search Engine…’;
2) Choose ‘Search Results’ from the list and click ‘Remove’ and OK to save changes;
3) Go to ‘Tools’ -> “Options”. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under ‘General tab;  

5. Modify host file
 
For Windows Vista and Windows 7
1) Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right click Notepad and select Run as administrator
3) Click Continue on the "Windows needs your permission" UAC window.
4) When Notepad opens Click File -> Open
5) In the filename field type C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
6) Click Open

Windows NT/2000/XP
1) Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad
2) Click File -> Open
3) In the filename field type C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
4) Click Open

Note: If you think the manual removal is complicated and you really want to be a lazy guy, no worries, there is still a perfect solution for you - Download and Install Spyhunter to Remove  AdChoices Automatically. The most powerful antivirus program Spyhunter can remove  AdChoices just like hands down for you.

Solution B: Remove AdChoices automatically (with SpyHunter)

Step A. Download removal tool SpyHunter

1) Click here or the icon below to download SpyHunter automatically.

2) Follow the instructions to install SpyHunter
 





Step B. Run SpyHunter to block AdChoices

Run SpyHunter and click "Malware Scan" button to scan your computer, after detect this unwanted program, clean up relevant files and entries completely.

 

Step C. Restart your computer to take effect.

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