How to remove Bengekoo.com ads

Easy tips to delete Bengekoo.com

Internet is full with untrustworthy pages, Bengekoo.com is one of them. This website presents its visitors with dubious content and/or redirects them to various rogue/ malicious sites. Usually, people access this page unintentionally. Most enter it via redirects caused by intrusive ads or by installed PUAs. This software does not require users’ permission to infiltrate in. It is designed to cause redirects, deliver ads and gather browsing based data.

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What exactly the site does is determined by its visitors’ geo-location. The webpage learns this data by inferring it from users’ IP address. In other word, whether the visitors get redirected to elsewhere or are presented with questionable materials –depend on their geo-locations. Additionally, the site uses deceptive techniques to trick users into allowing their browser notifications. It instructs users to click Allow button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue watching.

If the users allow this, the Bengekoo.com will begin running intrusive ad-based campaigns. The delivered ads diminish the browsing quality significantly and they also endanger the device and user’s safety. Once clicked on, the intrusive ads redirect to unreliable/ malicious webpages and some can stealthy download/ install software. The unwanted app behind it has varied heinous abilities and these functions can be in various combinations.

For example, the PUAs can force-open dangerous pages and/or deliver intrusive ads. What is worse, these apps usually have data tracking feature. They record browsing activities such as URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed and etc and gather sensitive information extracted from it like IP addresses, geo-locations, Type of OS and browser used and etc. PUAs developers monetize these data by sharing it with and/or selling it to third parties/ potent crooks. To sum up, the unwanted app can trigger system infections, serious privacy issues, monetary loss, identity theft/ fraud and so on. To prevent all such things, all suspicious apps should be removed right away.

How did Bengekoo.com infiltrate my system?

PUAs are distributed via the download/ installation of other software. This deceptive marketing method of packing one app with unwanted and malicious additions is termed as software bundling. By rushing the download and skipping most of the installation steps, the users increase the risk of inadvertent installation of unwanted applications. Intrusive ads can also be used to spread PUAs as well. Once clicked on, these ads can execute scripts to download/ install these apps without users’ consent.

How to prevent PUAs installation?

Use only official websites and direct links for any software download. Avoid p2p networks, free file hosting sites and third party downloaders/ installers that are often used to offer dubious and/or bundled content. During downloading/ installing, read all terms, study possible option, use Custom/Advanced option and manually opt out all additionally attached apps, tools, functions and etc. Additionally, do not click on any intrusive ads appear on any questionable pages. These ads often open the pages of same kind or run certain scripts to cause stealthy download/ installation.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Bengekoo.com:

Remove the related items of Bengekoo.com using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Bengekoo.com issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Bengekoo.com) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Bengekoo.com removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter. In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Bengekoo.com still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Bengekoo.com plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”. Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Bengekoo.com removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Bengekoo.com (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications. Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.