How To Remove Bousthane.com Pop-up Ads

Bousthane.com: Step-by-step Delete Process

Bousthane.com is a misleading web domain that delivers various pop-ups asking to allow notifications. Once you press this button, several pop-up windows appear on your screen and fill your web browser with intrusive content. All this malicious activity notably diminishes the performance of Chrome, Firefox, Explorer and other browser. Moreover, you may end up with malware as you cannot know how safe the site is you were rerouted to. The main reason why you are encountering these ads is potentially unwanted program (PUP) typically used to generate revenues for the developers.

Bousthane.com Adware Tracks Users’ Data:

“Bousthane.com virus” is a common name used by many users who have been annoyed by this intrusive activity triggered the adware and related advertisers. Nonetheless, this nasty PUP cannot change any system settings and alters only web browsers, so it cannot be treated as dangerous malware. Still, this browser-based intruder significantly affects the performance of your work-station. Typically, ad-based programs focus on creating commercial material and generating profits for their promoters. That’s why this adware is able to start data-tracking and similar activities behind users’ back.

Bousthane.com adware gathers various details about users’ web history and browsing habits including the data given below:

• IP address;
• location;
• Search queries;
• most viewed and searched items;
• commonly visited websites.

The gathered information is employed to monitor the content which attracts specific users and generate advertisements based on their preferences and browsing habits. This is the reason why most of the adverts provided by this adware are eye-catching and can easily gain users’ attention. In some cases, PUPs can also steal personal data like credit card and banking details, passwords etc. Scammers can misuse your private info for making fraudulent transactions that may result in huge financial losses.

We strongly recommend against accepting Bousthane.com notifications as it will result in the display of an excessive amount of advertisements all over the day. These advertisements and even ads delivered by PUP itself come with redirecting ability and can take people to several scam/phishing, fake tech support, malware-laden, deceptive and misleading portals when clicked. So, it is important to avoid interacting with these adverts even no matter how attractive or useful they look. This perilous adware slows down the overall computer performance drastically as it consumes enormous amount of memory resources and increases the usage of CPU. And hence, an instant Bousthane.com removal is strongly recommended.

Ways To Distribute Bousthane.com:

According to experts, the main technique used by potentially unwanted program creators to spread their malicious products is software bundling. This marketing method is broadly utilized by adware developers and freeware providers when they pack products together, so there are more chances to propagate applications in bundles. When people skip through steps during software installations, extra apps can be installed unknowingly and without consent. This occurs when installing freeware using the Quick or Recommended configuration settings.

To avoid these situations, you should always select the right configuration settings to install software. The Advanced or Custom option provides you complete access over the incoming downloads and allows you to opt-out the unwanted components from the list. Moreover, choose only official sources and direct links for your downloads and stay away from unreliable channels, Peer-to-peer sharing networks and other third-party downloaders as much as you can. If your device is already infected with this adware, you must remove Bousthane.com from the machine without wasting any time.

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 Bousthane.com:

Remove the related items of Bousthane.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 Bousthane.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 (Bousthane.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 Bousthane.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 Bousthane.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 Bousthane.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 Bousthane.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 Bousthane.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.