How to remove Rcgaxg.com ads

Easy tips to delete Rcgaxg.com

Rcgaxg.com is a rogue website that users stumble upon accidentally as a redirect from other websites. People are then met with messages that attempt to make them subscribe to push notifications to the site. Intrusive ads start to appear on the screen even when the browsers are closed and while trying to search for something, you will get redirected back to Rcgaxg.com site.

The scammers do not care about users’ safety and so they do not filter the ads that send you promotions through their domains. Their only motive is to generate revenue through pay-per-click scheme. Next to legit businesses that promote their products and services there appear fraudsters’ ads that contain suspicious links leading to unsafe pages.

Shady sties can show fake messages, warning you about system is unprotected, prompting you download potentially malicious software with other scam like Microsoft support alerts that seek to lure out your personal data. No one wants get bombarded with ads during web session. These are very irritating, especially when you can’t find out the reason for this happening.

The main reason why you are constantly being redirected to the Rcgaxg.com and other similar domains is because of adware infection. After the successful installation, the PUA conducts several unwanted changes that allow it to open various shady pages similar to this and displays intrusive advertisements in the form of pop-ups, banners, coupons and so on.

The adware has data tracking potential. It can collect the data include IP addresses, Search queries, Viewed pages, URLs visited, ISPs, Geo-locations and etc. These data help the advertisers in designing customized ads. In worst case, these details could be sold to potent crooks who misuse them to generate illicit revenue. Thus, it is necessary to make ensure about the system infection when you encounter Rcgaxg.com site persistently.

Check out for bundled apps during freeware download

It is important to educate yourself on how adware gets inside your system to prevent it in future. The most common culprit behind the unwelcomed guest is software bundling. Bundling has become a key strategy for attracting users. For example, Microsoft comes with many bundled tools. This is not unseen by PUAs’ developers. Their programs usually found to be distributed through third party sites.

Users miss the PUAs included as a package because they speed their installation process by opting for Automatic method and skipping all the steps. What you should do instead is to choose Custom/Advanced option, look out for the additional files that are unrelated to what you are getting and make ensure you un-tick the boxes that download these files by granting them as essential for desired app to work. You might have installed a program this way this is causing Rcgaxg.com redirects.

Get rid of Rcgaxg.com

If you want to end up on any harmful websites during the internet session and stop the fishing pop-ups, you can disable any websites’ push notifications manually by going to your browsers’ settings – refer our manual instructions provided below the post. To delete the running adware and related components, it is recommended to use some reputable antivirus tool that can detect these threats and help you get rid of them.

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 Rcgaxg.com:

Remove the related items of Rcgaxg.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 Rcgaxg.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 (Rcgaxg.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 Rcgaxg.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 Rcgaxg.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 Rcgaxg.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 Rcgaxg.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 Rcgaxg.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.