How To Remove Likerus.click Ads

Complete Steps To Delete Unwanted Program

Likerus.click is a malicious website that promotes McAfee scam. When you land on this perilous domain, you are presented with fake security alerts claiming that your McAfee antivirus subscription has expired and that several viruses have infected your computer. However, this is only a deception and the purpose of the scammers is to trick people into visiting official McAfee site where they can purchase the software license. Every time a purchase is made, the site developers earn profits. Bear in mind that the said AV vendor has no relation with this scam, and its name is merely employed to create a sense of legitimacy.

Threat Details

Name: Likerus.click

Category: Adware, scam

Features: Displays fake security alerts and redirects people to questionable sites

Danger level: Medium

Symptoms: Sudden page-reroutes, display of security alerts, intrusive ads

Distribution: Bundled freeware, deceptive ads, etc.

More Facts About Likerus.click:

Likerus.click scam may also lead you to potentially dangerous websites where you might be tricked into downloading and installing potentially unwanted program and even malware. Note that there is no such site that can detect viruses inside your computer, only a reputable security suite has ability to do it. Moreover, these fake messages appear even to those users who don’t have the McAfee AV app installed on their system. Unquestionably, it’s a scam and thus, close the Likerus.click page straight away as soon as you land on it, and never download anything promoted on suspicious pages.

What Causes Undesired Redirects?

Frequent redirects to this, Yourgoads.com, and other similar sites mean adware infection. Adware is type of PUP that is notorious for promoting different websites, products, services and software on users’ screen via advertisements. It tends to flood its victims’ screen with numerous pop-up ads, banners, blinking boxes, in-text links, and redirects during their online sessions. Not all the redirects caused by the intruder can be considered safe. Some of take you to quite unsafe web locations with all sorts of malicious contents. Hence, to evade such occurrence, remove Likerus.click adware from the PC without the help of our proper removal guide down below.

Infiltration Of Unwanted Programs:

The developers of potentially unwanted programs mostly rely on software bundling tactic to spread their questionable apps. They include their programs into the installers of regular freeware and hide them from users. If you pick Quick or Default installation setting after downloading free software from third-party sites, you will unknowingly install the PUPs yourself along with the main software. So, we suggest using the Advanced or Custom configuration setting where you can view all the bundled objects and opt-out the unnecessary ones.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did I end up on Likerus.click site?

You might have ended up on this hazardous portal due to adware infection that is known for displaying too many advertising contents and redirecting people to all types of web places, including the unsafe ones. Another possibility is that you had clicked on a misleading ad and link elsewhere which took you to this place.

How dangerous is the unwanted program?

Potentially unwanted programs are not considered as dangerous computer infections and thus, cannot harm your PC like a real virus of malware can. But it can still annoy you with regular ads flow and page redirects to unknown websites, some of which can be insecure ones.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

Click Here For Windows Click Here For Mac

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 Likerus.click:

Remove the related items of Likerus.click 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 Likerus.click 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 (Likerus.click) 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 Likerus.click 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 Likerus.click 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 Likerus.click 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 Likerus.click 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 Likerus.click (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.