How to remove Boonfracto.fun pop-up ads

Easy stepwise guide to delete Boonfracto.fun

Boonfracto.fun is an adware based intruder that displays a push notification message, asking people to allow or block the incoming notifications from the site. When you click on the pop-up window, you will supposedly to deal various unpleasant activities such as browser redirect to other networks, ads during web session, browser crashes and many more browser based struggles and slowdowns.

People who encounter this site called it Boonfracto.fun virus because of all its operation, especially because of its stealthy techniques used for the distribution. Its installation is carried out through freeware or shareware apps download when the PUA is hidden behind the program package and people fail to identity it. Following to successful installation, the adware changes the browsers’ homepage, new tab pages, injects extensions and plug-ins and starts sending various intrusive ads and causing redirects to shady, sponsored sites.

Boonfracto.fun pop-ups appear only intrusive. However, it might cause redirects to various potentially dangerous pages or even malware-laden ones. Also, such ads sometimes promote useless products or services and try convincing people to purchase them. Continually, the frequent ads diminish the web browsing process. You are recommended to perform Boonfracto.fun removal right away. You can use some reputable antivirus tool to complete the removal process or take the help of our below mentioned step-by-step manual guide.

Do not forget that adware based intruders have the dangerous data tracking capability. They can monitor the web browsing session and collect the data related to their web browsing activities. Gladly, they only target non-personal identifiable information that includes:

• Search queries,
• Viewed pages,
• URLs visited and etc.

 However, such data are enough to extract the personally identifiable information like Geo-locations, IP Addresses and so on. While these data are used in designed customized ads, the malicious actors can share them to potent crooks who misuse them in their illicit activities to cause severe privacy issues, identity theft and so on. Therefore, do not delay in PUAs removal.

PUAs reach computers through software bundles

Adware and other potentially unwanted applications are often distributed through software bundling method. In this method, the suspicious applications are somewhere hidden in original software in the download/ installation setups and the bundled apps are offered for the download as singular on various third party sites. Gladly, there is a way to prevent such secret installation. For this, you should pay close attention during download/ installation process. By using Custom/Advanced option, marking such additional offers would become much easier for you. Therefore, use this option all the time when during the download/ installation moment. Since adware can be distributed through third party pages and hyperlinks, you should stay away from any questionable content on the internet:

• Pop-up messages,
• Secondary downloading links,
• Banner ads

At last but not the least, you should have a reputable antivirus tool always installed on your system. Such software will block any suspicious sites and ads right away when they try to appear on your computer screen.

Complete Boonfracto.fun removal tips

Below, you will find complete step-by-step guide to remove Boonfracto.fun. Follow it so that the removal process will become an easy task for you. However, the removal process can be done using some reputable antivirus tool as well. Such tools will run full system scan and remove all suspicious apps and browser extensions right away.

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 Boonfracto.fun:

Remove the related items of Boonfracto.fun 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 Boonfracto.fun 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 (Boonfracto.fun) 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 Boonfracto.fun 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 Boonfracto.fun 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 Boonfracto.fun 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 Boonfracto.fun 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 Boonfracto.fun (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.