How To Remove captcha2020.com Browser Hijacker

Effective Guide To Delete captcha2020.com from PC

captcha2020.com is a fake webpage that is designed to  load dubious webpage and deceptive content.   Users often open this webpage unintentionally by clicking shady ads, visiting other unreliable websites. It has also tendency to hijack web browsers, delivers annoying advertisements and collects user’s online browsing habits. However, it is categorized as a web browser hijacker by the security expert.

captcha2020.com are used to promote download pages for browser hijacker, adware  and various scam pages such as “You’ve Made The 9.68-Billionth Search”, “Pornographic Alert” or other deceptive sites.  It also ask the permission to show notifications which states that click on the Allow button  to confirm that you are not a robot to access the internet, play online games, watch online movies etc. if you click on the Allow button then  it starts to serve annoying notification with deceptive advertisements links to potentially malicious pages etc. The deceptive advertisements can be into various formats like as commercial ads, pop-up ads, coupons, banners, discounts etc. Upon clicking on these adverts redirect to questionable and malicious webpage which cause the installation of potentially unwanted programs.

As a web browser hijacker, it takes control over the targeted web browser and alters the default setting such as internet setting, browser setting, homepage setting and DNS settings etc. It is able to hijack all popular and widely used web browsers like as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Edge and others. It reassigned the homepage and default search engine with fake search engine URL that shows unwanted or unrelated searching results with sponsored ads.  While you click on the searched results then the malicious webpage open automatically which manipulate you to install or  purchase fake Software. So we are highly advice do not trust on such webpage and never try to search any query.

How captcha2020.com is More Dangerous For PC?

It disables the System security and privacy by inactivate firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program to make the PC defenceless and open back doors to install other harmful infections such as malware, spyware, adware and other harmful threats which may cause more issues. It tracks user’s online browsing habits and collects search queries, web histories, cookies, IP address, geo-location and other browsing data. All collected data may be sold to third parties for illegal purposes or monetized in other ways. So it is highly recommended to remove ” captcha2020.com as quickly as possible.

How did captcha2020.com distributed on your System:

Cyber-criminal distributed captcha2020.com and other similar threats via emails, downloading program from questionable sources, fake Software updating tools. Spam email is one of the most popular ways to proliferate malware that contain malicious attachments or download link for malicious files. Cyber-criminal send email to the recipient in order to trick recipients into opening a malicious files. The malicious files can be into various formats like as MS Office, PDF Documents, Zip, Archer, RAR and other archive file. Such files pretend to be legitimate, useful and sent through reputable companies. Opening these malicious files causes the execution of malicious scripts that downloading malware.

Downloading  system Software from third party downloader site  or questionable sources fro downloading Software and files such as free file hosting, free download sites, third party downloaders without checking their installation setup setting such as Advance, Custom or Manual settings. It is can be download while users update the system software via fake software updating tool . using fake software updating tools spread malware either by installing malware instead of updating , fixing, the installed Software.

How To Prevent the Installation of captcha2020.com:

Files and links in received emails that seems suspicious or not relevant should not be trusted especially when they come from suspicious or unknown sender. It is important to check their email body content including grammatical error and spelling mistakes. Any software or files should be downloaded only from official websites and using direct download links. It is not safe to use questionable sources. It is important to read their terms and license agreements. Must select the important setting including Custom, Advance and Manual settings. Installed System Software must be updated thro ugh official activation tools, relevant sources or direct links. It is strongly advice to scan your PC regularly with reputable antimalware tool. If your System is already infected with this vicious infection then we are highly recommended to remove captcha2020.com by using automatic removal tool.

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 captcha2020.com:

Remove the related items of captcha2020.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 captcha2020.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 (captcha2020.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 captcha2020.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 captcha2020.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 captcha2020.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 captcha2020.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 captcha2020.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.