How To Remove Chromium Shield Ads

Tips To Delete Chromium Shield Ads

People often have to deal with Chromium Shield Ads when their computer devices are infected with a potentially unwanted program (PUP) mainly adware. Chromium Shield is a deceptive browser based on a genuine, open-source project named Chromium. This application is presented as a useful tool, able to provide safe and fast internet surfing. Some of its supposed features are ads blocking, free VPN, increased window/tab response i.e. decreased “freezing” of windows, surveillance and censorship; shield against tracking and so on. Nonetheless, this fraudulent browser works as an adware and causes various hazardous issues onto the infected systems upon getting installed.

More About Chromium Shield Ads:

Chromium Shield Ads is just one of the symptoms of this notorious PUP. Once this perilous adware successfully gets into your device, it makes unexpected changes in default browser’s settings and promotes fake search engine such as opti-page.com. It replaces your home page, search engine and new tab addresses with another nasty URL and acquires complete control over the entire browser. After that, it starts displaying intrusive adverts and causing frequent redirects. It forces you to use a fake search provider that only presents misleading results mixed with commercial contents and sponsored links.

Chromium Shield Ads are in multiple forms such as deals, offers, banners, discounts, coupons etc. which can easily gain your attention as they look very eye-catching. These ads work on pay-per-click mechanism and earn revenues for the creators when clicked. We highly advise to avoid interacting with these adverts as they might include spiteful links and redirect you to phishing, scamming or even malware-laden sites that host trojan, spyware or even dangerous ransomware.

Chromium Shield Ads might reroute you to web pages where several fake security alerts are displayed claiming that some issues have been detected in your machine. You are then asked to install a recommended app which is indeed an unwanted program. So, you need to ignore these fake messages and avoid installing any suspicious tool advertised over the web. This nasty adware is also capable of monitoring users’ online activities such as pages viewed, links opened, search queries typed etc. It collects their personal and confidential data that can be misused by the scammers for generating illicit revenues. And hence, you must perform a quick Chromium Shield Ads removal from the work-station.

Threat Summary

Name: Chromium Shield Ads

Type: Adware, Redirect virus, Potentially unwanted program

Short Description: Takes users to affiliate sites, promotes sponsored products, services and programs and generate online revenues for the distributors.

Symptoms: Endless annoying ads, Fake pop-up messages, identity theft, home page, search engine, new tab settings. Users are enforced to search the Internet using fake search engines, slowness of infected system’s performance.

Distribution methods: Free software installers (bundling), malicious pop-ups ads, fake flash player installers.

Damage: Web browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), exhibition of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites.

Removal: To get rid of this infection and other malware threats, our security researchers recommend scanning your device with an effective anti-malware tool.

How Does This Adware Enter Your System?

Some unwanted programs have “official” pages from where they can be downloaded. However, at most of the occasions, they are distributed through software bundling method. When you download a freeware from untrustworthy source and then install it inaccurately, that means, ignoring terms, skipping steps, using “Easy” or “Express” options etc., there is huge chance that you are going to install a PUP as well along with the main software.

Tips To Avoid Adware Intrusion:

To prevent this, you need to research products and software before downloading and installing them. Select only official and reliable channels to download products and avoid using unofficial and free file-hosting sites, third-party downloaders and Peer-to-Peer sharing networks etc. Additionally, always select the “Custom” or “Advanced” settings to install the program and opt-out all the components that look suspicious. But at the moment, you must remove Chromium Shield Ads from the device as soon as possible.

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 Chromium Shield Ads:

Remove the related items of Chromium Shield Ads 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 Chromium Shield Ads 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 (Chromium Shield Ads) 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 Chromium Shield Ads 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 Chromium Shield Ads 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 Chromium Shield Ads 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 Chromium Shield Ads 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 Chromium Shield Ads (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.