How to remove Icyyapemu.com from computer

Simple steps to delete Icyyapemu.com

Icyyapemu.com is a redirect virus that tries to trick people to agree with notifications that come on their browser or desktop directly. This perilous threat is created and developed by group of cyber criminals with an intention to make illegal online profit by manipulating novice users. Initially, when they visit they see the following message on the push notification box on the left top corner of the page:

Icyyapemu.com wants to Show notifications
If you are 18+ click Allow. To access, click Allow

By going through above mentioned message, if you click on the allow button Icyyapemu.com fills the screen with notifications, pop-ups and other commercial content. These adverts are for adult sites, online games, fake software updates and malicious programs.

Once installed, the adware changes the installed browser settings and set the homepage and new tab options to this site. This makes user to encounter this domain all the time when they open their browsing tabs and Windows. This domain leads them to other sites of this type and tries people to take participate in various ads based campaigns that end up into downloading and installing other PUPs or even malware.

Additionally, the PUPs may try to inject tracking technologies to track user’s browsing session and collect their browsing related data including viewed pages, IP addresses, URLs search, geo-locations and so on. Later, all those details are shared with third parties who misuse it in order to generate revenue as much as possible. If so, these people can create the risk of privacy, identity theft, and monetary loss and can also cause some legal issues. Due to all these reasons, we advised you not to click on the allow button when you see such messages.

Presence of adware on your system:

• Advertisements appear on the places where they should not be.
• Your web browser’s homepage has strangely misused without your consent.
• Web pages that you typically want to visit are not displaying accurately.
• Browser popups appear which recommend fake updates or other software.
• Other unwanted programs might get installed without your knowledge.
• Websites links redirect to sites different from what you anticipated.

How the infection does occur?

Adware programs like Icyyapemu.com are mostly distributed into your PC by using bundling methods. This is basically an undercover installation of unwanted apps with regular software. What the developers do is that they hide information about such apps behind custom/advanced options of the downloading/installation processes. Users who rush and skip installation procedures often lead the inadvertent installation of unwanted programs. Other common source is intrusive advertisements. This cause PUP installation by running malicious scripts for them.

How to prevent intruding unwanted applications?

Untrustworthy software downloading sources such as p2p networks, freeware downloaders, and free file hosting sites should not be used. Download and install software using official websites or direct links only. Further, pay close attention during installation moment. Carefully examine each step using custom/advance option and opt out all additionally attached apps and decline all offers with the chosen software. Moreover, intrusive advertisements always redirect users to unreliable websites such as gambling, adult-dating and other similar. If you encounter any such redirects, immediately run a scan with some antivirus tool to check and remove any PUPs which possibly intrude.

Remove Icyyapemu.com

Manual malware removal guide might be hectic and complicated process that requires advanced computer skills to perform it. Instead of this, install some antivirus tool to automatically remove Icyyapemu.com from the machine to keep it harmless and secured from further malware attack.

Threat summary

Name: Icyyapemu.com

Type: Adware, Redirect, pop-up ads, push notification ads

Description: Aims to display lots of unwanted ads and popups and redirect your searches on harmful websites constantly in order to click on it.

Damage: Slow down computer performance as well as internet speed, other PUPs and malware infiltration and internet browser tracking.

Distribution: bundles of free software programs, suspicious websites, harmful links, misleading ads and popup, peer to peer sharing networks and many more.

Symptoms: Your web browser begins to display various types of online advertisements which result in slowing down of your system.

Prevention: use custom or advance mode while installing freeware, avoid downloading rogue software from the internet.

Detection tool: Manual as well as automatic guidelines has been provided below under this article.

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 Icyyapemu.com:

Remove the related items of Icyyapemu.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 Icyyapemu.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 (Icyyapemu.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 Icyyapemu.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 Icyyapemu.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 Icyyapemu.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 Icyyapemu.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 Icyyapemu.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.