How To Remove Kokotrokot.com Pop-up Ads

Kokotrokot.com: Simple Uninstall Guide

Kokotrokot.com is a push notifications virus similar to partmentha.fun, and others that might redirect the infected user to potentially hazardous networks. While visiting this notorious web domain, users are encouraged to agree the notifications to be displayed. Some visitors might be interested in pressing the “Allow notifications” button. However, once they do so, they are flooded with an excessive amount of intrusive advertisements that come directly to their desktop, even if the browsers are closed. Constant redirects to such deceptive sites indicate that a potentially unwanted program (PUP) is running inside the computer.

Kokotrokot.com Adware Performs Vicious Deeds:

Upon getting into the targeted computers, Kokotrokot.com adware starts contributing malicious activities in the background and wreaks havoc onto the machine. It starts delivering deceptive ads and causing redirects to phishing and scam sites. Nevertheless, rogue pop-ups and pop-unders might be produced from more than one domain. This notorious adware can appear on Chrome, Explorer, Edge, and Safari other browsers also. Here the potentially unwanted program will supposedly modify some settings in the homepage, inject tracking cookies, and plant add-ons.

All of this content inserted by Kokotrokot.com adware is known as “helper objects” that assure smooth advertising and redirecting activities from this website. Being flooded with intrusive advertising contents from this page is definitely not a pleasure to feel. Rather than receiving useful offers, you will only get eye-catching but misleading or even potentially dangerous adverts. Pop-up ads might take you to other websites where malware is widely distributed and you are at big risk of ending up with a Trojan virus or ransomware on your computer system. Besides, some ads might come as a promotion of shady security software and urge you to purchase misleading optimizers.

Besides, Kokotrokot.com adware might also be good at tracking online activities. By planting specific cookies in your browser, the PUP can spy on what types of offers you have recently been searching for, what kind of sites you are visiting, identify your IP address and geographic location. Later on, the data is misused for bringing you suspicious deals and encouraging into taking them. If you have now read about all intrusive and possibly treacherous activities that can be brought by the adware, we recommend considering the option of performing Kokotrokot.com removal from the machine immediately.

Distribution Of Kokotrokot.com:

Mostly, potentially unwanted programs land on the targeted computers through software bundles. The package consists of the regular software and the additional component which often appears to be an adware or something like that. If the user has selected the Quick configuration for completing installations, there is a big risk of acquiring that all the unwanted components together with official software.

However, if you want to prevent additional contents from reaching your work-station, you should opt for the right installation mode, which would be Custom or Advanced. These settings allow managing all incoming downloads, identifying their security, and even removing if the object is found as a questionable one. If you did not already select this configuration setting, we recommend doing it right away. In case your computer is already infected with this adware, you must remove Kokotrokot.com from the device as early 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 Kokotrokot.com:

Remove the related items of Kokotrokot.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 Kokotrokot.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 (Kokotrokot.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 Kokotrokot.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 Kokotrokot.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 Kokotrokot.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 Kokotrokot.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 Kokotrokot.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.