How to remove Leaked-video.live Ads

Easy tips to delete Leaked-video.live Ads

Leaked-video.live Ads is a push notification virus that you get redirected to because of adware infection, mistyped address, click of a deceptive ad on a shady site. Whatever the case, you should never accept its notification or otherwise the desktop will be bombarded with misleading ads.

Furthermore, the virus often opens the tab with affiliated pages on demands if the sudden redirect is triggered. So, you get forced to visit various shady portals, with tech support scams, potentially unwanted applications, porn, malware, gambling and so on.

If you were tricked into clicking on Allow button on Leaked-video.live Ads, that’s not the end of the world. In this article, we will guide you how you can delete this permission from the web browser, how to remove the adware that could cause the initial redirect to the shady site and how to ensure the device running smoothly.

Quick Glance

Name: Leaked-video.live Ads

Type: Adware

Symptoms: Seeing advertisements not originating from the sties that you are browsing. Intrusive pop-ups and ads continuously appear during the web browsing session, the Internet speed gets decreased

Distribution methods: Deceptive pop-up ads, potentially unwanted applications

Damage: Decreased computer performance, browsing tracking -privacy issues, possible additional malware infections

Malware removal: To eliminate the possible malware infections, scan the device with some reputable antivirus tool or follow manual removal instructions provided below the post

People often do not visit the pages like Leaked-video.live Ads willingly. They are often redirected by potentially unwanted app running on the system background. The same push notification virus may appear differently depends on the geo-location of the users and their device-type. During the moment of writing, it asked users to enable the notification to provide a proof that they are not a robot.

However, the Leaked-video.live Ads pop-up may ask you to click on Allow button to:

• Confirm that you are 18+,
• Close the window,
• Enter the website,
• Continue watching,
• Download file and etc.

When you click on the Allow button, ads will start to appear directly to the desktop, no matter the browsers are closed. These ads are deceptive, meaning they have nothing in common with the pages they redirect to upon being clicked. The worst part is that these ads might force users visiting some infectious affiliated pages. So, you should always enable notifications from any legit pages only.

You can remove the notifications from shady sites from our instruction provided below the post. You should also take care of the adware removal that is causing the initial redirects to such pages. To remove it, run a full system scan using some reputable antivirus tool. The software will find all suspicious apps hidden on different files, folders and locations and allow you remove then with just one mouse click.

Don’t download fake Flash player installers or updaters

People still do not know that Flash Player was discontinued on December 31, 2020. Adobe recommended the users to delete it from their systems for security purposes. Crooks are exploiting this lack of knowledge. You may encounter fake Flash Player update prompts either on treacherous or hacked websites.

Such prompts suggest users to update the software as it is outdated. These downloads often carry various infections, from PUAs to perilous software such as ransomware and Trojans. So, when you ever encounter such prompts, please don’t believe on it and don’t click on it. Close the tab, perform system diagnostics to erase tracking cookies from the site and never visit the site again.

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 Leaked-video.live Ads:

Remove the related items of Leaked-video.live 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 Leaked-video.live 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 (Leaked-video.live 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 Leaked-video.live 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 Leaked-video.live 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 Leaked-video.live 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 Leaked-video.live 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 Leaked-video.live 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.