How to remove Live.pcscanner.org pop-up ads from PC

Proper guide to delete Live.pcscanner.org completely

Live.pcscanner.org pop-up is described as browser based scam that uses social engineering techniques to mislead you and other unsuspecting users into believing that you device has been infected by malicious software. This web page states that you need to click on “Remove Virus” button in order to update antivirus software and remove all detected viruses and threats. This notorious malware has been programmed by cyber crooks with an intention to make illegal profit. The main purpose of this scam is to force you into downloading and installing unwanted software, adware and even some sort of malware.

The main motive of this dubious threat is to redirect your searches on its partner websites to boost their traffic and generate revenue. Further, Live.pcscanner.org is able to infect all famous and mostly used web browsers such as Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer and others. Once gets installed, this pop-up virus will disables your all security programs like antivirus and firewall security in order to avoid its detection and removal. This nasty malware infection can also bring other deceptive threats and spyware silently on your system. It earns commission of every referral and thus it redirects your browser on unsafe and malicious websites. Thus, to fix all such issues, you are advised to remove this malware from PC as quickly as possible.

Distribution methods of Live.pcscanner.org:

Basically, Live.pcscanner.org pop-up virus mostly attack your system when you download free third party programs or cracked software on your device by using rogue websites. It can also get distributed through spam emails, suspicious websites, harmful links, shareware, freeware and many more. This nasty malware infection can also install harmful programs on your PC silently to earn commission. It can also inject malign codes to registry files that help this program to get inside automatically after removal.

Further, this dubious malware also affects your browsing experience by displaying annoying and misleading ads or pop-ups in form of discounts, coupons, surveys, commercial ads etc and hope that users must click on any one of them. Unfortunately, if you click on any of those ads, they will redirect you to harmful websites as well as also steal your personal as well as financial information and shared it with hackers who misuse it for generating illegal profit. So, you are advised not to click on any of those displayed ads without having its complete details.

How to avoid installation of PUAs?

To prevent infiltration of unnecessary programs like Live.pcscanner.org and other dubious malware, you are recommended to research about content before downloading or installing it. Always use official websites and direct download links to download any software. It is ill-advised against using third party installer, unofficial pages, free file hosting sites and others because it is likely contain rogue apps. Before installing, always read terms and agreements, privacy policy carefully and use custom or advance options and opt out for all additional attached apps and decline all offers. In order to remove this harmful malware, you are recommended to take quick and necessary steps and get rid of immediately.

Short summary

Name: Live.pcscanner.org

Type: Adware, Redirect, Malicious Domain

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, other PUPs and malware infiltration and internet browser tracking.

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

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 Live.pcscanner.org:

Remove the related items of Live.pcscanner.org 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 Live.pcscanner.org 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 (Live.pcscanner.org) 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 Live.pcscanner.org 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 Live.pcscanner.org 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 Live.pcscanner.org 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 Live.pcscanner.org 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 Live.pcscanner.org (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.