How to remove moderation-support.network scam

Easy steps to delete moderation-support.network

moderation-support.network is one of many deceptive pages that get opened when people have some potentially unwanted application running on their systems background. When visited, the site shows a fake notification claiming that the system has been infected with malware and urges them to install certain app so as the non-existing virus can get removed.  It is recommended not to trust on the claim by this page. Since there is PUA leading to this type of pages opened during web session, you should run a system scan using some reputable antivirus tool to find such apps and perform their removal.

moderation-support.network is a deceptive site that deceives its visitors into thinking that their devices have been infected with total 3 viruses. They are then encouraged to download certain app to remove those viruses to avoid possible damages. You should trust the site and the app promoted through this deceptive page. It is very likely that this type of deceptive pages often downloads some browser hijacker, adware or other potentially unwanted applications. Remember, the moderation-support.network disguises it as official Apple page. However the genuine Apple Company has nothing to do with this scam. This is just a trick used by the scammers to give the impression legitimate to their page.

As said earlier in the introduction, it is common that pages like moderation-support.network are promoted through potentially unwanted applications. Such apps, besides showing various deceptive pages, can serve various intrusive based campaigns and send intrusive ads in the form of coupons, surveys, banners and so on designed to promote untrustworthy pages. In some cases, such ads might run certain scripts to download/ install PUAs or even malware. The PUAs can have the dangerous data tracking capability as well. They use this ability to track users’ browsing session and collect the data related to their web browsing activities. The list of the collected data includes:

• IP addresses,
• Search queries,
• Viewed pages,
• URLs visited,
• ISP,
• Type of OS and browser used,
• Geo-location and etc

The PUAs developers can share these data to potent crooks who misuse them to generate illicit revenue. Thus, these apps can create the issues related to privacy, browser safety, financial loss and identity exposure and etc. To prevent any such things from happening in future, it is strongly recommend to run a full system scan and to remove moderation-support.network virus from the system.

Text presented in the pop-up window on moderation-support.network page:

(1)          SYSTEM NOTIFICATION

Please Read Important Notification Regarding Your iOS Device.

OK

Text presented on the background of moderation-support.network site:

Apple Security Thursday

3 December 2020

(3) Viruses has been detected on your iPhone and battery has been infected and damaged.

If you do not remove this malware now, it may cause more damage to your device. How to fix this:

Step 1: Tap the button below & install the recommended virus protection tool for free from the AppStore.

Step 2: Run the app to remove all malware to repair your phone to 100%

1 minutes and 57 seconds

Install & Remove Virus

Detected By Apple.

How did PUAs intrude in?

Most often, PUAs are downloaded/ installed together with some regular software that include them in download/ install setups as extras. This deceptive method is known as bundling. Usually, the offers to download and/or install unwanted apps can be declined by un-ticking certain checkboxes or via Advanced/Custom or other similar setups. When people download/ install software without checking and changing the aforementioned settings, they lead to the inadvertent installation of unwanted applications. Intrusive ads can cause stealth download/ installation. They cause infection by running certain scripts after being clicked.

How to prevent PUAs intrusion?

Programs, files should be downloaded/ installed from official websites, direct links. Avoid p2p networks, free file hosting sites, third party downloaders/ installers and etc that are commonly used to offer dubious and/or bundled content. Also, it is recommended to read all terms, study possible option, choose Custom/Advanced settings and opt out from supplementary apps. Intrusive ads often redirect to various unreliable pages or run certain scripts to cause stealth downloads/ installations. They appear legit and harmless. However, often appear on some unreliable pages such as gambling, adult dating and pornography and similar. If you encounter any such ads/ redirects immediately run a full system scan to find the suspicious apps and/or browser extensions/ plug-ins hidden behind for their removal.

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 moderation-support.network:

Remove the related items of moderation-support.network 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 moderation-support.network 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 (moderation-support.network) 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 moderation-support.network 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 moderation-support.network 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 moderation-support.network 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 moderation-support.network 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 moderation-support.network (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.