How to remove TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam

 What is TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam?

TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam supposedly offers users a verified badge on TikTok without having any criteria. TikTok is a popular video-sharing social networking service with over 800 millions monthly users. Getting a verified badge of this platform show popularly of an account and so people may show eagerness to such scams. Do not fall on the scam. Typically, systems that have some PUAs running in the background push such deceptive pages. So, you should focus on performing system check for there is no infection and just ignore the spam pop-up window.

The website that shows TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam says that anti-spam system has been enabled. It encourages visitors to click on Verify Now button to provide a proof that they are not a robot. When users click on this button, they get redirected to some other website that offer a free Apple iPhone XS. Before this, the users are asked to complete some short of survey. This survey is designed to trick people into providing their personal information. It is a common attempt to trigger people into entering banking credentials like credit card info and/or other sensitive information. The collected could be used in fraudulent activities such as online purchases, payment transfer or asking for loan demands. Therefore, you should never trust on TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam page.

As said earlier, people often visit the pages like TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam when some PUAs are running in the system. Besides showing deceptive pages, they deliver intrusive ads in the form of surveys, coupons, surveys, banners and similar ones that overlay third party graphical content that diminish the browsing experience as they limit the browsing speed and website’s visibility. Also, they have redirecting capability, if clicked on – they bring redirects to various sponsored, affiliated pages promoting third party shady programs, products and services. Some of the redirects might land users to some malicious pages that cause huge risk system infection. Further, the adware can track users’ browsing session and collect the data like:

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

These data are used in designing customized ads that allow the content creators to target people with more customized ads, increasing the major chance of the users’ interaction those suspicious ad-based campaigns and get tricked into downloading rogue apps, pay for fake services and disclose personal information. Since  the PUAs conduct all such activities by running on the system background, they will certainly conduct major modifications to the system settings to gain complete system persistence. The continuous process would have significant impact on the working performance of the device. So, if you delay in performing TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam removal, you might suffer permanent system crashes.

How did PUAs intrude in?

Most of the time, users download and/or install PUAs together with some other software included in the download/ installation setups of the regular software as additional offers. However, PUAs get downloaded/ installed only when users do not check the Custom/Advanced section and skip the major installation sections. Additionally, sometimes unwanted downloads and/installations are caused when users click on deceptive ads that are designed to run certain scripts.

How to prevent PUAs intrusion?

Software should be downloaded from official websites and through direct links. Torrent clients, eMule and other p2p networks, third party downloders, various unofficial pages and other download sources of this type should never be used. Also, it is always recommended to check Custom/Advanced option during installation moment to decline the offers to download/ install additional components. One more way to avoid unwanted downloads is not to click on any ads that appear on any dubious sites. When clicked on, they redirect to other untrustworthy sites or even cause unwanted download/ installation.

Complete TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam removal guide

Below, you will find complete step-by-step guide to remove the cyber threat from your system. However, if you are beginner, we recommend you use some reputable antivirus tool to automatically remove TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam from the system.

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 TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam:

Remove the related items of TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam 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 TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam 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 (TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam) 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 TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam 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 TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam 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 TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam 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 TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam 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 TikTok Verified Badge Generator scam (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.