How to remove Y0utube.live pop-up ads

Complete tips for Y0utube.live removal

Y0utube.live is an adware-type application that tries to deceive visitors into enabling its third party notification service by clicking on Allow button and thus proving that they are not a robot. Once the users grant this permission, they are in ride full of the ads. The ads appear in the form of pop-ups, banners, surveys and various other types no matter the browsers are turned off. Additionally, random redirects will be caused to third party sites promoted by Y0utube.live adware.

Y0utube.live is considered as a potentially unwanted application because of the behavior to infiltrate systems by stealth and show intrusive ads afterward. This type of application is also capable of tracking the users’ browsing based data and collecting the details like IP addresses, Search queries, Viewed pages, URLs visited, ISP, Bookmarks saved and so on. The ads displayed by the adware are often deceptive and redirect users to various questionable or even malicious contents.

The browsers might open becomeopa.biz, panyrecent.biz or Expressmyi.fun or any others. That’s being said, these pages not safe, even worst- if the push notifications are granted. If you have already clicked on the Allow button, we provide you instruction on how to remove it from all the type of browsers and devices. Very first, you should focus on checking for unwanted application, i.e., adware running on the background. Employ a reputable antivirus tool that can scan and delete Y0utube.live virus from system.

You can perform the PUA removal manually – check the manual instructions provided below the post. After successfully doing this, delete all suspicious applications from installed web browsers. You can reset the browser to give a fresh start. Once all these processes are complete, you will find the browser starts operating like before the infection – there will be no issue of the redirects and continuous ads appearance and also there will no threat of browsing session being spied on the browser.

Sneaky methods used for PUAs delivery

Potentially unwanted applications can get installed on systems by several ways. One of them is deceptive ads. Such apps suggest that your software is out of date or the system has certain malware and when users proceed with the instruction provided on these deceptive pages, they lead to some unwanted apps installation. Another way to distribute freeware or shareware application is via packing them with some regular software.

Bundling is the name given to the deceptive method used to distribute additional/ extra applications with regular software. In the package, the additional applications installation option is pre-selected. So, when the users choose Standard/ Recommended/ Quick installation mode, they lead to the inadvertent installation of unwanted applications to their system.

Luckily, it is easy to avoid these applications. Users have to be careful during the download/ installation moment. They require using Custom/Advanced installation mode when installing any software to avoid anything attached as additional products can be de-select if these are suspicious, questionable and belong to potentially unwanted applications. Since Y0utube.live PUP is already running on the system, check the below mentioned guide and remove it right away.

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 Y0utube.live:

Remove the related items of Y0utube.live 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 Y0utube.live 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 (Y0utube.live) 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 Y0utube.live 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 Y0utube.live 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 Y0utube.live 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 Y0utube.live 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 Y0utube.live (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.