How to remove Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up from OS

Simple steps to delete Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up

Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up is described as deceptive pop-up message which states people that antivirus suite subscription has expired and requires renewal. It is popularly known as Norton subscription has expired today virus. Such scam messages are displayed by various misleading websites. However, many people visit such sites inadvertently as they get redirected by potentially unwanted programs or by intrusive advertisements. In most cases, PUPs infiltrate into your system without having your permission. Besides causing redirects, they deliver lots of intrusive advertisements and collect browsing related data.

The message essentially states that Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up subscription has expired and encourages users to immediately renew it to prevent ransomware and other infections. Simply said, this is a scam while clicking on “Renew Now Button” users are asked to enter their personal information. Further, these people misuse that private information to generate revenue. Therefore, entering private details can lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. So, we strongly advised you to ignore such type of messages and leave the site immediately. Remember that this site use scripts that prevent users from closing browsing tabs or windows.

Further, these PUAs deliver coupons, banners, pop-ups and other similar advertisements. These ads are delivered by using various tools that enable placement of third party graphical content on any site. In order to click on such ads, they redirect you to untrustworthy websites or execute scripts that stealthily download or install malware. Another information issue of these PUAs is data tracking. They collect your personal as well as sensitive details and share it with third parties who misuse it to generate illegal online profit. Thus, presence of data tracking apps cause serious privacy issues or even identity theft. So, you are highly advised to remove all infiltrated potentially unwanted programs immediately.

Threat summary

Name: Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up

Threat Type: Phishing, Scam, Social Engineering, Fraud

Symptoms: Unauthorized online purchases, changed online account passwords, identity theft, illegal access of one’s computer.

Distribution methods: Deceptive emails, rogue online pop-up ads, search engine poisoning techniques, misspelled domains.

Damage: Loss of sensitive private information, monetary loss, identity theft.

Removal: To eliminate Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up, our malware researchers recommend scanning your computer with strong anti-malware removal tool.

How did PUAs install on my system?

Like other redirect virus and harmful threats, this notorious malware infiltrate into your system by using several different methods. The most common and effective methods used by them is software bundling and intrusive advertising. Bundling is essentially stealth installation of third party apps together with regular software. What’s developers do is that they hide information about bundled apps within custom or advance settings of the download or installation processes. Further, it has been seen that many users rush these procedures and skip steps and often click on various ads. This behavior often leads to inadvertent installation of potentially unwanted programs.

How to prevent intruding unwanted apps?

To avoid installation of potentially unwanted programs and other dubious malware, you are suggested to go through below mentioned steps:

• For any software download, use only official websites and direct links because it is safe and secure.
• Other tools like third party downloader, free file hosting sites, unofficial pages should be avoided because it likely contain rogue apps.
• Carefully read terms and agreements of the installation guide before downloading any program.
• Don’t skip custom or advance options as well as other similar settings of the software setups.
• Opt out for all additionally attached apps and decline all offers with the chosen software.
• Avoid clicking on intrusive ads especially if they are displayed on dubious pages because if clicked they redirect you to untrustworthy websites.

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 Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up:

Remove the related items of Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up 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 Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up 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 (Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up) 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 Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up 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 Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up 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 Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up 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 Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up 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 Your AntiVirus Subscription Might Have Expired pop-up (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.