Remove Fake Avg Antivirus Extension Adware: Stop Intrusive Ads

Fake Avg Antivirus Extension: Simple Delete Guide

Fake Avg Antivirus Extension is a malicious software that operates as an adware. It is disguised as useful product of AVG AntiVirus that supposedly protects browsers from multiple threats. However, all the claims made by its developers are false as it is indeed a non-operational program. It has been categorized as an adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP) due to several reasons. First of all, it is primarily distributed using unfair ‘bundling’ delivery method. This way, a number of users have already been deceived into installing this application unintentionally.

Fake Avg Antivirus Extension Delivers Intrusive Advertisements:

Additionally, Fake Avg Antivirus Extension also disguises itself to be a ‘shopping helper’, but in reality it’s not. It claims being enabling the comparison shopping while visiting the most popular online shopping websites, inform about various deals, discounts provide promo codes, coupons sand so on. Well, it looks like such description is another marketing technique that is employed to make people believe that ads delivered by this PUP are trustworthy. However, if you want to keep your device safe, you should stay away from these advertisements since some of them may be used for suspicious purposes.

That’s because this Fake Avg Antivirus Extension seems to be promoted by third parties and you can never know what they seek to endorse. As it’s already known, potentially unwanted programs are utilized for sponsoring affiliate websites, collecting clicks, increasing sales and so on. Nonetheless, they are commonly misused by cyber crooks and may be involved in the distribution of malicious software. Furthermore, you should also consider privacy-related issues since this notorious threat may be set to monitor your online activities and gather information related to your browsing habits.

Fake Avg Antivirus Extension can collect your search queries, most visited pages, links clicked, IP addresses, your device’s locations and can also steal your personal data like credit card and banking details. The gathered information is later on sold to third-parties and even cyber criminals and can misused for several malicious purposes like generating personalized advertisements, making deceptive transactions, fraudulent purchases etc. And thus, this perilous adware may lead to severe privacy issues, identity theft, huge monetary losses and other hazardous dilemmas. Therefore, an instant Fake Avg Antivirus Extension removal is strongly recommended.

Intrusion Of Fake Avg Antivirus Extension:

This notorious adware can get into the targeted computers in the same way as most of the PUPs. To be more specific, it may travel bundled with another free applications such as download manager, game or media player. If you have already installed this unwanted program and now experiencing constant redirects to suspicious websites, then this means that you are one of those people who tend to rush the installation of freewares and keep clicking the ‘next’ button without reading anything. This usually takes place when you complete the installation process using the Quick or Recommended configuration options after downloading the freeware from unreliable sites.

In order to avoid such unwanted situation in the future, you should start paying attention to the installation process. It’s recommended to read EULA, Privacy Policy, and other accessible information at first. After that, you should opt for Advanced or Custom installation option and cautiously check what is given on every check box. Specifically look for suspicious plug-ins, add-ons, toolbars or extensions marked by default and make sure that you deselect all of them. Beware that such additional objects are generally responsible for the havoc that arises during browsing. In case your device is already contaminated with this adware, you must remove Fake Avg Antivirus Extension from the PC as early as possible.

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 Fake Avg Antivirus Extension:

Remove the related items of Fake Avg Antivirus Extension 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 Fake Avg Antivirus Extension 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 (Fake Avg Antivirus Extension) 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 Fake Avg Antivirus Extension 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 Fake Avg Antivirus Extension 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 Fake Avg Antivirus Extension 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 Fake Avg Antivirus Extension 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 Fake Avg Antivirus Extension (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.