Remove Liveads.net Adware From PC

Liveads.net: Complete Delete Guide

Liveads.net is a notorious web domain similar to Nterestinap.fun and others that uses social engineering tactics to get as many subscribers as possible. When you visit this deceptive site, you are presented with a small dialogue box that urges you to click on the ‘Allow’ button to get a chance to win a brand new iPhone XI. However, people who fall into the trick and press the ‘Allow’ button, have to deal with an excessive amount of intrusive advertisements all over the day which interrupts their web sessions badly. The types of ads depend on visitors’ geolocations. It learns these details by gathering their IP addresses.

Liveads.net Ads Come In Multiple Formats:

Liveads.net ads are in multiple formats such as coupons, deals, banners, offers, discounts etc. They work on pay-per-click scheme and when clicked, generate revenues for the creators. In general, people are redirected to such deceptive sites by adware which is already installed on their computers. This potentially unwanted program (PUP) often gets into the targeted devices by stealth without users’ approval and then makes alterations to default browser’s settings. It forces its victims to surf through a bogus search engine which only produces inorganic results mixed with ads and sponsored links that are placed right at the top.

Liveads.net ads or the ads served by this PUP may look very attractive and can easily gain your attention. Nonetheless, they might contain vicious links and trigger redirects to potentially dangerous sites that may host trojan, spyware, ransomware or even more hazardous cyber threats. At some sites, you might be presented with fake error messages, security alerts, update notifications etc. and then deceived into installing dubious software. So, you should stay away from these adverts no matter how useful or eye-catching they look at the first glance.

PUPs like Liveads.net virus can track users’ actions whatever they do online and record browsing-related data like URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed, IP addresses, geolocations, and even personally identifiable details. The collected information is later on sold to third-parties for monetary purposes and then utilized for various illusive purposes such as generating personalized advertisements, making fraudulent transactions or purchases and so on. And hence, an instant Liveads.net removal is strongly recommended.

How Does This Adware Enter Your System:

These potentially unwanted programs are most often distributed via the “bundling” technique along with regular software. When you download a freeware from untrustworthy channels like softonic.com, cnet.com, soft32.com, download.com etc. and then perform the rushed installation process (ignoring terms, skipping steps and sections, choosing pre-set options etc.), you risk unintentionally allowing all the added components into the device.

Tips To Avoid PUP Intrusions:

To prevent adware from penetrating your computer, the best tip would be to choose Advanced or Custom configuration settings every time you download any application. This option opens the complete list of the objects included in the setup, and you can control what apps to get. Furthermore, choose only official or reliable sources and direct links to download software or products and avoid using unsafe channels like torrent sites, Peer-to-peer networks etc.  In case your PC is already infected with this adware, you must remove Liveads.net from the device as soon 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 Liveads.net:

Remove the related items of Liveads.net 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 Liveads.net 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 (Liveads.net) 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 Liveads.net 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 Liveads.net 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 Liveads.net 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 Liveads.net 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 Liveads.net (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.