Remove Power Blocker Adware From PC

Power Blocker: Complete Delete Guide

Power Blocker is an extension for Google Chrome browser that displays intrusive advertisements once gets installed. It has a decryption of “Do ads ruin your enjoyment? It’s in your power to stop them!” and has the ID “haiclccagbhlnbgghkkgbacjnjnijian”. As soon as this potentially unwanted program (PUP) intrudes your computer, it starts showing annoying ads trying to sell dubious software, promote tech support scams and fake software updates. Typically, this type of applications are spread bundled with other free programs and hence, users often don’t notice its penetration. Soon after getting into the targeted devices, it starts contributing evil deeds inside and wreaks havoc onto the machine.

Power Blocker Displays Ads In Various Forms:

Ads by Power Blocker are in multiple forms such as pop-ups, banners, coupons, deals, offers, discounts, etc. They are designed to make pay-per-click revenues, so the more users click on these adverts, the more money falls straight to the developers’ pocket. These ads can be very risky for your PC’s security as they usually promote untrustworthy, phishing/scam, or even malicious webpages. They might redirect you to domains which contain tech support scams, malware, push notification viruses, PUPs, and other malevolent contents.

And hence, stay away from Power Blocker ads no matter how useful or attractive they look or else, you may end up with exposing your sensitive data to cyber criminals, infecting your system with malware and so forth. Another notorious fact about this adware is that it can track your web activities and gather various browsing-related data like entered search queries, sites visited, links clicked, IP addresses, geolocations, etc. These details are then shared with third-parties and are used for generating personalized ads in order to get as many clicks on them as possible and earn maximum profits via PPC method.

In some cases, PUPs like Power Blocker can also collect personal information like saved passwords, credit card and banking details. Your sensitive data could be misused by the scammers for making fraudulent transactions, unauthorized purchases and other illusive purposes which may result in significant monetary losses. All the evil acts performed by this adware inside your computer consume enormous amount of memory resources and drag down the overall PC performance severely. And hence, a quick Power Blocker removal is strongly recommended from the device.

Distribution Of Power Blocker:

Browser hijackers and other PUPs are most commonly distributed with freeware bundles. And when users choose the Quick installation, all the app of the bundle get installed, because all boxes opting for the installation are pre-ticked. That’s how most of the PC users are tricked. Many people are in a rush and they often select the Quick/Standard configuration settings. They don’t even read the terms and conditions. And that’s where the rookie users are caught by the developers of such PUPs.

To avoid PUPs, you just have to take your time and select the Advanced or Custom installation option and then go slowly step by step, removing ticks from pre-ticked boxes of apps that you have no interest in having on your system. This way, all the adware, browser hijackers and other unwanted programs can be avoided from intruding the device. Moreover, rely only on official and trustworthy sources for your software, and avoid using the Peer-to-peer networks, and other third-party downloaders. But at the moment, you must remove Power Blocker 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 Power Blocker:

Remove the related items of Power Blocker 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 Power Blocker 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 (Power Blocker) 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 Power Blocker 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 Power Blocker 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 Power Blocker 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 Power Blocker 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 Power Blocker (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.