Remove Seismology Lab Adware From PC

Seismology Lab: Manual Guide To Uninstall

Seismology Lab is presented as a tool that provides details about earthquakes. However, it is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) due to its various dubious features. When this nasty adware is installed on your computer, you will see an abnormal amount of advertisements when browsing your preferred websites. These ads can even overlay the whole browser window and severely diminish the online experience. They can come in multiple forms, from pop-ups to banners and in-text hyperlinks. The worst thing is that these adverts originate from a different source than the portals you are accessing.

Seismology Lab Ads Redirect To Questionable Sites:

Seismology Lab ads might be really dangerous as adware authors don’t care what they advertise as far as they get paid for doing it. You might be rerouted to several phishing, porn, and even malware-laden pages once you interact with these contents. So, no matter how eye-catching they look, you should stay away from them. Otherwise, you may end up landing on various shady pages which would try to push to install additional PUPs, trick you into revealing your personal data (full name, email, credit card info, home address, etc.), involve you in tech support scams, infect your PCs with severe malware, and so on.

As you can see, you must perform Seismology Lab removal immediately as it could endanger both you and your computer. Another major trait related to such browser-based intruders is their data-tracking ability. The adware uses various spying cookies to monitor and record users’ data such as their IP addresses, sites visited, links clicked, geolocations, search queries, etc. These details are then shared with other parties and are very useful for the customization of advertisements. This is the reason why majority of the Seismology Lab adverts are very enticing.

In some cases, PUPs can also private information like credit card details, saved passwords, etc. which could be misused by the threat actors for making fraudulent transactions, unauthorized purchases, and other deceptive motives. Thus, this notorious adware may lead to severe privacy issues, identity theft and significant monetary losses. It can even make changes to registry editors and entries to create persistence and get automatically activated with each PC startup. These malicious acts result in boot errors, application malfunctioning, software failure and other perilous issues. So, you must get rid of Seismology Lab from the device quickly.

Ways To Propagate Seismology Lab:

Most potentially unwanted programs are installed unknowingly when installing apps downloaded from third-party software vendors. They use a method called software bundling to spread adware and other annoying cyber threats and earn a few dollars by doing that. When users choose the Quick or Recommended installation settings, they often find that several unwanted programs have been installed alongside the main software, as these configuration wizards don’t reveal the bundled components.

Download all applications from legitimate providers or straight from the developers. Choose the Advanced/Custom installation modes instead of the Quick/Recommended and deselect all optional contents from installation. Keep a reputable security tool installed in your system that will identify PUPs and prevent you from installing them. Also, avoid interacting with random ads that appear on third-party pages promoting fake software updates. Use tools provided by legitimate developers to update programs. If your PC is already contaminated with this adware, you must remove Seismology Lab from the machine 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 Seismology Lab:

Remove the related items of Seismology Lab 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 Seismology Lab 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 (Seismology Lab) 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 Seismology Lab 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 Seismology Lab 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 Seismology Lab 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 Seismology Lab 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 Seismology Lab (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.