How to remove Adcash.com pop-up ads (Virus Removal Guide)

Adcash.com pop-up virus

If you are experiencing pop-up ads from Adcash.com or pop-up alert norifications you are infected with what is referred to as the Adcash.com virus (also found as the Adcash virus, Adcash.com redirect, etc.). Adcash.com is a potentially malicious website that is used to display many forms of advertisements, including redirects to http://www.adcash.com webpages, pop-under advertisements that appear under an open browser window, and especially pop-up advertisements and notifications that may appear to be a legitimate alert from the internet browser.

Adcash.com pop-up ads

Advertisements from Adcash.com may occur for a variety of reasons and may promote various scams. For example, a user get a pop-up from Adcash.com that saysThe page at Adcash.com says: Congratulations!!! You are today’s lucky visitor, have change to receive an Apple Product!” if unwanted software and malware, including adware and browser hijackers are installed to a computer system and attached to popular internet browsers such as Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Internet Explorer as a browser add-on, browser helper object (BHO), and/or extension.

This means in order to stop Adcash.com pop-ups from appearing a user must first uninstall unwanted software, as well as remove additional browser attachments. In other cases a user must also change corrupted browser settings, including start-up settings, hijacker homepages. and reformatted browser shortcuts.

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Redirects to Adcash.com advertisements may also be the result of clicking suspicious third-party advertisements and links. In some cases a user may redirect to the Adcash.com website due to clicking an advertisement and will be redirected to a webpage that says “The page at Adcash.com says: WARNING! Please Install Update To Continue”  or “Please install Lightspark Player Pro to continue” in order to trick victims into installing unwanted software.

The Adcash.com website may also begin to auto download a file to a computer system without user consent.

How does Adcash.com adware get onto a computer?

Unwanted adware often bundles with third-party freeware and shareware found on websites such as download.com, but these pop-up ads mostly appear on media related websites similar to thepiratebay and adware used to generate these ads may be present in suspicious advertisements.

In some cases users are given the opportunity to accept or decline an offer to install software used to redirect to Adcash.com advertisements; however, the request to decline the offer is often ignored or presented in a very confusing manner in order to trick users into installing excessive bloatware and potential malware.

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  1. Automatically remove Adcash.com virus – Scan for and automatically remove Adcash.com adware and third-party malware
  2. Manually remove Adcash.com virus – Remove/Uninstall Adcash.com adware and third-party malware (if necessary)
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1. Automatic Adcash.com virus removal

Use the instructions below to automatically remove Adcash.com pop-ups and third-party malware, as well as automatically remove unwanted search engines from your installed internet browsers.

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2. Install the free or paid version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

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3. Once Malwarebytes is installed, run the program. If you are using the free version of Malwarebytes you will be prompted to update the database, make sure to do so.

4. On the first tab labeled “Scanner” select the Perform full scan option and click the Scan button to perform a full system scan. Malwarebytes will automatically detect malware infecting the computer system.

Malwarebytes Perform Full Scan

5. Once the malware scan is complete, Malwarebytes may prompt a notice stating malicious objects were detected. Select the malicious objects and click the Remove Selected button to completely remove the malicious files from your computer.

CCleaner

CCleaner can be used to automatically repair internet browser settings startup up settings, and uninstall Adcash.com adware and associated third-party software.

1. Install the free or paid version of CCleaner by Piriform.

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CCleaner Analyze Cleaner

2. Once installed, open the program and navigate to Cleaner > Windows/Applications and click the Analyze button. Afterwards, click the Run Cleaner button on the bottom right of the program interface.

CCleaner Startup

3. Next, navigate to Tools > Startup and search through each tab starting from windows, internet explorer, etc., all the way to Content Menu, for additional suspicious entries and click Disable and Delete once anything is found.

4. To automatically uninstall unwanted programs navigate to the Uninstall tab and search for the program in the list and uninstall the unwanted software as selected by clicking the Run Uninstaller button.

2. Manual Adcash.com virus removal

Use the instructions below to manually uninstall Adcash.com adware and third-party software using Microsoft Windows removal procedures. 

How to uninstall Adcash.com adware

1. Access Windows Start Menu and navigate to the Control Panel.

Uninstall a program

2. Click Uninstall a program or Add and remove a program.

3. In the list of installed programs search for potentially unwanted software. Once the adware program is located, double click the unwanted program(s) or highlight them in the list and click the Uninstall button.

How to remove Adcash.com add-ons and extensions

Use the instructions to remove Adcash.com add-ons, extensions, plug-ins, and toolbars. Please note, it may be necessary to remove multiple third-party items.

Google Chrome

1. Click on the Customize icon (wrench or 3 bar icon) next to the address bar and navigate to Tools > Extensions.

2. Search for the Adcash.com extension and remove it by clicking the trashcan icon next to them.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Type Ctrl+Shift+A.

2. On the Extensions and Plugin search for the Adcash.com add-on and remove it.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools and select Manage add-ons.

2. On the Toolbars and Extensions tab search for the Adcash.com add-on and remove it if located.

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