How to remove Advanced Ad Blocker

What is Advanced Ad Blocker

Advanced Ad Blocker is a malicious browser extension classified as adware, designed to generate unwanted advertisements while users browse the internet. It primarily infects popular web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari, making it a widespread threat for users across different platforms. Once installed, this extension compromises the browsing experience by displaying intrusive pop-up ads, banners, and misleading coupons that can redirect users to unreliable websites. These ads often lead to pages designed to steal sensitive information, including login credentials and credit card details, thereby posing significant privacy risks. Additionally, Advanced Ad Blocker can track users’ browsing habits and manipulate web content, further exacerbating security concerns. Users frequently fall victim to this adware through deceptive software bundling or by inadvertently downloading it from untrustworthy sources. To mitigate the risks associated with this extension, it is crucial for users to remove it promptly and employ reliable antivirus solutions.

How Advanced Ad Blocker infects computers

Advanced Ad Blocker is an adware-type extension that typically infiltrates computers through deceptive practices, often bundled with free software downloads. Users frequently encounter it when they opt for quick installations, neglecting to review the custom or advanced options that would reveal unwanted add-ons. Once installed, Advanced Ad Blocker generates intrusive advertisements, which can lead users to malicious websites designed to harvest sensitive information or promote unnecessary purchases. The extension can also compromise browser privacy by tracking user data and modifying browsing settings without consent. This combination of tactics not only disrupts the browsing experience but also poses significant risks, making it crucial for users to remain vigilant during software installations and regularly check for unwanted extensions. To protect against such infections, it is advisable to download software from reputable sources and to utilize comprehensive antivirus solutions to detect and remove adware promptly.

1. Download Advanced Ad Blocker Removal Tool
2. Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Control Panel and Applications
3. Remove Advanced Ad Blocker extensions from browsers
4. Reset browser search and homepage settings
5. Alternative way to remove Advanced Ad Blocker search redirects
6. Clean browser shortcuts from Advanced Ad Blocker
7. How to protect from threats like Advanced Ad Blocker

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker manually for free

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full Advanced Ad Blocker removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of the Advanced Ad Blocker an installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Note: Advanced Ad Blocker can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy or Your browser is managed by your organization inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Advanced Ad Blocker you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Advanced Ad Blocker”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, or Mac.

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Advanced Ad Blocker-related or other suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Advanced Ad Blocker-related or other suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Advanced Ad Blocker-related or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Advanced Ad Blocker from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Advanced Ad Blocker-related or other suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Advanced Ad Blocker-related or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Windows 11:

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the Apps tab on the left side.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Advanced Ad Blocker-related or other recently installed suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on 3-dots icon near it and then click Uninstall button near it.
6. Depending on the type of application (Windows Store app or classic Win32 app) it will be removed immediately or you will need to confirm the action and go through standard uninstall procedure.

Remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Advanced Ad Blocker might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Advanced Ad Blocker from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Advanced Ad Blocker in Windows

In some cases, Advanced Ad Blocker won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Advanced Ad Blocker. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Advanced Ad Blocker folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Advanced Ad Blocker in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Advanced Ad Blocker or other suspicious program

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Cannot uninstall Advanced Ad Blocker in MacOS

If you can’t uninstall Advanced Ad Blocker using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Advanced Ad Blocker. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Advanced Ad Blocker from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Advanced Ad Blocker.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Advanced Ad Blocker from Control Panel or Applications often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Advanced Ad Blocker extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Advanced Ad Blocker extension.
4. Click the Remove button to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Find Advanced Ad Blocker extension.
4. Click three-dots icon near it and choose Remove in the menu.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Advanced Ad Blocker extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) edge://extensions.
3. Find Advanced Ad Blocker extension.
4. Click Remove link under the name of extension.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Advanced Ad Blocker from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Advanced Ad Blocker, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Advanced Ad Blocker or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Advanced Ad Blocker does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find Advanced Ad Blocker or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Advanced Ad Blocker installs a search engine, that hijacks your browsers. Here is the instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab, and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. On the left panel expand Advanced options.
4. Choose Reset and clean up.
5. Click on Restore settings to their original defaults link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Google Chrome > Settings > Advanced

Reset and clean up

Reset Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Refresh Firefox… button.
4. Click Refresh Firefox button in opened dialog window to confirm.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser
2. Click on 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choose Settings.
3. On the left panel find and click Reset settings option.
4. Click on Restore settings to their default values link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Settings and click Advanced on the left side and choose Browser.
3. Scroll down to the very bottom and click on Restore settings to their original defaults link.
4. Confirm by clicking Reset button.

How to block ads and pop-ups, promoting Advanced Ad Blocker


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Advanced Ad Blocker, in most cases, is promoted by ads and pop-ups on doubtful websites. These sites can redirect users’ browsers to Advanced Ad Blocker ads, generating advertising revenue for the attackers. The malware is often offered through these ads, leaving users puzzled about the origin of the software. In some cases, users may unknowingly install the Advanced Ad Blocker extension, which then injects advertisements into the websites they visit and redirects their search queries. Additionally, the malware can be distributed through other channels such as peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, misleading ads, and compromised or shady websites that trigger automatic downloads To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

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How to protect from threats, like Advanced Ad Blocker, in future


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Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like Advanced Ad Blocker may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-virus programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like Advanced Ad Blocker.

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