What is Deals Avenue
Deals Avenue by Yontoo Technology Inc is browser add-on for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Its goal is to generate and show advertisements based on users internet habits and online behavior. Deals Avenue can insert ads in Google search result pages, display pop-ups, banner ads, underlined context words and many more. Ads are seen as “Ads by Deals Avenue”, “brought by Deals Avenue” or “powered by Deals Avenue”. On this page, you will find complete guide on how to remove Deals Avenue adware.
How Deals Avenue infected your PC
Deals Avenue application has its own website where it can be downloaded. Obviously, not a lot of users would like to receive annoying advertising in their browsers. That is why Deals Avenue uses sneaky technique called “bundled installation”. This means that program installs hidden way, during installation of other (may be legitimate) program. This program shows you special offer during installation, and, as many users skip it, infects your PC with Deals Avenue. As it is not a virus, antivirus programs will not remove it. Use special program called SpyHunter 5 to remove Deals Avenue completely.
Download Deals Avenue Removal Tool
To remove Deals Avenue completely we recommend you to use SpyHunter 5. It detects and removes all files, folders and registry keys of Deals Avenue and several millions of other adware, hijackers, toolbars.
Remove Deals Avenue manually for free
Here is manual step-by-step tutorial for full Deals Avenue removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Deals Avenue installer on operating systems with latest updates and browser versions.
Remove Deals Avenue from Control Panel
To start removing Deals Avenue you should remove it using Control Panel. 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 and Windows 8.
Remove Deals Avenue from Windows XP:
- Click on Start button.
- Choose Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Deals Avenue.
- Click Uninstall.
Remove Deals Avenue from Windows 7:
- Click Start button.
- Then go to Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find Deals Avenue and click Uninstall.
Remove Deals Avenue from Windows 8:
- Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find Deals Avenue, click Uninstall.
Cannot uninstall Deals Avenue
In some cases Deals Avenue won’t uninstall and gives you message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Deals Avenue. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing Deals Avenue folder and files. This happens, because file DealsAvenuebho.dll or service updateDealsAvenue.exe does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Deals Avenue in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:
- Reboot your computer.
- While it starts booting press F8 button.
- This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
- Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
- Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Deals Avenue
>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode
Remove Deals Avenue add-on from your browsers
Removing Deals Avenue from Control Panel often does not bring desired effect. It is browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Deals Avenue extension from your browsers manually.
Google Chrome:
- Start Google Chrome browser
- In address box type (or copy-paste)
chrome://extensions/
. - Find Deals Avenue extension.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
- In address box type (or copy-paste)
about:addons
. - Choose Deals Avenue extension.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):
Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Deals Avenue from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Deals Avenue, please, do the following:
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
- In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable Deals Avenue.
Opera Browser:
Generally, Deals Avenue does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:
- Start Opera browser.
- Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
- Find Deals Avenue extension.
- Click Uninstall button.
Remove following files and folders
Deals Avenue files:
DealsAvenuebho.dll
DealsAvenueUninstall.exe
updateDealsAvenue.exe
Deals Avenue folders:
C:\Program Files\Deals Avenue
Alternative way to remove adware browser extension Deals Avenue
For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including Deals Avenue. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.