How to remove Downloadfree4.com pop-up ads

What is Downloadfree4.com

Downloadfree4.com is a notorious adware site that infiltrates users’ systems primarily through deceptive pop-up notifications and dubious website ads. Once users inadvertently allow notifications, it exploits this permission by flooding their browsers with unwanted advertisements, often leading to potentially harmful websites. This adware primarily targets popular browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Opera, making it a widespread threat across various platforms. It can affect both desktop and mobile devices, including Windows and macOS computers as well as Android and iOS smartphones. The adware operates by manipulating browser settings without user consent, which not only disrupts the browsing experience but also poses significant privacy and security risks. Users often encounter Downloadfree4.com through visits to compromised websites or through bundled software downloads, unknowingly granting it access. The persistent pop-ups can degrade system performance and increase vulnerability to other malware attacks. To mitigate the risks, it is crucial for users to be cautious about the websites they visit and the permissions they grant, and to regularly use reputable security software to detect and remove such threats.

How Downloadfree4.com infects devices

Downloadfree4.com typically infects computers through adware and various deceptive online tactics. Users often encounter this site after visiting dubious websites, such as those hosting pirated content or software, where aggressive advertising campaigns entice clicks. Once a user interacts with these ads, the site may prompt them to allow notifications, which can lead to a barrage of intrusive pop-up ads. Additionally, the adware can alter browser settings stealthily, allowing Downloadfree4.com to display ads without explicit user consent. In some cases, the malware is bundled with seemingly legitimate software from third-party sources, making it easy for users to inadvertently install it. This insidious approach not only disrupts browsing experiences but can also expose users to further scams and potentially harmful content.

1. Download Downloadfree4.com Removal Tool
2. Stop Downloadfree4.com notifications in browsers
3. Remove/Uninstall Downloadfree4.com from Control Panel and Applications
4. Remove Downloadfree4.com extensions from browsers
5. Reset browser search and homepage settings
6. Block Downloadfree4.com search redirects
7. How to protect from threats like Downloadfree4.com

Remove Downloadfree4.com manually for free

Here is the manual step-by-step tutorial for full Downloadfree4.com removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of the Downloadfree4.com installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Disable push notifications from Downloadfree4.com in browsers

Remove Downloadfree4.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Google Chrome

1. Go to Google Chrome settings, by clicking 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
2. On the left side choose Privacy and security menu.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Site Settings.
4. Scroll down to Permissions section and click on Notifications (with the bell icon).
5. Go to the bottom list of sites named Allowed to send notifications.
6. Find Downloadfree4.com in the list and click 3-dots icon near it. Click Remove button to delete the website permission.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to Mozilla Firefox options, by clicking 3-bars icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
2. On the left panel choose Privacy & Security menu.
3. Scroll down to Permissions section.
4. Near Notifications click Settings… button.
5. Find Downloadfree4.com in the list and click Remove Website to remove it.
6. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Safari

1. Open Safari, and in the top menu click Safari, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences window, click on Websites tab.
3. On the left side, choose Notifications. You will see the list of websites and their settings for showing notifications.
4. Find Downloadfree4.com in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge, and click on the three-dots menu, in the top-right corner.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings.
3. In the menu click Cookies and site permissions section, and scroll down to All permissions section.
4. Click on Notifications.
5. Find Downloadfree4.com in the list under Allow, click on 3-dots icon and choose Remove.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Android (Chrome)

1. Open Google Chrome app on Android, and tap on three dots to open main menu.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, scroll down and under Advanced section tap on Site Settings.
3. In the Site Settings menu tap on Notifications.
4. In the Allowed list of websites allowed to show notifications find Downloadfree4.com, tap on it and in the bottom of the window tap on Clean & Reset button.
5. Confirm your action by tapping on Clean & Reset again in opened dialog box.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in iOS (Safari)

1. Find and tap the Settings app icon on your home screen.
2. Swipe up or down and select Safari from the list.
3. In Safari settings, find and tap on Websites near the bottom.
4. Find Notifications in the list and tap on it.
5. You’ll see a list of websites. Tap on Downloadfree4.com to allow or deny notifications.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Downloadfree4.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Downloadfree4.com”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller or CleanMyMac to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 and Mac.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find recently installed suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Downloadfree4.com 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 recently installed suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Downloadfree4.com from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Downloadfree4.com 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 recently installed 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 recently installed suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Downloadfree4.com 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 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 Downloadfree4.com from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Downloadfree4.com might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Downloadfree4.com from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Downloadfree4.com in Windows

In some cases, program related to Downloadfree4.com won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Downloadfree4.com. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Downloadfree4.com 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 AntiMalware or uninstall Downloadfree4.com in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting type 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 recently installed suspicious program

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

Cannot uninstall Downloadfree4.com in MacOS

If you can’t uninstall apps related to Downloadfree4.com from MacOS using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Downloadfree4.com. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Downloadfree4.com from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Downloadfree4.com.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Downloadfree4.com from Control Panel often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Downloadfree4.com related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Downloadfree4.com related 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 Downloadfree4.com related 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 Downloadfree4.com 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 Downloadfree4.com related 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 Downloadfree4.com from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Downloadfree4.com, 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 or Downloadfree4.com related extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Downloadfree4.com does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Extensions > Extensions.
3. Find Downloadfree4.com related extension.
4. Click Details button and scroll down to the bottom.
5. Click Remove extension link and confirm the action by clicking Remove button on opened dialog window.
6. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Downloadfree4.com may install a search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is an 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.

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 from Downloadfree4.com

Downloadfree4.com push-notifications, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or an add-on installed in browsers. However, sometimes it can appear on a clean computer when visiting a malicious website, using an advertising script. Also, apps that generate “Downloadfree4.com” ads and banners are themselves installed from pop-ups. 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:

Download AdGuard for Windows

Download AdGuard for Mac

Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Downloadfree4.com, 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-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats, like Downloadfree4.com.