How to remove Fuq.com (Windows and Mac)

What is Fuq.com

Fuq.com is a malicious redirect classified as a browser hijacker that aggressively transmits people to adult-based pages. It has been spotted targetting solely Mac users, however, there are various similar pieces that pursue other operating systems either. The very first symptom that may hint at the presence of some Unwanted Application installed on your computer is unexpected browser changes that alter the default homepage to http:/www.fuq.com and internal settings as a result. Fuq.com is designed to promote porn content which is a crafty way to tantalize and curb gullible users. However, these redirects lead to tremendous information leaks like passwords, credentials, IP addresses, geolocations, and other data that can be transferred to third parties for enriching their wallets. These nasty extortionists are capable of tracking down browsing activity, therefore, putting your data at a huge risk. If you constantly see Fuq.com redirects at the start of the browser, then this is a significant ring for removing this dangerous application from your computer.

How Fuq.com infected your computer

Most of the pornography domains are spread via similar video streaming services that are getting paid to enforce clicking on malicious redirects that can lead to running different infiltration scripts that are meant to secretly sneak Potentially Unwanted Applications on your system. As mentioned, constant redirects and permanent browser changes may be a result of malware modifying system configurations for its needs. Most of the time it is adware that can be bundled alongside other freeware that can be downloaded from shady websites. The intended installation often leads to stealthy penetration of additional software that can inflict your data substantially. This is why it is strongly recommended to install licensed software from either official or trusted resources. Luckily, these kinds of infections are easily recoverable, specifically with a set of multiple tools we have prepared in this article to combat this annoying redirect.

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

Remove Fuq.com manually for free

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

Disable push notifications from Fuq.com in browsers

Remove Fuq.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 a Mac you can also go to Chrome and choose Preferences.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Content settings.
4. Click on Notifications menu (with the bell icon).
5. Set up preferred overall settings for push notifications and click Manage exceptions… button.
6. Find Fuq.com in the list and click cross icon to remove it. Click Done button to confirm the action.

Remove Fuq.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 Options.
2. Choose Content tab on the left side.
3. Under Notifications, set up preferred overall settings for push-notifications and click Choose… button.
4. Find Fuq.com in the list and click Remove site to remove it.
5. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Fuq.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 Fuq.com in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Fuq.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 Fuq.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 Fuq.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, and in the left part click Advanced.
3. Under Website permissions section, click Manage permissions button.
4. Find Fuq.com in the list and click on the cross sign to remove the setting and disable its notifications.

Remove Fuq.com from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Fuq.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Fuq.com”. 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 and Mac.

Remove Fuq.com from Mac:

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

Remove Fuq.com from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find recently installed suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Fuq.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 Fuq.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 Fuq.com from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Fuq.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.

Cannot uninstall Fuq.com

In some cases, Fuq.com won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Fuq.com. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Fuq.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 or uninstall Fuq.com 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 recently installed suspicious program

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

and for Mac:

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

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

Safari:

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

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Fuq.com related extension.
4. Click the trash can icon 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. Choose Fuq.com related extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. 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 Fuq.com from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Fuq.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 Fuq.com related extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Fuq.com 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 Fuq.com extension.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Fuq.com installs 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.

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.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

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

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. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

How to block ads and pop-ups from Fuq.com

Fuq.com push notifications, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or 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 “Fuq.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 Fuq.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 Fuq.com.