How to remove Hotmoza.tv pop-up ads

What is Hotmoza.tv

Hotmoza.tv is a notorious adware platform that exploits browser notification systems to inundate users with unwanted advertisements and potentially harmful content. By leveraging social engineering tactics, it tricks users into subscribing to its notifications by presenting fake prompts disguised as legitimate alerts, such as system updates or CAPTCHA verifications. Once permission is granted, Hotmoza.tv gains the ability to push relentless pop-up ads directly to the user’s desktop, regardless of whether the browser is open. This adware can infiltrate a wide range of popular browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari, thereby affecting both Windows and macOS systems. Mobile devices running Android are also susceptible if users inadvertently allow notifications through the Chrome app. The exploit often originates from dubious websites, such as those offering pirated content or free software downloads, which redirect users to Hotmoza.tv’s domain. With the ads being irrelevant and potentially malicious, they can lead to phishing sites, scam promotions, or unwanted software downloads, posing a serious risk to personal data and system security. Users are advised to remain vigilant and avoid granting notification permissions to unfamiliar websites to protect themselves from such intrusive adware activities.

How Hotmoza.tv infects devices

Hotmoza.tv typically infects computers through a combination of deceptive practices and adware distribution methods. Users often encounter this malware while browsing questionable websites, such as those hosting pirated content or engaging in illegal downloads. These sites may prompt users to permit notifications or inadvertently click on misleading ads, which can lead to the installation of adware. Once this adware is installed, it alters browser settings to redirect traffic to Hotmoza.tv, resulting in a barrage of intrusive pop-up advertisements. Furthermore, the adware may gather user data and serve irrelevant or malicious ads, increasing the risk of exposure to phishing scams and other cyber threats. Users who fail to recognize the signs of this malware can find their browsing experience severely disrupted and their systems compromised.

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

Remove Hotmoza.tv manually for free

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

Disable push notifications from Hotmoza.tv in browsers

Remove Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv in the list and click 3-dots icon near it. Click Remove button to delete the website permission.

Remove Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv in the list and click Remove Website to remove it.
6. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv in the list under Allow, click on 3-dots icon and choose Remove.

Remove Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv, 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv to allow or deny notifications.

Remove Hotmoza.tv from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Hotmoza.tv you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Hotmoza.tv”. 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall Hotmoza.tv in Windows

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

If you can’t uninstall apps related to Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv. Follow instructions below:

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Hotmoza.tv, 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 Hotmoza.tv related extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv 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)

Hotmoza.tv 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 Hotmoza.tv

Hotmoza.tv 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 “Hotmoza.tv” 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:

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Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Hotmoza.tv, 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 Hotmoza.tv.