How to remove Popup Blocker Gold

What is Popup Blocker Gold

Popup Blocker Gold is a malicious browser extension that falsely claims to enhance users’ browsing experience by blocking unwanted advertisements. However, instead of providing this promised functionality, it generates intrusive ads, often redirecting users to dubious websites that may compromise their online security. This adware is typically distributed through deceptive methods, such as bundled software installations, which trick users into installing it inadvertently. It primarily targets popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge, making it a widespread threat. Once installed, it can track users’ online activities, altering browser settings and injecting unwanted advertisements, which not only disrupts normal browsing but also poses significant privacy risks. Users who encounter this extension are advised to remove it immediately to regain control of their browsing experience and protect their personal information.

How Popup Blocker Gold infects computers

Popup Blocker Gold typically infects computers through deceptive distribution methods, primarily bundled with free software downloads. Users often unwittingly install it by agreeing to default settings during the installation process of legitimate applications, where the adware is included as an unwanted add-on. Additionally, it can be propagated through malicious pop-up ads or fake software installers that lure users into clicking links or downloading files from untrustworthy websites. Once installed, Popup Blocker Gold integrates itself into web browsers, altering settings and generating intrusive advertisements while also compromising user privacy by tracking browsing activity. This combination of stealthy installation and aggressive ad generation makes it a persistent threat to users’ online safety and system performance. To avoid such infections, users should always opt for custom installation options and be cautious when downloading software from the internet.

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

Remove Popup Blocker Gold manually for free

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

Note: Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Popup Blocker Gold you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Popup Blocker Gold”. 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 Popup Blocker Gold from Windows XP:

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

Remove Popup Blocker Gold from Windows 7:

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

Remove Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold-related or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Popup Blocker Gold from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold-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 Popup Blocker Gold-related or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold-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 Popup Blocker Gold from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall Popup Blocker Gold in Windows

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

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

Cannot uninstall Popup Blocker Gold in MacOS

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

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

Opera Browser:

Generally, Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold


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Popup Blocker Gold, in most cases, is promoted by ads and pop-ups on doubtful websites. These sites can redirect users’ browsers to Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold, in future


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Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like Popup Blocker Gold 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 Popup Blocker Gold.

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