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How to remove improvemybrowser.com pop-ups (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge)

Myantispyware team November 4, 2016    

The improvemybrowser.com is classified as ad supported site. The appearance of improvemybrowser.com in your web-browser means that your personal computer is infected with an ad supported software, which may display a tons of advertising within the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge screen or reroute you to an unwanted ad web-sites. So, if you have found that your internet browser is redirected to this unwanted web site, then you do not need to wait, you need as quickly as possible following the steps below to clean your PC system from an adware infection and thus remove the improvemybrowser.com redirect.

http://www.improvemybrowser.com/pop/901a/make-browser-better.html

http://www.improvemybrowser.com/pop/901a/make-browser-better.html

Most often, the adware affects the most common web-browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge. But such the dangerous software as well may infect another browsers by changing its shortcuts (add an argument into Target field of a internet browser’s shortcut). So every time you launch the web-browser, it will redirect to the unwanted improvemybrowser.com web-page. Even if you setup a new home page, an annoying site will be the first thing you see when you run the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge.

The ad supported software may insert a large number of advertisements directly to the web sites that you visit, creating a sense that the ads has been added by the creators of the web-site. Moreover, a legal advertising may be replaced on the fake advertisements, that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful programs. Moreover, the ad supported software has the ability to collect a lot of personal information about you (your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the World Wide Web, which links you are clicking), which can later transfer to third parties.

Instructions, which is shown below, will allow you to clean your personal computer from the ad supported software infection and remove improvemybrowser.com annoying advertisements from the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge and other web-browsers.

How does improvemybrowser.com advertisements get installed onto computer

Disregarding the basic computer security practices such as no antivirus software installed, installation of unknown applications and free applications which may be bundled with adware, as well as computer virus infection are the possible causes of huge number of ads within the screen of the Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Moreover, random visits to an unknown and untrusted web-sites, when you click on the search results from Google (Yahoo, Bing) or links on the Internet, when the PC system is not protected with a software that may block access to malicious sites, it can also lead to the fact that instead of your start page, the web-browser will be redirected to improvemybrowser.com or other advertising web-pages.

How to manually remove improvemybrowser.com

If you perform exactly the tutorial below you should be able to remove the improvemybrowser.com ads. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or reboot your personal computer.

  1. Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
  2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of improvemybrowser.com redirect
  3. Delete improvemybrowser.com advertisements from Google Chrome
  4. Get rid of improvemybrowser.com popup ads from Mozilla Firefox
  5. Get rid of improvemybrowser.com from Internet Explorer

If you are using an Apple computer running Mac OS, then use the following instructions How to delete virus, pop-ups, ads on Mac

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you start the personal computer cleaning process by checking the list of installed programs and remove all unknown or suspicious applications. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious software such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with free software. Uninstall the unwanted software may remove the unwanted advertisements or browser redirect to unknown or unwanted sites.

Windows 8, 8.1, 10

Press Windows key windows key, then click Search windows search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.

Windows XP, Vista, 7

Click “Start” and select “Control Panel”.
It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown below. windows control panel.jpg

Click “Uninstall a program” ControlPanel Uninstall It will show a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort applications by date in the Control panel.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of improvemybrowser.com redirect

Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut which you use to open your web-browser. Next, select the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut for the web-browser which is redirected to the improvemybrowser.com or other unwanted page.

Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The adware can replace the contents of this field, which describes the file to be run when you start your browser. Depending on the internet browser you are using, there should be: Google Chrome: chrome.exe Opera: opera.exe Firefox: firefox.exe If you are seeing an unknown text like “http://site.address” that has been added here, then you should remove it, as shown on the screen below. clean a shorcut Click the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you run the web-browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically redirect on the improvemybrowser.com web-page or any other annoying web-sites that is advertised by the adware. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Delete improvemybrowser.com advertisements from Google Chrome

Like other modern browsers, the Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thus remove the redirect to improvemybrowser.com annoying advertisements which is caused by the adware.

Start the Google Chrome. Click on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (google chrome menu button). It will appear the main menu. Click on the option named “Settings”. Another way to open the Google Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the web-browser adress bar and press Enter. chrome drop-down menu The web-browser will display the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as shown below and click on the “Reset settings” button. chrome advanced settings The Chrome will open the confirmation dialog box. You need to confirm your action. Press on the “Reset” button. The program will start the process of cleaning and when it is finished, the web-browser settings including the ‘block pop-ups’ option back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your personal computer.

Get rid of improvemybrowser.com popup ads from Mozilla Firefox

If the FF settings have been changed by the ad supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to remove the redirect onto improvemybrowser.com ads.

Run the Firefox and press Firefox menu button button to show the Tools menu. It displays the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Click on the Help button (Mozilla Firefox help button). Firefox settings menu In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type about:support in the web-browser adress bar and press Enter. It will display the “Troubleshooting Information” page. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. Firefox troubleshooting info window It will display the confirmation dialog box. Click on the “Refresh Firefox” button. The FF will start a task to fix your problems that caused by the adware. Once, it’s done, press the “Finish” button

Get rid of improvemybrowser.com from Internet Explorer

Open the IE tools menu by clicking on the button in the form of gear (internet explorer tools menu icon). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the “Internet Options”. reset internet explorer tools menu In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click on “Reset” button. reset internet explorer settings You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

How to delete improvemybrowser.com with Antimalware

Remove improvemybrowser.com advertising manually is difficult and often the ad supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the MalwareBytes Anti-malware Free that are completely clean your PC. Moreover, the free software will help you to delete malware, browser hijacker and toolbars that your PC may be infected too.

  1. Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM) from the link below.
    Malwarebytes Anti-malware
    Malwarebytes Anti-malware
    327132 downloads
    Author: Malwarebytes
    Category: Security tools
    Update: April 15, 2020
  2. Close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup.
  3. Click Next and follow the prompts.
  4. Once installation is complete, click on the “Scan Now” button to start scanning your computer for the adware which redirects your web-browser to the improvemybrowser.com annoying page. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
  5. When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Remove Selected”. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.

Block improvemybrowser.com and other similar malicious sites

To increase your security and protect your system against new annoying advertisements and malicious web sites, you need to use an application that blocks access to dangerous advertisements and web-pages. Moreover, the software can block the open of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web-pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program using the following link.

Adguard
Adguard download
26858 downloads
Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018

After the download is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.
adguard installer
Follow the prompts. After installation is complete, you will see a window as shown in the figure below.
adguard installation is competed
You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your PC, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, web-pages such improvemybrowser.com, as well as other malicious or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

Remove improvemybrowser.com ads and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot remove the unwanted improvemybrowser.com advertisements within the Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs, toolbars. Also you can ask for help our Myantispyware team below.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below.

AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner download
225567 downloads
Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024

Once finished, open a directory in which you saved it. You will see a icon like below.
adwcleaner icon
Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.
adwcleaner screen
Press “Start” button to perform a system scan for malicious extensions and the adware which displays the advertisements from improvemybrowser.com web page. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report as shown below.
AdwCleaner detects istartsurf
Review the report and then click “Cleaning” button. It will display a prompt.
adwcleaner prompt
Click “OK”. When the cleaning process is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your PC system.
adwcleaner reboot
When your PC is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.
adwcleaner report

How to ask for help the Myantispyware team

If you are seeking a help for improvemybrowser.com advertising removal then follow these steps.

  1. Download HijackThis from the link below and save it to your Desktop.
    HijackThis
    HijackThis download
    4922 downloads
    Version: 2.0.5
    Author: OpenSource
    Category: Security tools
    Update: November 7, 2015
  2. Double-click on the HijackThis icon, and click the button labeled “Do a system scan only”.
  3. Once the scan is complete, the scan button will read “Save log”, click it. Save this log to your desktop
  4. Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.

  5. Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.
  6. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the redirect to the annoying improvemybrowser.com advertisements.
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