Remove play.interact4fun.com pop-ups from Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge

If the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge opens the play.interact4fun.com annoying page then most probably that your PC is infected with an adware. This ad supported software changes the Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge settings to show a lot of unwanted advertising on all web sites, including pages where previously you ads have never seen. These advertisements can be varied: pop-up windows, boxes, in-text ads, different sized banners and so on. What is more, the adware, that opens the play.interact4fun.com advertisements, may cause your Internet connection to be slow or freeze your browser so that the interface is not updated anymore.

The ad supported software can change the settings of the Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge, but often that a malicious software like this can also infect all types of internet browsers by changing their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user each time open the browser to see play.interact4fun.com annoying ads.

While your PC system is infected with the adware, the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge may be rerouted to play.interact4fun.com unwanted web-site. Of course, the ad supported software may not cause damages to your files or Windows system, but it may display a large number of annoying advertising. These advertisements will be injected within the content of pages that are you opening in your web-browser. The advertising can be varied: pop-up ads, in-text ads, different sized banners, offers to install an questionable software. The advertising will appear on all web sites, including web-pages where previously you have never seen any advertising.

Therefore it is very important to as quickly as possible follow the guide below to get rid of adware and clean your PC from the redirect to play.interact4fun.com ads. What is more, the guide will help you remove other malicious software such as unwanted toolbars and browser hijackers, which could penetrate the system along with the adware.

How does play.interact4fun.com ads get installed onto PC

Most commonly, the ad supported software is bundled within the installation packages from a free hosting and file sharing web sites. So, install a freeware is a a good chance that you will find some bundled ad supported software. If you don’t know how to avoid it, then use a simple trick. During installation, choose the Custom or Advanced installation option. Next, click ‘Decline’ button and clear all checkboxes on offers that ask you to install an unknown software. Moreover, please carefully read Term of use and User agreement before installing any software or otherwise you can end up with another unwanted software on your PC system such as this ad supported software that redirect the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge onto the unwanted play.interact4fun.com web site.

How to manually remove play.interact4fun.com

This useful removal guide for the play.interact4fun.com redirect. The detailed procedure can be followed by anyone as it really does take you step-by-step. If you follow this process to remove play.interact4fun.com advertisements let us know how you managed by sending us your comments please.

1. Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove play.interact4fun.com redirect
3. Remove play.interact4fun.com ads from Google Chrome
4. Remove play.interact4fun.com redirect from Mozilla Firefox
5. Remove play.interact4fun.com advertisements from IE

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

Press Windows key , then click Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown below.

Click “Uninstall a program” It will open a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove play.interact4fun.com redirect

Once installed, the adware may add “http://play.interact4fun.com” into the Target property of the desktop shortcut for the Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge. Due to this, every time you run the internet browser, it will open the play.interact4fun.com annoying web page.

Right click on the web-browser’s shortcut, click Properties option. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text “http://play.interact4fun.com” that has been added here. Remove everything after .exe. An example, for Google Chrome you should remove everything after chrome.exe. Click OK to save changes. You need to clean all internet browser’s shortcuts. So, repeat this step for the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Remove play.interact4fun.com ads from Google Chrome

Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click to Settings option. 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. Confirm your action, click on the Reset button.

Remove play.interact4fun.com redirect from Mozilla Firefox

If the Mozilla Firefox settings have been changed by the adware, then resetting it to the default state can help you to remove the redirect onto play.interact4fun.com ads.

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

Remove play.interact4fun.com advertisements from IE

Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer tools menu by clicking on the button in the form of gear (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the “Internet Options”. 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. You will now need to restart your PC for the changes to take effect.

How to get rid of play.interact4fun.com with Antimalware

Get rid of play.interact4fun.com advertising manually is difficult and often the adware is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the MalwareBytes Anti-malware Free that are completely clean your PC system. Moreover, the free software will help you to get rid of malware, browser hijacker and toolbars that your PC system may be infected too.

1. Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM) from the link below.
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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   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 ad supported software which redirects your browser to the play.interact4fun.com unwanted 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 play.interact4fun.com and other similar malicious sites

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

Download AdGuard program using the following link.

After the download is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.

Follow the prompts. After installation is complete, you will see a window as shown in the figure below.

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 computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, web sites such play.interact4fun.com, as well as other malicious or misleading pages. 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 play.interact4fun.com ads and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot remove the unwanted play.interact4fun.com ads within the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome 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.

Once finished, open a directory in which you saved it. You will see a icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.

Press “Start” button to perform a system scan for malicious extensions and the adware which displays the ads from play.interact4fun.com web site. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report as shown below.

Review the report and then click “Cleaning” button. It will display a prompt.

Click “OK”. When the cleaning process is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your PC.

When your computer is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

How to ask for help the Myantispyware team

If you are seeking a help for play.interact4fun.com ads removal then follow these steps.

1. Download HijackThis from the link below and save it to your Desktop.
   

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   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

Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.

4. 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.
5. 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 play.interact4fun.com ads.