The perfectsidecom.ru is a page that displays annoying pop-ups and can reroute to other ad sites. If the FF, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge opens this web-page then most probably that your PC system is infected with an adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software). The ‘ad-supported’ software is an unwanted software that is going to show you a huge number of pop-up ads and deals. Of course, it’s not a malware or virus in the “general meaning” of this word. It will not delete or damage your files, but it can modify some computer’s settings or download and install other dangerous programs. So, you’d better to get rid of adware using the guide below and thereby remove perfectsidecom.ru pop-ups.
Most often, the adware affects the most common internet browsers such as the Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge. But such the dangerous software as well may infect another web-browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding an argument like ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of a browser’s shortcut). So every time you open the browser, it’ll redirect to the unwanted perfectsidecom.ru web site. Even if you setup a new homepage, an unwanted web-site will be the first thing you see when you start the Chrome, FF, Internet Explorer and MS Edge.
Technically, the ad supported software is not a virus, but it does bad things, it generates lots of pop-up ads, hindering or completely blocking the work in the web browser. It may install other unknown and unwanted software without your permission, force you to visit malicious sites. Moreover, a browser hijacker can be additionally installed on to your system with the adware. Once installed, it will rewrite your home page with an unwanted web-site.
We recommend to remove the ad supported software, which redirects your browser on the perfectsidecom.ru annoying page, as soon as you found this problem, as it can direct you to web-resources which may load other dangerous software on your PC.
How does perfectsidecom.ru advertisements get installed onto system
The ad-supported software usually come bundled with other free software that you download off of the World Wide Web. Once started, it’ll infect your machine and configure your web-browser’s to display a large amount of the perfectsidecom.ru annoying ads without your permission. To avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other install screens, as well as to always select the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ install mode, when installing anything downloaded from the Internet.
How to manually remove perfectsidecom.ru pop-up ads
If you perform exactly the step-by-step guide below you should be able to remove the perfectsidecom.ru pop-up ads. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or reboot your personal computer.
- Uninstall suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
- Remove perfectsidecom.ru pop-up ads from Chrome
- Remove perfectsidecom.ru redirect from Firefox
- Remove perfectsidecom.ru pop-up ads from Internet Explorer
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove perfectsidecom.ru redirect
- Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Delete 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 press “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It’ll show the Windows Control Panel as on the image below.
Next, click “Uninstall a program” It will show a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list and remove any suspicious and unknown programs.
Remove perfectsidecom.ru pop-up ads from Chrome
Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the malicious and ad-supported extensions, as well as to restore the web browser’s startpage, new tab page and default search engine that have been modified by ad supported software.
- Open the Chrome, then click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
- It will show the Chrome main menu. Click the “Settings” menu.
- Next, press the “Show advanced settings” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
- Further, press the “Reset settings” button, that located at the bottom of the Advanced settings page.
- The Chrome will show the reset settings dialog box as shown on the image above.
- Confirm the web-browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
- To learn more, look the article How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Remove perfectsidecom.ru redirect from Firefox
If the FF settings have been changed by the adware, then resetting it to the default state can help you to delete the reroute onto perfectsidecom.ru web page.
First, start the FF and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web browser. Next, press the Help button () as shown on the image below.
In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the internet browser address bar and press Enter. It will display the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown in the figure below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.
It will open the confirmation dialog box, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Mozilla Firefox will begin a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the adware. Once it is done, click the “Finish” button
Remove perfectsidecom.ru pop-up ads from Internet Explorer
First, launch the IE, then click the button in the form of gear (). It will show the Tools drop-down menu like below. Next, press the “Internet Options”.
In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The IE will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click on “Reset” button.
You will now need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove perfectsidecom.ru redirect
Once installed, the adware may add an argument like “http://site.address” into the Target property of the desktop shortcut for the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Edge. Due to this, every time you open the browser, it will show the perfectsidecom.ru unwanted web-site.
Right click on the internet 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 that begins with “http://”. Remove it or everything after .exe. An example, for Google Chrome you should remove everything after chrome.exe.
Next, click OK to save changes. You need to clean all web-browser’s shortcuts. So, repeat this step for the Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.
Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Once installed, the ‘ad-supported’ software can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you start your system, it will open perfectsidecom.ru unwanted web site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and get rid of all tasks that have been created by adware.
Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time. It will display a dialog box that titled with Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and press OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown on the image below.
In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be show just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something such as “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need get rid of this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it is a component of the adware, then this task also should be removed.
Further press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown in the following image.
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious applications. Once is done, close the Task Scheduler window.
How to delete perfectsidecom.ru pop-ups automatically
We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install this tool to detect perfectsidecom.ru threat and delete it, from the link below. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the machine.
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Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this process is finished, press “Scan Now” button for scanning your computer for the adware and malware. During the scan it will detect all threats present on your PC. In order to remove all threats, simply press “Quarantine Selected” button.
The Malwarebytes is a free application that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about the Malwarebytes, we recommend you to read and follow the guide or the video guide below.
How to block perfectsidecom.ru
To increase your security and protect your computer against new unwanted ads and malicious web sites, you need to use an application that blocks access to dangerous ads and sites. Moreover, the program can block the display of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of web-sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
- Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link.
Adguard download
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- When downloading is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
- When the installation is done, press “Skip” to close it and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see a 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 launch automatically and block pop-ups, perfectsidecom.ru redirects, as well as other malicious or misleading web-pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.
Scan your PC system and get rid of perfectsidecom.ru ads with AdwCleaner.
This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and delete adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software), browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and MS Edge internet browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (home page, newtab page and search provider by default). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and get rid of malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the computer.
Download AdwCleaner utility by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
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When the download is finished, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will launch the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as on the image below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to open the program, press Yes button to continue.
Now, click the “Scan” to perform a system scan for the adware that cause a redirect to perfectsidecom.ru ads.
Once the scanning is finished, it will open a list of all items detected by this utility as on the image below.
You need to click “Clean” button. It will show a prompt, press “OK” to begin the cleaning process. When the clean up is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your PC. After restart, the AdwCleaner will show the log file.
All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.
Finish words
Once you have done the steps above, your personal computer should be clean from malware and adware. The Google Chrome, IE, Firefox and Edge will no longer open perfectsidecom.ru unwanted pop-up ads or redirect you to unwanted pages. Unfortunately, if the step-by-step guide does not help you, then you have caught a new type of ad-supported software, and then the best way – ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.