Remove reduxmediia.com pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Are you seeing reduxmediia.com advertisements in the Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge every time you use the web-browser to surf the Internet? This means that your computer is infected with an ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) which looks the entire traffic generated by you and on this basis, it displays a ton of annoying pop-ups. Currently, this adware are widely spread, due to the fact that most people are trying to find free software, download and install them on the PC without proper attention to the fact that the adware can penetrate into the personal computer along with them.

The ad supported software usually affects only the Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge by changing the web-browser’s settings or installing a dangerous extensions (addons). Moreover, possible situations, when any other browsers will be affected too. The adware will perform a scan of the system for internet browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the web browser shortcuts, it will add the argument like ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you open the web browser, you will see an annoying reduxmediia.com web page.

The adware may insert a huge 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-page. Moreover, a legal advertisements may be replaced on the fake ads, that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful programs. Moreover, the ‘ad-supported’ software has the ability to collect tons 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.

We recommend to delete the adware, which redirects your web-browser on the reduxmediia.com annoying web-site, as soon as you found this problem, as it can direct you to web-resources which may load other dangerous software on your system.

How does reduxmediia.com ads get installed onto personal computer

The ad-supported software usually come bundled with other free programs that you download off of the Net. Once started, it’ll infect your computer and configure your web browser’s to show a huge number of the reduxmediia.com annoying advertisements 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 setup screens, as well as to always select the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ install mode, when installing anything downloaded from the World Wide Web.

How to manually remove reduxmediia.com pop-up ads

The simple answer is right here on this page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will allow you easily to clean your PC system of ad supported software. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal method. If you are familiar with the machine then use manual removal, otherwise use the free anti-malware tool designed specifically to remove adware that causes annoying reduxmediia.com pop-up ads. Of course, you can combine both methods. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to close your web-browser or reboot your personal computer.

1. Delete suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove reduxmediia.com redirect
3. Get rid of reduxmediia.com pop-ups from Firefox
4. Get rid of reduxmediia.com pop-up ads from Google Chrome
5. Get rid of reduxmediia.com advertisements from Microsoft Internet Explorer
6. Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Uninstall suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

The best way to start the computer cleanup is to uninstall unknown and suspicious software. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded applications can clean up your web-browser from ads, hijackers and so on.

1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows key, click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
3. It will display the Windows Control Panel.
4. Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. You will see a list of all installed applications.
6. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort software by date.

See more details in the video instructions below.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove reduxmediia.com redirect

Now you need to clean up the internet browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the web browser, and not on any unknown file. Right click to a desktop shortcut for your browser. Choose the “Properties” option.

It will open the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The adware can rewrite it. If you are seeing something similar “…exe http://web.site.address” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the internet browser you are using:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe
• Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe

Look at the example on the screen below.

Once is finished, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for web-browser shortcuts which redirects to an unwanted web pages. When you have completed, go to next step.

Get rid of reduxmediia.com pop-ups from Firefox

If the Firefox settings have been modified by the adware, then resetting it to the default state can help you to remove the redirect onto reduxmediia.com web site.

First, run the Mozilla Firefox and press button. It will open the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web-browser. Next, click 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 web browser address bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page like below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will display the confirmation prompt, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will begin a task to fix your problems that caused by the ad supported software. Once it’s done, click the “Finish” button

Get rid of reduxmediia.com pop-up ads from Google Chrome

Like other modern web browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby remove the redirect to reduxmediia.com annoying advertisements that is caused by the adware.

At first, start the Google Chrome. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will appear the main menu. Click on the option named “Settings”. Another way to show the Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the browser adress bar and press Enter.

The web browser will show 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 the “Reset settings” button.

The Chrome will show the confirmation prompt. You need to confirm your action, press the “Reset” button. The application will run the process of cleaning. When it’s done, the internet browser settings including the ‘block pop-ups’ option back to the values that have been when the Chrome was first installed on your personal computer.

Get rid of reduxmediia.com advertisements from Microsoft Internet Explorer

First, start the IE, then click the button in the form of gear (). It will display the Tools drop-down menu as on the image below. Next, click 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 on the image below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click on “Reset” button.

You will now need to reboot your personal computer for the changes to take effect.

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 open your system, it will show reduxmediia.com unwanted web page. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ program.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard together. It will show a dialog box that titled with Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown in the following image.

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 like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it’s a component of the malicios application, then this task also should be removed.

Further press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicios program. Once is done, close the Task Scheduler window.

Get rid of reduxmediia.com with Malwarebytes

Get rid of reduxmediia.com pop-up ads manually is difficult and often the ad-supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your personal computer. The Malwarebytes is a reputable malware removal program. It can automatically detect and delete the adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) of the your machine. Moreover, this free application will help you to get rid of browser hijackers, malware and toolbars that your PC system may be infected too. You can follow the steps below to remove the reduxmediia.com annoying redirect completely.

Download Malwarebytes Free using the link below.

Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your personal computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup like below.

When the installation starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Malwarebytes on your computer.

When setup is complete, you will see window as shown in the figure below.

Now press on the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the ad-supported software that causes the redirect to reduxmediia.com web site. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.

Once the scanning is complete, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button. The Malwarebytes will begin removing the ad-supported software related files, folders, registry keys. Once the disinfection is done, you may be prompted to reboot the personal computer.

The following video explains the step-by-step instructions above on how to get rid of adware with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

How to block reduxmediia.com pop-up ads

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

1. Download AdGuard program using the following link.
   
   

   Adguard download
   26660 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. When the download is complete, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
3. Once the install is finished, click “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.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-ups, reduxmediia.com redirects, as well as other dangerous or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your Windows desktop.

Scan your computer and delete reduxmediia.com pop-ups with AdwCleaner.

This removal application is free and easy to use. It can scan and delete adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software), browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Google Chrome, FF, MS Edge and IE web-browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (startpage, new tab page and default search engine). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the machine.

Download AdwCleaner utility using the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

After downloading is finished, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will run the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as shown on the image below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to display the program, click Yes button to continue.

Now, click the “Scan” . This will start scanning the whole machine to find out ad supported software that cause a redirect to reduxmediia.com ads.

Once the scan is finished, it will open a list of all items detected by this utility as shown in the following image.

You need to click “Clean” button. It will open a dialog box, click “OK” to begin the cleaning procedure. Once the cleaning procedure is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your PC. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will open the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Finish words

Now your computer should be clean of the reduxmediia.com advertisements. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted advertisements and annoying malicious web sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your personal computer for new malware and ad supported software). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new dangerous applications and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove reduxmediia.com redirect from your PC, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.