How to remove edpono.ru pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The edpono.ru is an one of the many advertising sites, which can be opened automatically each time you run the browser. The reason of automatic opening of this site is an ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware), which was set on your computer without your consent. Because, the ad-supported software is often used to display a lot of annoying advertisements within the Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge’s screen. As, the advertisers do not disdain to use any methods to promote their pages and attract new users. Below we explain how to delete adware and thereby remove edpono.ru unwanted ads from your web browser.

Most often, the ‘ad-supported’ software affects the most common web browsers like the Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and MS Edge. But such the malicious software as well may infect another web browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding an argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of a web browser’s shortcut). So every time you launch the browser, it’ll redirect to the annoying edpono.ru page. Even if you setup a new home page, an annoying web page will be the first thing you see when you start the Firefox, Chrome, IE and Microsoft Edge.

What is more, the ad-supported software may display ads depend on a page that you are visiting. That is, it’s clear that this ad supported software, without your permission, steals your private information such as: your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the Internet, which links you are clicking, and much, much more. The ad-supported software may monetize its functionality by collecting data from your browsing sessions and selling it to third party companies. This puts your personal information at a security risk.

We recommend to delete the ‘ad-supported’ software, which redirects your browser on the edpono.ru 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 personal computer.

How does edpono.ru advertisements get installed onto PC system

Most often, the free programs installer includes the optional potentially unwanted software like this adware. So, be very careful when you agree to install anything. The best way is to select the Custom, Advanced or Manual setup mode. Here disable (uncheck) all optional programs in which you are unsure or that causes even a slightest suspicion. The main thing you should remember, you do not need to install the optional programs which you don’t trust! The only thing I want to add. Once the freeware is installed, if you {aninstall} this software, the adware will not be removed. This must be done by yourself. Just follow the step-by-step guide below.

How to manually remove edpono.ru

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 of ad-supported software. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal method. If you are familiar with the computer then use manual removal, otherwise use the free anti-malware tool designed specifically to remove adware that causes unwanted edpono.ru . Of course, you can combine both methods. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to close your internet browser or reboot your PC.

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

Delete suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

The best way to begin the PC cleanup is to remove unknown and suspicious programs. 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 software can clean up your browser from advertisements, 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’ll open the Windows Control Panel.
4. Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. You will see a list of all installed software.
6. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort applications by date.

See more details in the video instructions below.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove edpono.ru 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 browser which is redirected to the edpono.ru or other unwanted site.

Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The adware can rewrite the contents of this field, which describes the file to be run when you run your web browser. Depending on the browser you are using, there should be: Google Chrome: chrome.exe, Opera: opera.exe, Firefox: firefox.exe, Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe. If you are seeing an unknown text like “http://site.address” which has been added here, then you should delete it, as shown in the following image.

Next, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you launch the browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically redirect on the edpono.ru web-page or any other annoying web pages that is advertised by the ad supported software. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Remove edpono.ru pop-ups from Chrome

Reset Google Chrome settings is a simple way to delete the malicious and ad-supported extensions, as well as to restore the web browser’s start page and search provider by default that have been modified by adware.

1. Open the Chrome, then click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will display the Chrome main menu. Click the “Settings” menu.
3. Next, click the “Show advanced settings” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
4. Further, press the “Reset settings” button, that located at the bottom of the Advanced settings page.
5. The Google Chrome will open the reset settings prompt as shown on the screen above.
6. Confirm the browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
7. To learn more, look the post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Remove edpono.ru redirect from Firefox

First, start the Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Help” button ().

In the Help menu, press the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page, press “Refresh Firefox” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Remove edpono.ru pop-up ads from Internet Explorer

First, start the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then press the button in the form of gear (). It will open 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 Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown on the image below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then press on “Reset” button.

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

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the unwanted edpono.ru web site opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all the tasks that have been created by malicios program.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard together. This opens a dialog box that titled as Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “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 open just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your computer. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it is a component of the malicios program, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to remove, then click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete like below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious programs. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.

How to get rid of edpono.ru pop-up ads automatically

We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install this tool to detect edpono.ru threat and remove it, using the link below. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the computer.

Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this procedure is finished, click “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the ‘ad-supported’ software and malware. During the scan it will detect all threats present on your PC. In order to get rid of all threats, simply click “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 step-by-step guide or the video guide below.

Stop edpono.ru pop-ups and other annoying web-sites

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

Download AdGuard program from the following link.

When the download is finished, start the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown on the screen below.

Follow the prompts. When the install is done, you will see a window as shown below.

You can press “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will assist 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 run your PC system, AdGuard will run automatically and block ads, web-pages like edpono.ru, as well as other dangerous 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 AdGuard icon, that is located on your Windows desktop.

Scan your system and remove edpono.ru pop-ups with AdwCleaner.

This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and delete adware, browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE and MS Edge 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 PC system.

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

Once downloading is finished, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will start the AdwCleaner utility and you will see a screen like below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to display the program, press Yes button to continue.

Now, click the “Scan” for checking your computer for the adware which cause a redirect to edpono.ru advertisements.

Once the system scan is finished, it will display a list of all items detected by this utility as on the image below.

You need to click “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box, press “OK” to begin the cleaning process. When the cleaning process is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer. 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 free of the edpono.ru pop-ups. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-ups and annoying dangerous pages) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your computer for new malware and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new dangerous programs and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to delete edpono.ru from your personal computer, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.