How to remove predictivadvertising.com redirect [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

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

Most often, the adware affects the most common browsers like the Firefox, Google Chrome, IE and Edge. But such the dangerous software as well may infect another browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding an argument like ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of a browser’s shortcut). So every time you start the browser, it will redirect to the unwanted predictivadvertising.com web page. Even if you setup a new homepage, an unwanted web page will be the first thing you see when you run the Google Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge and IE.

What is more, the ad supported software may show advertisements depend on a web-site that you are visiting. That is, it is 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 adware 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 suggest you to get rid of ad-supported software and clean your system from predictivadvertising.com pop-ups as quickly as possible, until the presence of the adware has not led to even worse consequences. You need to follow the guide below that will allow you to completely remove the redirect to predictivadvertising.com unwanted web site, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.

How does predictivadvertising.com ads get installed onto system

The ad-supported software usually come bundled with other free applications that you download off of the World Wide Web. Once started, it will infect your computer and configure your internet browser’s to show lots of the predictivadvertising.com 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 installation screens, as well as to always choose the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ installation mode, when installing anything downloaded from the World Wide Web.

How to manually remove predictivadvertising.com pop-up ads

If you perform exactly the step-by-step instructions below you should be able to delete the predictivadvertising.com pop-ups. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your internet browser or reboot your PC.

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

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you start the PC cleaning process by checking the list of installed software and uninstall all unknown or suspicious programs. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious software such as ad-supported software and browser hijackers may be bundled with free software. Uninstall the unwanted programs may get rid of the annoying advertisements or internet browser redirect to unknown or annoying web sites.

It’ll open the Windows Control Panel as shown in the following image.

Next, click “Uninstall a program” It’ll show a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort programs by date of installation in the Control panel.

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

Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut which you use to launch your web-browser. Next, select the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut for the internet browser which is redirected to the predictivadvertising.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 launch when you start your internet 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 such as “http://site.address” that has been added here, then you should delete it, as shown in the figure below.

Next, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you run the browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically reroute on the predictivadvertising.com site or any other annoying sites that is advertised by the ad-supported software. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Remove predictivadvertising.com redirect from Chrome

Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to get rid of the malware and ‘ad-supported’ software, as well as to restore the web-browser’s settings that have been changed by adware.

1. Now start the Google Chrome and click Menu button (small button in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will display the Chrome main menu. Select “Settings” option.
3. You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Show advanced settings” link.
4. Scroll down again and click the “Reset settings” button.
5. The Google Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as shown on the image above.
6. Next, press the “Reset” button.
7. Once this task is complete, your browser’s settings will be restored to their original defaults. This will reset your startpage, new tab page and default search engine.
8. To learn more, read the article How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Remove predictivadvertising.com redirect from Firefox

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

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

Confirm your action, press the “Refresh Firefox”.

Get rid of predictivadvertising.com pop-ups from Internet Explorer

First, run the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, press the “Reset” button. The IE will display the “Reset Internet Explorer” settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.

You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. It will restore the Internet Explorer’s settings like homepage and search engine by default to default state, disable ad-supported web browser’s extensions and thereby remove the redirect to predictivadvertising.com annoying web-site.

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the unwanted predictivadvertising.com web-site opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all the tasks that have been created by malicious programs.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard together. This displays 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, 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 show just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your machine. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need get rid of it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it’s a component of the malicios application, 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 as shown on the screen below.

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

Remove predictivadvertising.com advertisements with Malwarebytes

Remove predictivadvertising.com pop-ups manually is difficult and often the adware 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 application. It can automatically detect and delete the ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) of the your machine. Moreover, this free application will help you to delete internet browser hijackers, malware and toolbars that your computer may be infected too. You can follow the few simple steps below to get rid of the predictivadvertising.com annoying redirect completely.

Download Malwarebytes Free from the link below.

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

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

When install is done, you will see window as shown in the figure below.

Now click on the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the adware that causes the redirect to predictivadvertising.com web-page. This process can take some time, so please be patient.

Once the scan is complete, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button. The Malwarebytes will start removing the adware related files, folders, registry keys. Once the disinfection is complete, you may be prompted to reboot the computer.

The following video explains the instructions above on how to remove ad-supported software with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

How to block predictivadvertising.com ads

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

1. Download AdGuard application using the following link.
   
   

   Adguard download
   26659 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once downloading is finished, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
3. Once the setup is finished, press “Skip” to close it and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see a quick tutorial which will assist 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 start your machine, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-up ads, predictivadvertising.com redirects, 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 AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.

If the problem with predictivadvertising.com pop-ups is still remained

If MalwareBytes cannot delete predictivadvertising.com pop-up ads, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs, toolbars.

1. Download AdwCleaner from the link below.
   

   AdwCleaner download
   225301 downloads
   Version: 8.4.1
   Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: October 5, 2024
   
2. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once the utility is started the main screen will appear as shown on the image above.
3. Now, press the “Scan” button for scanning your computer for the adware that generates predictivadvertising.com ads.
4. When it has finished scanning, AdwCleaner will open a scan report. Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will open a dialog box, click “OK” button.

The following video explains the instructions above on how to remove adware with AdwCleaner.

Finish words

Now your PC system should be free of the predictivadvertising.com pop-ups. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted popup ads and annoying malicious web-sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your PC system 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 malicious programs and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of predictivadvertising.com pop-ups from your PC, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.