How to remove green5news.net pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The green5news.net is a web page that redirects your web browser to various ad web pages. If the Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, FF and Microsoft Edge opens this web-page then your system is infected with an ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware). The adware is an unwanted software that is going to show you lots of pop-ups and deals. Of course, it is not a malware or virus in the “general meaning” of this word. It’ll not delete or damage your files, but it can alter some PC system’s settings or download and install other harmful programs. So, you’d better to remove adware using the guide below and thereby get rid of green5news.net pop-ups.

Most often, the ad-supported software affects the most common web-browsers like the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer 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 web browser’s shortcut). So every time you run the web browser, it’ll redirect to the annoying green5news.net web-site. Even if you setup a new startpage, an unwanted web-page will be the first thing you see when you open the Chrome, FF, Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Technically, the ad-supported software is not a virus, but it does bad things, it generates tons 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 dangerous web-pages. Moreover, the adware can download and install web browser hijacker. Once installed, it will replace your homepage with an unwanted web-page.

Therefore it’s very important to follow the step-by-step instructions below as soon as possible. The few simple steps will assist you to delete ‘ad supported’ software as well as clean your PC system from the green5news.net advertisements. What is more, the step-by-step instructions below will help you delete other dangerous software such as unwanted toolbars and browser hijackers, which could penetrate the system along with the adware.

How did you get infected with green5news.net redirect

Probably, the ‘ad supported’ software get installed onto your machine when you have installed a free software like E-Mail checker, PDF creator, video codec, etc. Because, most commonly the ad supported software is bundled within the installation packages from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar sites. Even removing the program that contains ad-supported software, does not help you remove the green5news.net ads. Therefore, you must follow the instructions below to remove all annoying ads.

How to manually remove green5news.net advertisements

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will allow you manually remove green5news.net from the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge.

1. Delete suspicious and unknown applications by using Windows Control Panel
2. Delete green5news.net ads from Firefox
3. Get rid of green5news.net from Google Chrome
4. Remove green5news.net advertisements from Internet Explorer
5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove green5news.net redirect
6. Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Delete suspicious and unknown applications 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 shown 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 software.

Delete green5news.net ads from Firefox

If the Firefox settings have been modified by the ‘ad supported’ software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to get rid of the redirect onto green5news.net web page.

First, run the Firefox and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web-browser. Next, click the Help button () as shown on the screen 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 display the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will open the confirmation prompt, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the ad supported software. Once it’s complete, click the “Finish” button

Get rid of green5news.net from Google Chrome

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Next, click the “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 press the “Reset settings” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Remove green5news.net advertisements from Internet Explorer

To delete the green5news.net redirect you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the Windows was installed on your PC system.

First, start the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click ‘gear’ icon . It will show the drop-down menu on the right part of the internet browser, then click the “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, you need to select the “Advanced” tab and click the “Reset” button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the “Reset IE settings” prompt as shown in the figure below. Next, press the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. After that, click the “Reset” button.

When the process is done, press “Close” button. Close the IE and reboot your PC for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your internet browser’s settings to default state and disable ‘ad-supported’ extensions.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove green5news.net redirect

Once the ad-supported software is started, it can also change the web browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument such as “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you launch the web-browser, it will be redirected to an annoying ads.

To clear the browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. 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://” that has been added here. You need to remove it.

When the argument is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your web browsers, as they may be infected too.

Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the unwanted green5news.net web-site opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and get rid of all the tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ applications.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard at the same time. This displays a prompt that called 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 display just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your personal computer. 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 is a component of the malicious applications, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to get rid of, then press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown on the image 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.

How to remove green5news.net with free malware removal program

Manual removal green5news.net redirect requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the adware may be not completely removed. We suggest that use the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your computer. Moreover, the free software will help you to delete malware, browser hijackers and toolbars that your computer may be infected too.

1. Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop by clicking on the following link.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. At the download page, press the Download button. Your web-browser will display the “Save as” prompt. Please save it onto your desktop.
3. When the download process is finished, please close all applications and open windows on your PC. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
4. This will launch the Setup wizard of Malwarebytes onto your PC system. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
5. When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the malware remover will start and display the main window.
6. Further, press the “Scan Now” button to begin scanning your PC for the adware that redirects your browser to the green5news.net unwanted page. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient.
7. When the system scan is complete, it will open a screen that contains a list of malicious software that has been found.
8. When you are ready, click on “Quarantine Selected” button to begin cleaning your personal computer. Once the procedure is finished, you may be prompted to restart your computer.
9. Close the Anti-Malware and continue with the next step.

Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.

Block green5news.net pop-ups and other annoying sites

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

Download AdGuard program from the following link.

When downloading is complete, start the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.

Follow the prompts. When the installation is finished, you will see a window as on the image below.

You can click “Skip” to close the install application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that 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 start your system, AdGuard will run automatically and stop ads, web-pages such as green5news.net, as well as other malicious or misleading web-pages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.

Scan your machine and remove green5news.net redirect with AdwCleaner.

This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and get rid of adware, browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Chrome, IE, Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (home page, newtab page and search provider by default). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the computer.

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

When the download is finished, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will start the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as shown on the screen below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to open the program, click Yes button to continue.

Now, click the “Scan” for checking your computer for the adware that cause a redirect to green5news.net ads.

When it has finished scanning your system, it will open a list of all items detected by this utility like below.

You need to click “Clean” button. It will open a prompt, click “OK” to start the cleaning process. When the clean up is complete, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will show 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 green5news.net ads. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted advertisements and annoying harmful web-sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your 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 malicious applications and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of green5news.net pop-ups from your machine, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.