How to remove Forge Of Empires pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The malicious programs from the adware family that changes the settings of web browsers usually affects only the Chrome, Internet Explorer, FF and MS Edge. However, possible situations, when any other internet browsers will be affected too. The adware may change the Target property of a web-browser’s shortcut, so every time you start the browser, instead of your homepage, you will see the unwanted Forge Of Empires advertisements.

We advise to remove the adware that causes multiple unwanted advertisements and pop ups, as soon as you found this problem, as it can direct you to web-resources that may load other harmful software on your PC system.

Remove Forge Of Empires pop-ups

There are several steps to deleting the adware that causes a large amount of unwanted Forge Of Empires advertisements, because it installs itself so deeply into MS Windows. You need to delete all suspicious and unknown applications, then delete malicious extensions from the Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer and other web-browsers you have installed. Finally, you need to reset your internet browser settings to get rid of any changes the adware has made, and then check your machine with Zemana Anti-malware, Malwarebytes or AdwCleaner to ensure the ad supported software is fully removed. It will take a while.

How to remove Forge Of Empires popup ads without any software

The useful removal steps for the Forge Of Empires ads. The detailed procedure can be followed by anyone as it really does take you step-by-step. If you follow this process to get rid of Forge Of Empires pop up advertisements let us know how you managed by sending us your comments please.

Deleting the Forge Of Empires, check the list of installed software first

Some of PUPs, adware and hijackers can be deleted using the Add/Remove programs utility that can be found in the Windows Control Panel. So, if you are using any version of MS Windows and you have noticed an unwanted application, then first try to remove it through Add/Remove programs.

Windows 8, 8.1, 10

First, click Windows button , then press Search . Type ‘Control panel’and press Enter like below.

After the ‘Control Panel’ opens, click the ‘Uninstall a program’ link under Programs category as shown on the image below.

You will see the ‘Uninstall a program’ panel like below.

Very carefully look around the entire list of applications installed on your computer. Most likely, one or more of them are responsible for the appearance of ads and browser redirect to the undesired Forge Of Empires site. If you have many programs installed, you can help simplify the search of malicious software by sort the list by date of installation. Once you have found a suspicious, unwanted or unused program, right click to it, after that click ‘Uninstall’.

Windows XP, Vista, 7

First, click ‘Start’ button and select ‘Control Panel’ at right panel as shown in the figure below.

After the Windows ‘Control Panel’ opens, you need to press ‘Uninstall a program’ under ‘Programs’ as shown in the figure below.

You will see a list of software installed on your PC system. We recommend to sort the list by date of installation to quickly find the programs that were installed last. Most likely they responsibility for the appearance of pop-up advertisements and web-browser redirect. If you are in doubt, you can always check the program by doing a search for her name in Google, Yahoo or Bing. Once the application which you need to uninstall is found, simply click on its name, and then click ‘Uninstall’ as shown in the figure below.

Disinfect the web browser’s shortcuts

Important to know, most anti malware programs that are able to delete adware, but unable to detect and recover modified shortcuts. So, you need to fix the desktop shortcuts for your Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge internet browsers manually.

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 web-browser that is redirected to Forge Of Empires or other annoying web page.

Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The ad supported software can replace the contents of this field, which describes the file to be run when you start your web-browser. Depending on the internet 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 similar “http://site.addres” that has been added here, then you should remove it, as shown below.

Next, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you launch the internet browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically redirect on the Forge Of Empires site or any other undesired pages. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Remove Forge Of Empires pop-up ads from FF

The FF reset will keep your personal information like bookmarks, passwords, web form auto-fill data, recover preferences and security settings, remove redirects to undesired Forge Of Empires web site and adware.

First, run the Mozilla Firefox and click button. It will show the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web browser. Further, click the Help button () as shown on the screen below

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In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the browser adress bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown on the screen below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will display the confirmation prompt. Further, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Mozilla Firefox will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the ad-supported software which causes undesired Forge Of Empires pop up ads. After, it’s finished, click the “Finish” button.

Remove Forge Of Empires pop ups from Chrome

Like other modern browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby restore the internet browser’s settings such as home page, new tab and default search provider that have been replaced by the adware that causes web-browsers to show unwanted Forge Of Empires advertisements.

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

Remove Forge Of Empires pop up advertisements from Internet Explorer

In order to restore all browser home page, new tab and default search provider you need to reset the IE to the state, which was when the Microsoft Windows was installed on your system.

First, launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer, click ) button. Next, press “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

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

You will now need to restart your machine for the changes to take effect. It will remove Forge Of Empires redirect, disable malicious and ad-supported browser’s extensions and restore the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s settings such as new tab page, start page and search provider by default to default state.

Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the undesired Forge Of Empires 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 which have been created by adware.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard at the same time. This displays a dialog box that titled as 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 screen below.

Task scheduler

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Please choose the first task, its properties will be display just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your PC system. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then get rid of this harmful task. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it is a component of the ‘ad-supported’ program, then this task also should be removed.

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

Delete a task

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

How to automatically delete Forge Of Empires popup ads

Manual removal steps does not always allow to completely remove the adware, as it is not easy to identify and remove components of adware and all malicious files from hard disk. Therefore, it is recommended that you run malware removal tool to completely remove Forge Of Empires off your web browser. Several free malicious software removal utilities are currently available that can be used against the ad supported software. The optimum method would be to use Zemana Anti-malware, Malwarebytes Free and AdwCleaner.

How to automatically delete Forge Of Empires redirect with Zemana Anti-malware

We advise you to run the Zemana Anti-malware which are completely clean your computer of Forge Of Empires pop-up advertisements. Moreover, the tool will help you to remove potentially unwanted applications, malware, toolbars and hijackers that your computer can be infected too.

Download Zemana AntiMalware on your PC system by clicking on the link below. Save it on your desktop.

Zemana AntiMalware
164112 downloads
Author: Zemana Ltd
Category: Security tools
Update: July 16, 2019

After the downloading process is finished, close all windows on your machine. Further, open the set up file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown on the screen below, click the “Yes” button.

It will show the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Zemana AntiMalware on the personal computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is complete successfully, Zemana Anti Malware will automatically run and you can see its main window as shown in the figure below.

Next, press the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the adware that causes a lot of annoying Forge Of Empires pop-up advertisements. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your computer. During the scan it will detect all threats exist on your PC system.

Once the scan get finished, it will show a screen which contains a list of malware that has been found. Review the scan results and then click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti-Malware will delete adware that causes web-browsers to show unwanted Forge Of Empires popup ads and add items to the Quarantine. When disinfection is finished, you can be prompted to restart your PC system.

Automatically delete Forge Of Empires ads with Malwarebytes

Get rid of Forge Of Empires pop-ups manually is difficult and often the adware is not completely removed. Therefore, we advise you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your computer. Moreover, the free application will allow you to get rid of malware, potentially unwanted programs, toolbars and browser hijacker infections that your personal computer may be infected too.

Download Malwarebytes Free by clicking on the link below.

Malwarebytes Anti-malware
326462 downloads
Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020

When downloading is done, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this process is finished, click the “Scan Now” button for checking your machine for the ad supported software that designed to reroute your internet browser to various ad web pages such as Forge Of Empires. This task can take some time, so please be patient. When a threat is detected, the count of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is finished. All detected threats will be marked. You can delete them all by simply press “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes is a free program that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malicious software removal utility, we suggest you to read and follow the steps or the video guide below.

Double-check for potentially unwanted software with AdwCleaner

The AdwCleaner tool is free and easy to use. It can scan and delete malware, potentially unwanted applications and ‘ad supported’ software in FF, Google Chrome, IE and MS Edge web-browsers and thereby remove all annoying Forge Of Empires pop ups. AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove harmful registry entries and files that are hidden on the system.

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

AdwCleaner download
225300 downloads
Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024

After the downloading process is complete, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will start the AdwCleaner utility and you will see a screen as shown in the figure below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to show the application, click Yes button to continue.

Next, press “Scan” . This will start scanning the whole PC to find out adware which created to redirect your web browser to various ad web sites such as Forge Of Empires. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your PC system and the speed of your PC system. While the utility is checking, you may see how many objects it has identified either as being malware.

Once the scan is finished is done, the results are displayed in the scan report like below.

In order to get rid of all threats, simply click “Clean” button. It will open a dialog box. Click “OK” button. The AdwCleaner will begin to delete adware that redirects your internet browser to annoying Forge Of Empires site. After the process is done, the tool 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 instructions.

How to block Forge Of Empires pop-ups

If you surf the Web, you can’t avoid malvertising. But you can protect your internet browser against it. Download and run an adblocker program. AdGuard is an ad-blocking which can filter out tons of of the malicious advertising, stoping dynamic scripts from loading harmful content.

1. Download AdGuard application from the following link.
   

   Adguard download
   26658 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once downloading is done, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. After the installation is finished, click “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will allow you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you run your computer, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop advertisements, web-pages such Forge Of Empires, as well as other harmful 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 icon named AdGuard, which can be found on your desktop.

How can you prevent the Forge Of Empires ads

The adware come as a part of various freeware. This means that you need to be very careful when installing software downloaded from the World Wide Web, even from a large proven hosting. Be sure to read the Terms of Use and the Software license, select only the Manual, Advanced or Custom installation mode, switch off all additional modules and applications are offered to install.

Final words

Now your system should be clean of the ad-supported software that causes multiple intrusive advertisements and pop ups. Uninstall AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted ads and intrusive harmful web-pages) and Zemana Anti-malware (to periodically scan your system for new malware, browser hijacker infections 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 hijacker infections, malware and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of Forge Of Empires advertisements from your internet browser, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.