How to remove Playinghome.com pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The malicious software from the adware family that changes the settings of browsers usually affects only the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge. However, possible situations, when any other internet browsers will be affected too. The ad supported software may change the Target property of a browser’s shortcut, so every time you launch the browser, instead of your startpage, you will see the undesired Playinghome.com advertisements.

It is important, do not use Playinghome.com web-site and do not click on advertisements placed on it, as they can lead you to a more harmful or misleading web-pages. The best option is to use the step-by-step tutorial posted below to free your computer of adware and thereby remove Playinghome.com popups.

Remove Playinghome.com ads

As with uninstalling adware, malicious software or potentially unwanted programs, there are few steps you can do. We suggest trying them all. If you do only one part of the tutorial, then it should be run malicious software removal tool, because it should get rid of adware and stop any further infection. But to completely get rid of Playinghome.com popups you’ll have to at least reset your web-browser settings like newtab, home page and search engine by default to default state, disinfect system’s internet browsers shortcuts, remove all unwanted and suspicious programs, and get rid of adware by malicious software removal utilities. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or reboot your system.

How to get rid of Playinghome.com pop-ups without any software

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually remove Playinghome.com popup ads from the Chrome, IE, Firefox and Edge.

Delete Playinghome.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel

It’s of primary importance to first identify and remove all potentially unwanted programs, adware programs and hijackers through ‘Add/Remove Programs’ (Windows XP) or ‘Uninstall a program’ (Windows 10, 8, 7) section of your Microsoft Windows Control Panel.

Press Windows button , then press Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will display the Windows Control Panel as on the image below.

Further, click “Uninstall a program”
It will show a list of all programs installed on your personal computer. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs.

Clean up the internet browsers shortcuts that have been hijacked by ad-supported software

Unfortunately, the ‘ad supported’ software can also hijack Windows shortcuts (mostly, your browsers shortcuts), so that the Playinghome.com ad site will be opened when you launch the Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge and Internet Explorer or another internet browser.

Right click to a desktop shortcut for your internet browser. Choose the “Properties” option. It will open the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The ‘ad supported’ software can change it. If you are seeing something similar “…exe http://site.address” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the web browser you are using:

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

Look at the example as displayed in the following example.

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

Remove Playinghome.com redirect from Google Chrome

If your Chrome browser is re-directed to intrusive Playinghome.com web-page, it may be necessary to completely reset your internet browser program to its default settings.

First run the Google Chrome. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will show the main menu. Further, click the option named “Settings”. Another way to display the Google Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the internet browser adress bar and press Enter.

The browser will display the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as displayed in the following example and click the “Reset settings” button.

The Chrome will show the confirmation prompt. You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The web browser will start the process of cleaning. When it’s finished, the web-browser’s settings including homepage, new tab and search engine by default back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your machine.

Delete Playinghome.com from Firefox by resetting browser settings

If the Firefox settings like newtab page, startpage and search engine by default have been modified by the ad supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help.

First, open the Firefox and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Further, click the Help button () like 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 internet browser adress bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as displayed in the figure below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will display the confirmation dialog box. Further, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The FF will begin a task to fix your problems that caused by the adware which designed to redirect your web-browser to various ad web pages like Playinghome.com. When, it is finished, click the “Finish” button.

Remove Playinghome.com redirect from IE

By resetting Microsoft Internet Explorer web-browser you revert back your web-browser settings to its default state. This is good initial when troubleshooting problems that might have been caused by ‘ad supported’ software which reroutes your browser to unwanted Playinghome.com web page.

First, open the Internet Explorer. Next, press the button in the form of gear (). It will open the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” as on the image below.

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 on the image below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.

You will now need to restart your machine for the changes to take effect.

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the undesired Playinghome.com 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 adware.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time. It will show a dialog box which 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”, like 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. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something such as “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 ‘ad-supported’ software, then this task also should be removed.

Further click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as displayed below.

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

Use free malware removal tools to completely delete Playinghome.com redirect

If your machine is still infected with adware that causes browsers to open intrusive Playinghome.com pop up ads, then the best method of detection and removal is to run an anti malware scan on the system. Download free malware removal tools below and start a full system scan. It will allow you get rid of all components of the ad supported software from hardisk and Windows registry.

Delete Playinghome.com redirect with Zemana Anti-malware

Zemana Anti-malware highly recommended, because it can scan for security threats such adware and adwares that most ‘classic’ antivirus applications fail to pick up on. Moreover, if you have any Playinghome.com ads removal problems which cannot be fixed by this utility automatically, then Zemana Anti-malware provides 24X7 online assistance from the highly experienced support staff.

Download Zemana Free on your personal computer by clicking on the link below.

Once the downloading process is done, close all applications and windows on your personal computer. Double-click the setup file named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown on the image below, click the “Yes” button.

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

Once install is done successfully, Zemana will automatically start and you can see its main screen as on the image below.

Now click the “Scan” button for scanning your personal computer for the adware that causes multiple unwanted ads and pop-ups. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient. During the scan it’ll detect all threats present on your computer.

When finished, a list of all items detected is produced. When you are ready, click “Next” button. The Zemana Free will delete ad supported software that causes browsers to show undesired Playinghome.com pop ups. When that process is done, you may be prompted to restart the machine.

Use Malwarebytes to delete Playinghome.com pop up advertisements

Get rid of Playinghome.com popups manually is difficult and often the ad supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to run the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your system. Moreover, the free program will allow you to remove malware, potentially unwanted software, toolbars and hijacker infections that your PC system can be infected too.

1. Please download Malwarebytes from the following link.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
   317658 downloads
   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. At the download page, click on the Download button. Your web browser will show the “Save as” dialog box. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
3. Once the downloading process is finished, please close all programs and open windows on your computer. Double-click on the icon that’s called mb3-setup.
4. This will launch the “Setup wizard” of Malwarebytes onto your computer. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
5. When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the Malwarebytes will open and open the main window.
6. Further, press the “Scan Now” button . This will start scanning the whole PC to find out ‘ad supported’ software that causes web browsers to display unwanted Playinghome.com pop up advertisements.
7. When it completes the scan, it’ll display a list of all items found by this utility.
8. All found threats will be marked. You can remove them all by simply press the “Quarantine Selected” button. After disinfection is done, you may be prompted to reboot the PC.
9. Close the Anti-Malware and continue with the next step.

Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.

Scan and clean your computer of ad supported software with AdwCleaner

The AdwCleaner tool is free and easy to use. It may check and remove malware, potentially unwanted software and ‘ad supported’ software in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Microsoft Edge web-browsers and thereby remove all undesired Playinghome.com pop-up advertisements. AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and get rid of harmful registry entries and files that are hidden on the PC system.

Download AdwCleaner by clicking on the following link. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

After downloading is finished, open the file location. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. When the tool is started, you will see a screen as displayed in the figure below.

Further, click “Scan” button It will scan through the whole computer for the ‘ad supported’ software that redirects your internet browser to undesired Playinghome.com site. Depending on your computer, the scan may take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. After that process is complete, the results are displayed in the scan report as displayed in the figure below.

Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will open a dialog box like below.

You need to click “OK”. When disinfection is done, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your machine. When your computer is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

These steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

How to stop Playinghome.com pop-ups

We suggest to install an ad blocker program that can stop Playinghome.com and other undesired sites. The adblocker tool like AdGuard is a program that basically removes advertising from the Web and stops access to malicious pages. Moreover, security experts says that using ad blocking applications is necessary to stay safe when surfing the Internet.

1. Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link. Save it on your Desktop.
   

   Adguard download
   25670 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. When downloading is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. Once the installation is finished, press “Skip” to close the setup application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that 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 personal computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop pop ups, web-pages such Playinghome.com, as well as other harmful 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 icon named AdGuard, that is located on your desktop.

How to prevent Playinghome.com pop ups from getting inside your system

The adware usually spreads bundled with some free software that you download off of the World Wide Web. Once started, it will infect your system and configure your web-browsers to show a lot of annoying Playinghome.com advertisements without your permission. In order to avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other install screens, as well as to always select the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ setup mode, when installing anything downloaded from the Net.

Finish words

Now your system should be clean of the adware which cause undesired Playinghome.com pop-up ads to appear. Uninstall AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop-up ads and unwanted harmful web pages) and Zemana Anti-malware (to periodically scan your personal computer for new browser hijackers, malware and ad-supported software). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of Playinghome.com popups from the Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.