How to remove Filmsfetcher.com popup ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The adware often change all browser shortcuts that located on your Desktop to force you visit various intrusive ad web sites. As a result, your web browser can still redirect you to an unwanted ad web site despite your PC system is actually clean of adware and other malicious software.

Thus, it is clear that the presence of ‘ad supported’ software on your machine is not desirable, and you need to clean up your PC system as quickly as possible. Follow the instructions below in order to remove Filmsfetcher.com pop-up advertisements.

How to remove Filmsfetcher.com pop ups

Even if you have the up-to-date classic antivirus installed, and you’ve checked your personal computer for malware and removed anything found, you need to do the instructions below. The Filmsfetcher.com redirect removal is not simple as installing another antivirus. Classic antivirus programs are not developed to run together and will conflict with each other, or possibly crash Windows. Instead we advise complete the manual steps below after that use Zemana Free, MalwareBytes Free or AdwCleaner, which are free software dedicated to find and remove ad-supported software that causes browsers to open unwanted Filmsfetcher.com pop up advertisements. Run these tools to ensure the adware is removed.

Manual Filmsfetcher.com redirect removal

Most common ad-supported software may be removed without any antivirus software. The manual adware removal is steps that will teach you how to get rid of the Filmsfetcher.com pop up advertisements.

Remove suspicious programs using Windows Control Panel

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

1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then click Windows button, next press Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then click “Start” button and press “Control Panel”.
3. It will open the Windows Control Panel.
4. Further, press “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. It will open a list of all programs installed on the PC system.
6. Scroll through the all list, and delete suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort applications by date.

See more details in the video tutorial below.

Remove Filmsfetcher.com pop up ads from Google Chrome

Reset Chrome settings is a simple way to remove the browser hijackers, harmful and ‘ad-supported’ extensions, as well as to recover the internet browser’s startpage, new tab and default search provider that have been changed by ad supported software that causes unwanted Filmsfetcher.com pop-up ads.

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will show the drop-down menu. Next, click to “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 displayed on the screen below and click the “Reset settings” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Remove Filmsfetcher.com popup ads from IE

In order to recover all web-browser home page, newtab and search provider by default you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the Windows was installed on your computer.

First, open the Internet Explorer. Next, click the button in the form of gear (). It will display the Tools drop-down menu, press the “Internet Options” like 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 displayed on the image below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.

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

Remove Filmsfetcher.com from FF by resetting internet browser settings

The FF reset will keep your personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, web form auto-fill data, recover preferences and security settings, remove redirections to unwanted Filmsfetcher.com web site and adware.

Click the Menu button (looks like three horizontal lines), and click the blue Help icon located at the bottom of the drop down menu as shown on the image below.

A small menu will appear, click the “Troubleshooting Information”. On this page, click “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed on the screen below.

Follow the onscreen procedure to restore your Firefox browser settings to its original state.

Fix internet browser shortcuts, altered by adware

Once the ‘ad supported’ software is started, it can also modify the browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument like “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you open the internet browser, it will display an intrusive web-site.

Open the properties of the browser shortcut. Right click on the shortcut of infected browser and select the “Properties” option and it will display the properties of the shortcut. Next, choose the “Shortcut” tab and have a look at the Target field like below.

Normally, if the last word in the Target field is chrome.exe, iexplore.exe, firefox.exe. Be sure to pay attention to the extension, should be “exe”! All shortcuts that have been modified by adware like Filmsfetcher.com usually point to .bat, .cmd or .url files instead of .exe as displayed below

Another variant, an address has been added at the end of the line. In this case the Target field looks like …Application\chrome.exe” http://site.address as on the image below.

In order to fix a shortcut, you need to insert right path to the Target field or remove an address (if it has been added at the end). You can use the following information to fix your shortcuts that have been changed by adware.

Chrome	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Mozilla Firefox	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Internet Explorer	C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Opera	C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe
	C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe

Once is complete, click OK to save changes. Repeat the step for all web browsers which are redirected to the Filmsfetcher.com intrusive web-site.

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Once installed, the ad-supported software can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you launch your machine, it will open Filmsfetcher.com annoying web-page. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all harmful tasks which have been created by malicious program.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard together. It will display a prompt which 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 in the following example.

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 delete this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it’s a component of the ‘ad-supported’ applications, then this task also should be removed.

Further press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as on the image below.

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

How to automatically get rid of Filmsfetcher.com pop up advertisements

If your system is still infected with ‘ad supported’ software that causes a large amount of unwanted Filmsfetcher.com advertisements, then the best solution of detection and removal is to run an anti-malware scan on the machine. Download free malware removal tools below and start a full system scan. It will allow you remove all components of the adware from hardisk and Windows registry.

Scan and free your web-browser of Filmsfetcher.com popups with Zemana Anti-malware

We suggest using the Zemana Anti-malware. You can download and install Zemana Anti-malware to scan for ‘ad supported’ software and thereby remove Filmsfetcher.com popups from the Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers. When installed and updated, the malicious software remover will automatically scan and detect all threats exist on your computer.

Download Zemana AntiMalware from the link below. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop or in any other place.

When the download is finished, close all software and windows on your machine. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup as displayed below.

When the installation begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you set up Zemana Free on your computer.

Once installation is finished, you will see window as shown in the figure below.

Now press the “Scan” button to start checking your personal computer for the ‘ad supported’ software that cause annoying Filmsfetcher.com pop-up ads to appear. This process may take some time, so please be patient. During the scan Zemana Free will detect all threats present on your PC.

Once the scan get completed, a list of all threats detected is produced. You may move items to Quarantine (all selected by default) by simply press “Next” button.

The Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will delete ad-supported software that causes a ton of unwanted Filmsfetcher.com pop up ads and add threats to the Quarantine.

Scan and free your PC of adware with Malwarebytes

We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install Malwarebytes to scan for adware and thereby remove Filmsfetcher.com redirect from your internet browsers. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the machine.

Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware from the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

Once the download is done, close all windows on your machine. Further, launch the file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown in the figure below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” that will assist you install MalwareBytes Free on the machine. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, press Finish button. Then MalwareBytes Anti Malware will automatically start and you can see its main window as on the image below.

Next, click the “Scan Now” button for checking your computer for the adware which made to redirect your internet browser to various ad sites like Filmsfetcher.com. This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes application is scanning, you can see how many objects it has identified as threat.

When MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) has completed scanning your PC system, MalwareBytes will display a list of all items found by the scan. In order to delete all items, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes AntiMalware will get rid of adware that causes lots of intrusive Filmsfetcher.com popup ads and move threats to the program’s quarantine. Once that process is finished, you can be prompted to reboot your personal computer. We recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes Free to delete hijackers, adware and other malware.

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 malicious software, potentially unwanted software and ad supported software in Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and IE web browsers and thereby remove all intrusive Filmsfetcher.com popup advertisements. AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove harmful registry entries and files that are hidden on the system.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below. Save it on your MS Windows desktop or in any other place.

Once downloading is done, open the file location. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. When the utility is started, you will see a screen like below.

Further, click “Scan” button to begin checking your system for the ‘ad supported’ software that causes a large amount of undesired Filmsfetcher.com popup ads. After the scan get finished, a list of all items found is produced as displayed on the screen below.

Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and press “Clean” button. It will open a prompt as displayed on the screen below.

You need to click “OK”. After finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your personal computer. When your PC is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

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

Block Filmsfetcher.com redirect and other unwanted web pages

Run an ad-blocker utility like AdGuard will protect you from harmful ads and content. Moreover, you may find that the AdGuard have an option to protect your privacy and stop phishing and spam web-sites. Additionally, ad blocking programs will allow you to avoid intrusive popup ads and unverified links that also a good way to stay safe online.

Download AdGuard application from the link below and save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.

After the downloading process is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.

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

You can click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or click “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 run your personal computer, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-up advertisements, sites such Filmsfetcher.com, as well as other harmful or misleading web-sites. 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 may be found on your desktop.

How does your system get infected with Filmsfetcher.com redirect

The ad supported software usually come bundled with another program in the same setup package. The risk of this is especially high for the various free programs downloaded from the Internet. The developers of the programs are hoping that users will run the quick setup mode, that is simply to click the Next button, without paying attention to the information on the screen and don’t carefully considering every step of the setup procedure. Thus, the ad-supported software can infiltrate your computer without your knowledge. Therefore, it’s very important to read all the information that tells the program during installation, including the ‘Terms of Use’ and ‘Software license’. Use only the Manual, Custom or Advanced setup mode. This mode will help you to disable all optional and unwanted software and components.

Finish words

Now your computer should be clean of the adware which causes undesired Filmsfetcher.com pop-ups. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop up advertisements and annoying malicious web-sites) and Zemana (to periodically scan your PC for new adwares and other malicious 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 delete Filmsfetcher.com redirect from the Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.