Have you become that your internet browser randomly displays Jmrdrct.com, instead of the one you want to see? It is a sign that you have an installed adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) on your PC system. The adware is a part of harmful software that designed to display a large amount of unwanted popups. Use the guide below ASAP. It’ll clear your PC system from adware that generates tons of pop up ads in the web browser and thereby remove the reroute to Jmrdrct.com web site.
Technically, the ad supported software is not a virus, but it does bad things, it generates a large amount of popups. It may download and install on to your personal computer other malicious and unwanted software without your permission, force you to visit misleading or malicious web-pages. Moreover, the adware can install web-browser hijacker. Once installed, it’ll change your web browser setting like startpage, newtab page and default search engine with an unwanted page.
In addition to that, as was mentioned earlier, some adware to also modify all web-browsers shortcuts which located on your Desktop or Start menu. So, every infected shortcut will try to reroute your web-browser to undesired ad pages like Jmrdrct.com, certain of which might be malicious. It can make the whole PC more vulnerable to hacker attacks.
We strongly advise that you perform the step-by-step tutorial below which will help you to remove Jmrdrct.com pop-up ads using the standard features of Windows and some proven free programs.
Remove Jmrdrct.com redirect
There are several steps to removing the ‘ad supported’ software that causes browsers to open unwanted Jmrdrct.com ads, because it installs itself so deeply into Microsoft Windows. You need to delete all suspicious and unknown applications, then remove malicious addons from the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge and other web-browsers you’ve installed. Finally, you need to reset your browser settings to remove any changes the ad supported software has made, and then scan your PC system with Zemana Free, MalwareBytes or AdwCleaner to ensure the ad supported software is fully removed. It will take a while.
How to remove Jmrdrct.com pop-up advertisements without any software
The useful removal tutorial for the Jmrdrct.com redirect. 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 Jmrdrct.com popup advertisements let us know how you managed by sending us your comments please.
Uninstall potentially unwanted programs through the Microsoft Windows Control Panel
We recommend that you begin 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 applications such as ad-supported software and hijackers may be bundled with freeware. Delete the unwanted applications can remove the undesired advertisements or web-browser redirect.
Windows 10, 8.1, 8
Click the Microsoft Windows logo, and then click Search . Type ‘Control panel’and press Enter as displayed in the figure below.
When the ‘Control Panel’ opens, click the ‘Uninstall a program’ link under Programs category as on the image below.
Windows 7, Vista, XP
Open Start menu and select the ‘Control Panel’ at right as displayed on the screen below.
Then go to ‘Add/Remove Programs’ or ‘Uninstall a program’ (Windows 7 or Vista) as shown on the image below.
Carefully browse through the list of installed programs and delete all applications that has the name like “Jmrdrct.com”. We suggest to press ‘Installed programs’ and even sorts all installed applications by date. Once you have found anything suspicious that may be the adware, adware or PUPs, then select this program and press ‘Uninstall’ in the upper part of the window. If the suspicious program blocked from removal, then use Revo Uninstaller Freeware to fully remove it from your computer.
Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
If the unwanted Jmrdrct.com page 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 your keyboard at the same time. It will open a prompt which 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, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as displayed on the screen 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, press the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something like “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 is a component of the malicious applications, then this task also should be removed.
Further click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown in the following example.
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by adware. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.
Get rid of Jmrdrct.com popups from Internet Explorer
By resetting Internet Explorer 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 that causes unwanted Jmrdrct.com pop up advertisements.
First, run the IE. Next, click the button in the form of gear (). It will open the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” as displayed in the following example.
In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as displayed in the following example. 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 Jmrdrct.com pop-ups from Google Chrome
Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to delete the ad supported software, harmful and adware extensions, as well as to restore the web-browser’s newtab, start page and search provider by default that have been modified by ad-supported software which cause undesired Jmrdrct.com advertisements to appear.
- First, launch the Google Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
- It will display the Google Chrome main menu, press the “Settings” menu.
- Next, click “Show advanced settings” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
- On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, press the “Reset settings” button.
- The Google Chrome will display the reset settings prompt as shown on the screen above.
- Confirm the web-browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
- To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Remove Jmrdrct.com pop-up ads from Firefox
If the Firefox settings like startpage, newtab and search provider by default have been modified by the ad-supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help.
Start the Firefox and press the menu button (it looks like three stacked lines) at the top right of the browser screen. Next, click the question-mark icon at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It will display the slide-out menu.
Select the “Troubleshooting information”. If you’re unable to access the Help menu, then type “about:support” in your address bar and press Enter. It bring up the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown on the screen below.
Click the “Refresh Firefox” button at the top right of the Troubleshooting Information page. Select “Refresh Firefox” in the confirmation dialog box. The Firefox will begin a task to fix your problems that caused by the adware which redirects your web-browser to undesired Jmrdrct.com web-site. When, it is finished, click the “Finish” button.
Fix browser shortcuts, modified by adware
Now you need to clean up the internet browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the internet browser, and not on any unknown file.
To clear the internet 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 such as “http://site.address” that has been added here. You need to delete it.
When the text is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your internet browsers, as they may be infected too.
Run free malware removal tools to completely get rid of Jmrdrct.com pop-ups
Manual removal is not always as effective as you might think. Often, even the most experienced users can not completely delete ad-supported software that causes a large amount of annoying Jmrdrct.com pop-up advertisements. So, we suggest to scan your PC system for any remaining malicious components with free ad-supported software removal applications below.
Automatically get rid of Jmrdrct.com pop up advertisements with Zemana Anti-malware
Zemana Anti-malware highly recommended, because it can detect security threats such ad supported software and ad supported softwares which most ‘classic’ antivirus software fail to pick up on. Moreover, if you have any Jmrdrct.com popups removal problems which cannot be fixed by this tool automatically, then Zemana Anti-malware provides 24X7 online assistance from the highly experienced support staff.
Download Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) by clicking on the following link. Save it on your MS Windows desktop.
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Author: Zemana Ltd
Category: Security tools
Update: July 16, 2019
Once the download is complete, close all windows on your computer. Further, open the install file named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as displayed on the screen below, click the “Yes” button.
It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Zemana on the computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
Once installation is finished successfully, Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will automatically start and you can see its main window as shown on the image below.
Next, click the “Scan” button to begin checking your computer for the adware which cause intrusive Jmrdrct.com popup advertisements to appear. This process can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the Zemana is scanning, you can see how many objects it has identified either as being malicious software.
After the scan is finished, you can check all threats found on your computer. In order to remove all items, simply click “Next” button.
The Zemana Free will remove adware which made to redirect your web-browser to various ad web sites such as Jmrdrct.com and add threats to the Quarantine. Once the clean-up is finished, you may be prompted to reboot your PC.
Scan and free your personal computer of adware with Malwarebytes
We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install Malwarebytes to scan for ad-supported software and thereby remove Jmrdrct.com pop up advertisements from your web browsers. When installed and updated, the free malicious software remover will automatically check and detect all threats exist on the computer.
- Please download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware by clicking on the following link and save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.
Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020
- At the download page, click on the Download button. Your internet browser will open the “Save as” prompt. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
- After the download is finished, please close all applications and open windows on your system. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
- This will launch the “Setup wizard” of MalwareBytes onto your PC system. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
- When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will run and show the main window.
- Further, press the “Scan Now” button for scanning your machine for the ad supported software which causes undesired Jmrdrct.com popups. This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes is checking, you may see how many objects it has identified either as being malicious software.
- Once the scanning is complete, you’ll be shown the list of all found items on your PC.
- Next, you need to click the “Quarantine Selected” button. Once disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the PC system.
- Close the AntiMalware and continue with the next step.
Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.
Use AdwCleaner to get rid of Jmrdrct.com pop up advertisements from web browser
AdwCleaner is a free portable program that scans your system for adware that causes lots of intrusive Jmrdrct.com advertisements, PUPs and browser hijackers and helps remove them easily. Moreover, it’ll also help you remove any malicious web-browser extensions and add-ons.
- Download AdwCleaner on your PC system by clicking on the link below.
AdwCleaner download
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Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024
- Select the folder in which you saved it as Desktop, and then click Save.
- When the downloading process is finished, run the AdwCleaner, double-click the adwcleaner_xxx.exe file.
- If the “User Account Control” prompts, press Yes to continue.
- Read the “Terms of use”, and press Accept.
- In the AdwCleaner window, click the “Scan” . AdwCleaner utility will begin scanning the whole system to find out ad-supported software that causes multiple intrusive popup ads. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your computer and the speed of your PC system. While the AdwCleaner is checking, you can see count of objects it has identified either as being malware.
- As the scanning ends, AdwCleaner will open you the results. All found items will be marked. You can remove them all by simply click “Clean”. If the AdwCleaner will ask you to restart your PC system, click “OK”.
The guidance shown in detail in the following video.
How to stop Jmrdrct.com pop-ups
By installing an ad-blocker program such as AdGuard, you’re able to stop Jmrdrct.com, autoplaying video ads and delete lots of distracting and annoying ads on web-pages.
Download AdGuard program from the link below.
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Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
After the downloading process is finished, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.
Follow the prompts. After the install is finished, you will see a window like below.
You can press “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will allow 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 system, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop ups, web-sites such Jmrdrct.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, that is located on your desktop.
How did Jmrdrct.com advertisements get on your system
The ad-supported software usually spreads as a part of various freeware. In many cases, it can be bundled within the installers from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar pages. So, you should run any files downloaded from the Web with great caution, read the User agreement, Software license and Terms of use. In the process of installing a new program, you should choose a Manual, Advanced or Custom installation mode to control what components and additional software to be installed, otherwise you run the risk of infecting your system with an ad supported software that causes annoying Jmrdrct.com pop up ads.
Finish words
Now your system should be free of the ad supported software that causes annoying Jmrdrct.com pop-up advertisements. Uninstall AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep Zemana Free (to periodically scan your machine for new ad supported softwares and other malicious software) and AdGuard (to help you stop intrusive pop-ups and malicious web-pages). Moreover, to prevent ‘ad supported’ softwares, please stay clear of unknown and third party programs, make sure that your antivirus application, turn on the option to scan for PUPs (potentially unwanted programs).
If you need more help with Jmrdrct.com pop-up advertisements related issues, go to our Spyware/Malware removal forum.