How to remove Addictedtomovies.co pop up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Technically, the adware is not a virus, but it does bad things, it generates lots of pop up advertisements. It may download and install on to your system other harmful and unwanted applications without your permission, force you to visit misleading or harmful web-sites. Moreover, the ad-supported software can install internet browser hijacker. Once installed, it will modify your web-browser setting such as home page, new tab page and default search provider with an unwanted site.

The adware can change the settings of the Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and MS Edge, but often that a malicious software like this can also infect all types of web browsers by changing their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user each time launch the internet browser to see the unwanted Addictedtomovies.co web-site.

The tutorial below explaining steps to delete Addictedtomovies.co pop up advertisements problem. Feel free to use it for removal of the ‘ad supported’ software that may attack Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge and other popular web browsers. The steps will help you get rid of adware and thereby clean your internet browser from all annoying ads.

How to remove Addictedtomovies.co pop-up ads

In the step by step tutorial below, we’ll try to cover the Chrome, FF, IE and MS Edge and provide general help to remove Addictedtomovies.co pop-up ads. You may find some minor differences in your Windows install. No matter, you should be okay if you follow the steps outlined below: remove all suspicious and unknown software, reset internet browsers settings, fix web browsers shortcuts, remove harmful scheduled tasks, run free malicious software removal tools. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to exit your web-browser or restart your PC.

Manual Addictedtomovies.co pop ups removal

These steps to delete Addictedtomovies.co pop-ups without any software are presented below. Be sure to carry out the step-by-step instructions completely to fully remove this ad-supported software that causes a large amount of annoying Addictedtomovies.co popup advertisements.

Uninstall ad supported software through the MS Windows Control Panel

First, go to Windows Control Panel and uninstall suspicious programs, all programs you do not remember installing. It is important to pay the most attention to software you installed just before Addictedtomovies.co pop up advertisements appeared on your web browser. If you do not know what a program does, look for the answer on the Internet.

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

See more details in the video tutorial below.

Disinfect the web browser’s shortcuts to remove Addictedtomovies.co redirect

Important to know, most anti malware applications that are able to get rid of ad supported software, but unable to scan for and recover modified shortcuts. So, you need to fix the desktop shortcuts for your Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge web-browsers manually.

Right click on the shortcut of infected browser as displayed on the screen below.

Select the “Properties” option and it will show a shortcut’s properties. Next, click the “Shortcut” tab and then delete the “http://site.address” string from Target field as shown in the figure below.

Then press OK to save changes. Repeat the step for all web-browsers which are re-directed to the Addictedtomovies.co annoying page.

Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Once installed, the adware can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you launch your personal computer, it will display Addictedtomovies.co annoying site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and get rid of all harmful tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ applications.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time. It will show a dialog box that 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”, 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 display 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 get rid of this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it is a component of the ‘ad-supported’ programs, then this task also should be removed.

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

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ programs. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.

Remove Addictedtomovies.co pop-ups from Google Chrome

Run the Reset internet browser tool of the Chrome to reset all its settings such as start page, new tab page and search provider by default to original defaults. This is a very useful tool to use, in the case of internet browser redirects to annoying ad web-pages like Addictedtomovies.co.

1. First launch the Google Chrome and click Menu button (small button in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will display the Google Chrome main menu. Select “Settings” option.
3. You will see the Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and click “Show advanced settings” link.
4. Scroll down again and press the “Reset settings” button.
5. The 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 browser’s home page, new tab page 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 Addictedtomovies.co pop-up ads from Internet Explorer

In order to restore all browser new tab page, home page and search engine by default you need to reset the Microsoft Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the Microsoft Windows was installed on your personal computer.

First, open the Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon . It will display the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the internet browser, then press the “Internet Options” as shown in the figure below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box. Further, press the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, click the “Reset” button as displayed on the screen below.

After the process is done, click “Close” button. Close the IE and reboot your system for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web-browser’s start page, newtab and default search engine to default state.

Delete Addictedtomovies.co popups from FF

If the Mozilla Firefox web browser program is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring Firefox settings like homepage, new tab page and default search provider to its default state. It will save your personal information like saved passwords, bookmarks, and open tabs.

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

It will display the confirmation prompt. Further, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will begin a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the adware that causes browsers to display annoying Addictedtomovies.co pop up ads. Once, it is finished, click the “Finish” button.

Addictedtomovies.co ads automatic removal

In order to completely get rid of Addictedtomovies.co, you not only need to remove adware from your PC system, but also remove all its components in your PC including Windows registry entries. We recommend to download and use free removal tools to automatically free your system of ad supported software that redirects your browser to intrusive Addictedtomovies.co web page.

How to delete Addictedtomovies.co pop-up ads with Zemana Anti-malware

Zemana Anti-malware highly recommended, because it can find security threats such adware and adwares that most ‘classic’ antivirus software fail to pick up on. Moreover, if you have any Addictedtomovies.co ads 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 from the link below. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

Once downloading is complete, close all applications and windows on your personal computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup like below.

When the installation begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Zemana on your machine.

Once installation is complete, you will see window as on the image below.

Now press the “Scan” button to begin checking your PC system for the ad supported software that reroutes your browser to annoying Addictedtomovies.co web-page. While the utility is scanning, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned.

As the scanning ends, the results are displayed in the scan report. You may move items to Quarantine (all selected by default) by simply press “Next” button.

The Zemana will remove adware which causes intrusive Addictedtomovies.co ads.

Scan and free your computer of adware with Malwarebytes

Get rid of Addictedtomovies.co redirect manually is difficult and often the ad-supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we advise you to use the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your machine. Moreover, the free program will allow you to get rid of malware, potentially unwanted programs, toolbars and hijackers that your system can be infected too.

Download MalwareBytes Free by clicking on the following link. Save it on your MS Windows desktop.

After the download is finished, close all applications and windows on your machine. Double-click the setup file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up as shown on the screen below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” which will help you install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) on your computer. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.

Once setup is finished successfully, click Finish button. MalwareBytes will automatically start and you can see its main screen as on the image below.

Now press the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the adware that made to reroute your web browser to various ad pages such as Addictedtomovies.co. This procedure may take quite a while, so please be patient.

When the system scan is finished, you can check all threats found on your machine. Review the report and then click “Quarantine Selected” button. The MalwareBytes will delete adware that cause unwanted Addictedtomovies.co advertisements to appear. Once the task is finished, you may be prompted to restart the machine.

We suggest you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes to remove ad supported software, browser hijacker infection and other malicious software.

Scan your system and remove Addictedtomovies.co advertisements with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a free removal tool that may be downloaded and use to remove ‘ad supported’ software that causes a lot of undesired Addictedtomovies.co pop ups, hijackers, malware, potentially unwanted programs, toolbars and other threats from your system. You can use this utility to scan for threats even if you have an antivirus or any other security application.

1. Download AdwCleaner from the link below. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop.
   
   

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2. Select the folder in which you saved it as Desktop, and then click Save.
3. After the download is done, run the AdwCleaner, double-click the adwcleaner_xxx.exe file.
4. If the “User Account Control” prompts, press Yes to continue.
5. Read the “Terms of use”, and click Accept.
6. In the AdwCleaner window, press the “Scan” . AdwCleaner tool will begin scanning the whole PC to find out adware that cause unwanted Addictedtomovies.co popups to appear. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the AdwCleaner utility is scanning, you may see number of objects it has identified as being infected by malicious software.
7. Once AdwCleaner completes the scan, AdwCleaner will display a list of all threats detected by the scan. In order to delete all threats, simply press “Clean”. If the AdwCleaner will ask you to restart your computer, press “OK”.

The few simple steps shown in detail in the following video.

Stop Addictedtomovies.co pop-up advertisements and other annoying web sites

Running an ad blocking program like AdGuard is an effective way to alleviate the risks. Additionally, ad-blocking applications will also protect you from harmful advertisements and web sites, and, of course, block redirection chain to Addictedtomovies.co and similar web pages.

Download AdGuard application from the following link and save it to your Desktop.

When downloading is complete, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as displayed below.

Follow the prompts. When the installation is finished, you will see a window as shown in the following example.

You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will allow you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your PC system, AdGuard will start automatically and stop ads, web pages such Addictedtomovies.co, as well as other malicious 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 AdGuard icon, which can be found on your desktop.

How was advertisements ad supported software installed on PC

Most often, the adware is bundled within the setup files from a free hosting and file sharing sites. So, install a freeware is a a good chance that you will find a bundled ad supported software. If you don’t know how to avoid it, then use a simple trick. During the setup, choose the Custom or Advanced install option. Next, click ‘Decline’ button and clear all checkboxes on offers that ask you to install optional applications. Moreover, please carefully read Term of use and User agreement before installing any programs or otherwise you can end up with another unwanted application on your PC system like this adware that causes web browsers to show unwanted Addictedtomovies.co pop-ups.

To sum up

Once you’ve finished the step-by-step guide above, your PC should be clean from this adware and other malicious software. The Chrome, IE, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge will no longer open undesired Addictedtomovies.co web-site when you surf the Internet. Unfortunately, if the tutorial does not help you, then you have caught a new ‘ad supported’ software, and then the best way – ask for help.

Please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the annoying Addictedtomovies.co pop-up ads.