How to remove Traffic-speed.com redirect [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

If your IE, MS Edge, Chrome and Mozilla Firefox constantly redirects to the Traffic-speed.com then most likely that your personal computer has become a victim of the adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software).

Ad supported software is undesired software that shows popup and notification-style advertisements based on your’s browsing history. Adware may hijack the ads of other companies with its own. Most often, adware will track your surfing habits and report this info to its authors.

The adware which causes intrusive Traffic-speed.com pop up advertisements, is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. It modifies web-browser settings and blocks them from changing. Also the ad-supported software can install additional internet browser extensions and modules that will inject sponsored links within the Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer’s screen. Moreover, the ad-supported software may install a browser extension that once started, will alter the web-browser’s start page and search engine.

The worst is, the ad-supported software can analyze your surfing, and gain access to your privacy information and, afterwards, can transfer it third party companies. Thus, there are more than enough reasons to remove Traffic-speed.com pop up advertisements from your computer.

Therefore it’s very important to follow the few simple steps below immediately. The few simple steps will help you to remove adware as well as clean your computer from the Traffic-speed.com pop-ups. What is more, the few simple steps below will help you remove other malicious programs such as unwanted toolbars and browser hijackers, that can be installed onto computer along with the adware.

Remove Traffic-speed.com pop-ups

The answer is right here on this web page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will help you easily to clean your PC system of adware that responsible for browser redirect to the undesired Traffic-speed.com page. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal solution. If you are familiar with the computer then use manual removal, otherwise use the free anti-malware utility created specifically to get rid of ad-supported software. Of course, you can combine both methods. Some of the steps below will require you to exit this web-site. So, please read the few simple steps carefully, after that bookmark or print it for later reference.

To remove Traffic-speed.com, use the following steps:

1. Remove suspicious programs using MS Windows Control Panel
2. Remove Traffic-speed.com pop ups from Chrome
3. Get rid of Traffic-speed.com pop-up ads from Internet Explorer
4. Remove Traffic-speed.com redirect from Firefox
5. Traffic-speed.com pop-ups automatic removal
6. Block Traffic-speed.com and other undesired webpages

How to remove Traffic-speed.com pop-ups without any software

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually remove Traffic-speed.com advertisements from the Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you do not want to remove ad-supported software in the manually due to the fact that you are not skilled at computer, then you can run free removal utilities listed below.

Remove suspicious programs using MS Windows Control Panel

First, go to Windows Control Panel and uninstall questionable software, all programs you don’t remember installing. It is important to pay the most attention to apps you installed just before Traffic-speed.com redirect appeared on your browser. If you don’t know what a program does, look for the answer on the Web.

It will show the Windows Control Panel as on the image below.

Next, press “Uninstall a program”
It will display a list of all software installed on your machine. Scroll through the all list, and delete any suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort applications by date in the Control panel.

Remove Traffic-speed.com pop ups from Chrome

Like other modern internet browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby recover the internet browser’s settings such as startpage, search provider and new tab page that have been replaced by the adware which causes annoying Traffic-speed.com popup ads.

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal dotes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Select More Tools, then press Extensions.

Carefully browse through the list of installed plugins. If the list has the plugin labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guidance: Remove Google Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy otherwise, just go to the step below.

Open the Google Chrome main menu again, click to “Settings” option.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, like below and press the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.

Confirm your action, press the “Reset” button.

Get rid of Traffic-speed.com pop-up ads from Internet Explorer

By resetting Microsoft Internet Explorer browser you restore your web browser settings to its default state. This is good initial when troubleshooting problems that might have been caused by adware which redirects your internet browser to unwanted Traffic-speed.com page.

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

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

After the procedure is finished, click “Close” button. Close the Internet Explorer and restart your computer for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web browser’s newtab page, search engine by default and start page to default state.

Remove Traffic-speed.com pop up ads from Firefox

Resetting Firefox browser will reset all the settings to their default state and will remove Traffic-speed.com advertisements, malicious add-ons and extensions. When using the reset feature, your personal information like passwords, bookmarks, browsing history and web form auto-fill data will be saved.

Start the Mozilla Firefox and click the menu button (it looks like three stacked lines) at the top right of the web browser screen. Next, click the question-mark icon at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It will open the slide-out menu.

Select the “Troubleshooting information”. If you are 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 displayed 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 start a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the Traffic-speed.com ad-supported software. Once, it is finished, click the “Finish” button.

Traffic-speed.com pop-ups automatic removal

If you are not expert at computer technology, then all your attempts to get rid of Traffic-speed.com ads by following the manual steps above might result in failure. To find and remove all of the ad-supported software related files and registry entries that keep this ad supported software on your PC system, use free anti malware software like Zemana, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) and HitmanPro from our list below.

How to remove Traffic-speed.com redirect with Zemana

Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) is a lightweight tool that made to use alongside your antivirus software, detecting and removing malware, ad-supported software and PUPs that other programs miss. Zemana AntiMalware is easy to use, fast, does not use many resources and have great detection and removal rates.

Please go to the link below to download Zemana Anti-Malware. Save it on your MS Windows desktop or in any other place.

When downloading is done, close all software and windows on your machine. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup like below.

When the install begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Zemana on your PC system.

Once installation is complete, you will see window as shown in the following example.

Now press the “Scan” button . Zemana Anti-Malware tool will begin scanning the whole PC to find out ad supported software that causes multiple annoying pop up advertisements. A system scan may take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your computer. While the Zemana is checking, you can see number of objects it has identified either as being malware.

Once the scan get completed, Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will display you the results. When you’re ready, click “Next” button.

The Zemana will get rid of ad-supported software that causes annoying Traffic-speed.com popup ads.

Block Traffic-speed.com and other undesired webpages

To put it simply, you need to use an ad blocker utility (AdGuard, for example). It’ll block and protect you from all annoying web-sites like Traffic-speed.com, ads and pop-ups. To be able to do that, the ad-blocker application uses a list of filters. Each filter is a rule that describes a malicious web-page, an advertising content, a banner and others. The ad-blocker program automatically uses these filters, depending on the pages you are visiting.

Visit the following page to download AdGuard. Save it directly to your MS Windows Desktop.

Once the download is done, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as displayed on the screen below.

Follow the prompts. When the installation is complete, you will see a window as displayed in the figure below.

You can click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or press “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 start your computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block unwanted ads, Traffic-speed.com, as well as other harmful or misleading web 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 may be found on your desktop.

Don’t know how your web browser has been hijacked by adware?

The adware usually is bundled with various free software. Most commonly, it may be bundled within the setup packages from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar sites. So, you should run any files downloaded from the Net with great caution, read the User agreement, Software license and Terms of use. In the process of installing a new application, you should choose a Manual, Advanced or Custom install option to control what components and optional software to be installed, otherwise you run the risk of infecting your system with an adware.

Finish words

Now your personal computer should be free of the ad supported software that cause intrusive Traffic-speed.com popups to appear. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop up advertisements and intrusive harmful webpages) and Zemana Free (to periodically scan your computer for new adwares and other malware). 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 remove Traffic-speed.com popup ads from the Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer, then ask for help here here.