How to remove Bot check pop-up [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Q. Why am I frequently getting Bot check pop-ups no matter what I do? What can I do to stop this madness? Hopefully someone can help.

A. If you are experiencing constant advertising pop-ups, redirects to websites you did not intend to visit, then it is possible that you unintentionally installed Adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) on your personal computer.

What is the purpose of adware? Adware is a form of malicious software which displays undesired ads to the user of a system. The advertisements produced by adware software are sometimes in the form of a advertising link, pop-up or sometimes in an unclosable window.

Aware software run in the background when you’re online, and the adware can slow down your computer and affect its performance. There are programs that can delete adware from your machine and some of them are free and listed below, such as Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM), MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and Hitman Pro.

Therefore it is very important to follow the steps below ASAP. The step-by-step guide will allow you to remove adware software as well as clean your computer from the Bot check pop ups. What is more, the step-by-step guide below will allow you get rid of other malicious apps such as unwanted toolbars and browser hijackers, that can be installed onto computer along with the adware software.

How to remove Bot check pop ups

In the guidance below we will have a look at the adware software and how to get rid of Bot check from MS Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and IE internet browsers for MS Windows OS, natively or by using a few free removal utilities. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your web browser or restart your PC system.

To remove Bot check pop-ups, perform the following steps:

1. Manual Bot check pop-up removal
   • Remove adware through the Microsoft Windows Control Panel
   • Get rid of Bot check pop ups from Mozilla Firefox
   • Delete Bot check pop-ups from Microsoft Internet Explorer
   • Remove Bot check popup from Chrome
2. Run free malware removal tools to completely remove Bot check pop ups
   • Automatically remove Bot check pop ups with Zemana Anti-Malware
   • Scan and clean your system of adware with Hitman Pro
   • Scan and clean your personal computer of adware with MalwareBytes AntiMalware
3. Run AdBlocker to block Bot check and stay safe online
4. How does your PC system get infected with adware software
5. Finish words

Manual Bot check pop-up removal

The few simple steps will help you get rid of Bot check pop ups. These Bot check removal steps work for the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE and MS Edge, as well as every version of OS.

Remove adware through the Microsoft Windows Control Panel

Some potentially unwanted programs, browser hijacking applications and adware software can be removed by uninstalling the freeware they came with. If this way does not succeed, then looking them up in the list of installed applications in Microsoft Windows Control Panel. Use the “Uninstall” command in order to remove them.

Make sure you have closed all internet browsers and other software. Next, uninstall any unrequested and suspicious programs from your Control panel.

Windows 10, 8.1, 8

Now, click the Windows button, type “Control panel” in search and press Enter. Select “Programs and Features”, then “Uninstall a program”.

Look around the entire list of software installed on your personal computer. Most likely, one of them is the adware responsible for redirects to the Bot check. Select the dubious program or the program that name is not familiar to you and remove it.

Windows Vista, 7

From the “Start” menu in Microsoft Windows, select “Control Panel”. Under the “Programs” icon, choose “Uninstall a program”.

Select the questionable or any unknown applications, then click “Uninstall/Change” button to uninstall this unwanted application from your system.

Windows XP

Click the “Start” button, select “Control Panel” option. Click on “Add/Remove Programs”.

Select an undesired application, then click “Change/Remove” button. Follow the prompts.

Get rid of Bot check pop ups from Mozilla Firefox

Resetting Firefox internet browser will reset all the settings to their default values and will remove Bot check pop-ups, malicious add-ons and extensions. However, your saved bookmarks and passwords will not be lost. This will not affect your history, passwords, bookmarks, and other saved data.

Start the Mozilla Firefox and click the menu button (it looks like three stacked lines) at the top right of the internet 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 prompt. The Mozilla Firefox will start a process to fix your problems that caused by the Bot check adware software. After, it’s complete, press the “Finish” button.

Delete Bot check pop-ups from Microsoft Internet Explorer

In order to recover all web browser search engine, homepage and newtab page you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the MS Windows was installed on your system.

First, run the Internet Explorer, 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 displayed in the figure below.

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

After the task is finished, click “Close” button. Close the IE and reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web-browser’s new tab page, search provider and homepage to default state.

Remove Bot check popup from Chrome

Like other modern web browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby recover the internet browser’s settings that have been replaced by the adware software responsible for the Bot check popup.

First start the Google Chrome. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal dots ().

It will open the Chrome menu. Choose More Tools, then click Extensions. Carefully browse through the list of installed addons. If the list has the extension signed with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.

Open the Google Chrome menu once again. Further, press the option named “Settings”.

The web-browser will display the settings screen. Another method to show the Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the browser adress bar and press Enter

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

The Google Chrome will display the confirmation prompt as shown on the image below.

You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The web-browser will start the procedure of cleaning. When it’s finished, the internet browser’s settings including default search provider, newtab page and homepage back to the values that have been when the Chrome was first installed on your PC system.

Run free malware removal tools to completely remove Bot check pop ups

Spyware, adware, PUPs and browser hijackers can be difficult to remove manually. Do not try to delete this programs without the aid of malicious software removal utilities. In order to fully remove adware software from your computer, use professionally developed utilities, such as Zemana Anti Malware, MalwareBytes Free and Hitman Pro.

Automatically remove Bot check pop ups with Zemana Anti-Malware

Zemana Anti-Malware is a utility which can remove adware, PUPs, browser hijackers and other malicious software from your PC easily and for free. Zemana Anti-Malware is compatible with most antivirus software. It works under Microsoft Windows (10 – XP, 32 and 64 bit) and uses minimum of computer resources.

Now you can setup and run Zemana to remove Bot check popup from your browser by following the steps below:

Visit the following page to download Zemana Anti-Malware installer called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup on your computer. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

Start the installation package after it has been downloaded successfully and then follow the prompts to set up this utility on your PC.

During install you can change some settings, but we suggest you do not make any changes to default settings.

When installation is complete, this malware removal utility will automatically start and update itself. You will see its main window as displayed on the screen below.

Now press the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the adware responsible for Bot check pop ups. Depending on your personal computer, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour.

After the scan is complete, Zemana Anti-Malware will produce a list of undesired programs adware. Make sure all items have ‘checkmark’ and press “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti Malware will remove adware responsible for Bot check popups. Once the procedure is done, you can be prompted to reboot your PC to make the change take effect.

Scan and clean your system of adware with Hitman Pro

HitmanPro will help delete adware related to Bot check pop ups that slow down your PC system. The browser hijacker infections, adware and other potentially unwanted apps slow your web-browser down and try to trick you into clicking on dubious advertisements and links. Hitman Pro removes the adware and lets you enjoy your computer without Bot check pop-ups.

Download HitmanPro from the following link.

Download and run HitmanPro on your personal computer. Once started, click “Next” button . HitmanPro utility will start scanning the whole system to find out adware software that responsible for internet browser redirect to the intrusive Bot check web site. While the Hitman Pro application is scanning, you can see count of objects it has identified as threat..

After that process is complete, a list of all threats detected is created.

All found items will be marked. You can remove them all by simply click Next button.

It will open a dialog box, click the “Activate free license” button to start the free 30 days trial to get rid of all malicious software found.

Scan and clean your personal computer of adware with MalwareBytes AntiMalware

Manual Bot check popups removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the adware can be not completely removed. We advise that run the MalwareBytes that are completely free your personal computer of adware. Moreover, the free program will help you to get rid of malware, potentially unwanted apps, browser hijacker infections and toolbars that your computer can be infected too.

Installing the MalwareBytes is simple. First you’ll need to download MalwareBytes Free by clicking on the link below. Save it directly to your Windows Desktop.

After the downloading process is finished, close all programs and windows on your PC system. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called mb3-setup as shown on the screen below.

When the setup starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you setup Malwarebytes on your PC system.

Once installation is done, you will see window as displayed below.

Now press the “Scan Now” button . MalwareBytes AntiMalware utility will begin scanning the whole system to find out adware that responsible for the appearance of Bot check popups. During the scan MalwareBytes will find threats present on your PC.

Once the scan get completed, MalwareBytes Free will open a list of all threats detected by the scan. Review the results once the tool has finished the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes will now begin to remove adware software responsible for redirects to the Bot check. After that process is finished, you may be prompted to restart your computer.

The following video explains few simple steps on how to remove hijacker, adware software and other malicious software with MalwareBytes.

Run AdBlocker to block Bot check and stay safe online

If you surf the Internet, you cannot avoid malvertising. But you can protect your internet browser against it. Download and run an ad-blocking application. AdGuard is an ad blocking that can filter out lots of of the malvertising, stoping dynamic scripts from loading harmful content.

Click the link below to download AdGuard. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

After downloading it, double-click the downloaded file to launch it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen like below.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guidance like below.

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

Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop unwanted ads, block Bot check, as well as other malicious or misleading web sites. 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.

How does your PC system get infected with adware software

In many cases the adware software spreads along with various freeware, as a bonus. Therefore it’s very important at the stage of installing applications downloaded from the Internet carefully review the Terms of use and the License agreement, as well as to always select the Advanced, Custom or Manual install mode. In this method, you can turn off all unwanted add-ons, including this adware software, which will be installed along with the desired application.

Finish words

Now your system should be clean of the adware software that causes multiple intrusive pop-ups. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-ups and unwanted malicious pages) and Zemana (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 Bot check pop ups from the Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, IE and Mozilla Firefox, then ask for help here here.