Q. I’ve unwanted Stream2watch ads on my web-browser. Any ideas how to remove them, they just wont go away! I do not have any web browser extensions downloaded. Thank you for any help you give me.
A. Is your web-browser acting weird by displaying unwanted advertisements or opening dubious web-pages automatically? This is a sign of an adware attack. Adware is short for ‘ad supported’ software. Additionally, some malware has adware software built into the program. Adware displays undesired advertisements that appear in pop ups or in-text links on internet browser. In order to show unwanted adverts as often as possible adware can modify your internet browser settings. You may even find that your personal computer settings are hijacked without your conscious permission. The developers of adware do so in order to make revenue via third-party ad network. Thus every your click on the adverts makes money for them.
Stream2watch is a streaming service that allows users to watch sports live for free. It uses the browser notification feature to force you and other users into subscribing to push notifications. If you click on the ‘Allow’ button, then your browser will be configured to show intrusive adverts on your desktop, even when you are not using the internet browser. The push notifications will promote ‘free’ online games, free ‘gifts’, web browser extensions, and so on as displayed below.
If you’re receiving browser notification spam, you can remove Stream2watch pop-up ads by going into your internet browser’s settings, then ‘Notifications’ settings (locate Stream2watch and remove it) or following the Stream2watch removal instructions below. Once you delete Stream2watch subscription, the push notifications will no longer appear on the screen.
Threat Summary
| Name | Stream2watch |
| Type | browser notification spam, adware, pop-ups, pop-up advertisements, pop-up virus |
| Symptoms |
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| Removal | Stream2watch ads removal guide |
How to remove Stream2watch pop-ups, ads, notifications (Removal steps)
It is possible to remove Stream2watch pop-ups manually. But we suggest to combine all these solutions below into the one removal algorithm. Follow the steps of the instructions. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your web-browser or reboot your PC system.
To remove Stream2watch pop up ads, complete the following steps:
- Manual Stream2watch pop up ads removal
- How to remove adware with free programs
- How to block Stream2watch pop-up ads
Manual Stream2watch pop up ads removal
To remove Stream2watch advertisements, adware and other unwanted apps you can try to do so manually. Unfortunately some of the adware won’t show up in your program list, but some adware software may. In this case, you may be able to get rid of it through the uninstall function of your machine. You can do this by completing the steps below.
Remove PUPs through the Windows Control Panel
When troubleshooting a computer, one common step is go to MS Windows Control Panel and remove suspicious programs. The same approach will be used in the removal of unwanted pop-up ads. Please use instructions based on your Microsoft Windows version.
Press Windows button 
, then click Search 
. Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then press “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will show the Windows Control Panel as displayed on the screen below.
Further, press “Uninstall a program” 
It will open a list of all applications installed on your computer. Scroll through the all list, and remove any questionable and unknown applications.
Remove Stream2watch pop ups from IE
The Microsoft Internet Explorer reset is great if your browser is hijacked or you have unwanted addo-ons or toolbars on your web browser, that installed by an malicious software.
First, start the Microsoft Internet Explorer, click 
) button. Next, press “Internet Options” as on the image below.
In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the Reset Internet Explorer settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.
You will now need to restart your system for the changes to take effect. It will remove annoying Stream2watch ads, disable malicious and ad-supported web browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s settings like default search provider, homepage and new tab to default state.
Remove Stream2watch from Mozilla Firefox by resetting web-browser settings
This step will help you delete Stream2watch pop ups, third-party toolbars, disable harmful addons and revert back your default home page, new tab page and search engine settings.
Launch the 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 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 displayed in the following example.
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 adware. When, it is complete, click the “Finish” button.
Remove Stream2watch pop-up advertisements from Chrome
The adware can change your Google Chrome settings without your knowledge. You may see an undesired webpage as your search engine or homepage, additional plugins and toolbars. Reset Chrome browser will help you to remove Stream2watch popup advertisements and reset the unwanted changes caused by adware. It will keep your personal information such as browsing history, bookmarks, passwords and web form auto-fill data.
- First, run the Google Chrome and press the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
- It will open the Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
- You will see the list of installed extensions. If the list has the addon labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guidance: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
- Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
- Next, press “Advanced” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
- On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
- The Google Chrome will show the reset settings dialog box as on the image above.
- Confirm the browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
- To learn more, read the article How to reset Chrome settings to default.
How to remove adware with free programs
Many antivirus companies have developed programs that help detect adware and thereby delete unwanted ads from the IE, Edge, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web-browsers. Below is a a few of the free applications you may want to run. Your personal computer can have lots of potentially unwanted apps, adware and hijackers installed at the same time, so we suggest, if any unwanted or harmful program returns after rebooting the PC system, then run your personal computer into Safe Mode and run the anti-malware utility once again.
Use Zemana to remove adware
You can delete unwanted pop ups automatically with a help of Zemana Free. We suggest this malicious software removal utility because it can easily delete browser hijackers, potentially unwanted software, adware software with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.
Click the link below to download the latest version of Zemana Free for Microsoft Windows. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.
164108 downloads
Author: Zemana Ltd
Category: Security tools
Update: July 16, 2019
When the downloading process is complete, close all apps and windows on your PC. Double-click the setup file named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as on the image below, click the “Yes” button.
It will open the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Zemana on your PC system. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
Once setup is finished successfully, Zemana Anti-Malware will automatically start and you can see its main screen as shown below.
Now press the “Scan” button . Zemana tool will start scanning the whole computer to find out adware software that causes unwanted popup ads. Depending on your personal computer, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are detected, the count of the security threats will change accordingly.
As the scanning ends, you can check all threats detected on your system. In order to remove all items, simply press “Next” button. The Zemana Anti-Malware will get rid of adware software responsible for unwanted advertisements and move threats to the program’s quarantine. After finished, you may be prompted to restart the PC.
How to block Stream2watch pop-up ads
The AdGuard is a very good ad blocker application for the Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Edge, with active user support. It does a great job by removing certain types of annoying advertisements, popunders, pop ups, annoying newtab pages, and even full page ads and web page overlay layers. Of course, the AdGuard can stop the Stream2watch advertisements automatically or by using a custom filter rule.
Installing the AdGuard is simple. First you will need to download AdGuard from the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
26656 downloads
Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
After downloading it, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.
Follow the prompts. After the installation is finished, 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 help 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 run your machine, AdGuard will run automatically and stop unwanted ads, block Stream2watch pop-up ads, as well as other malicious or misleading web-pages. 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 can be found on your desktop.
To sum up
Now your PC system should be free of the adware software. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted ads and undesired malicious web pages) and Zemana AntiMalware (to periodically scan your machine for new malicious software, browser hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Microsoft Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new hijacker infections, harmful apps and adware are released.
If you are still having problems while trying to remove Stream2watch popup ads from your web-browser, then ask for help here.
