How to remove Watch-now.club pop-ups (Virus removal guide)

What is Watch-now.club?

Watch-now.club is a web-site which deceives people to accept push notifications via the internet browser. These push notifications promote ‘free’ online games, free gifts scams, suspicious browser extensions, adult web-pages, and adware software bundles.

The Watch-now.club web-site claims that clicking ‘Allow’ button is necessary to access the content of the web page, enable Flash Player, watch a video, connect to the Internet, download a file, and so on. Once enabled, the Watch-now.club notifications will start popping up in the right bottom corner of Windows or Mac occasionally and spam you with intrusive advertisements.

If you started to receive notifications from Watch-now.club, then in order to get rid of them, you should open your browser settings and follow a few simple steps, which are described below. Once you disable Watch-now.club notifications from your internet browser settings, you won’t receive any unwanted ads in the lower right corner of your desktop or notification center.

Threat Summary

Name	Watch-now.club pop-up
Type	browser notification spam, spam push notifications, pop-up virus
Distribution	shady pop up advertisements, adware software, social engineering attack, potentially unwanted applications
Symptoms	popup ads in bottom right corner of screen unwanted changes in your browser advertising banners appear in places they shouldn’t be low ping but slow Internet
Removal	Watch-now.club removal guide

How does your personal computer get infected with Watch-now.club pop ups

Cyber security experts have determined that users are redirected to Watch-now.club by adware or from dubious advertisements. Adware software installed without the user’s conscious permission is a type of malware. Once adware get installed in your PC then it begin displaying unwanted ads and popups. In some cases, adware can promote p*rn web pages and adult products.

Adware can be spread with the help of trojan horses and other forms of malicious software, but most commonly, adware is bundled within some freeware. Many creators of free software include bundled applications in their setup package. Sometimes it is possible to avoid the installation of any adware: carefully read the Terms of Use and the Software license, choose only Manual, Custom or Advanced install method, disable all checkboxes before clicking Install or Next button while installing new freeware.

Below we are discussing the methods which are very effective in deleting adware. The instructions will also allow you to delete Watch-now.club advertisements from your web browser for free.

How to remove Watch-now.club popup advertisements (removal tutorial)

Fortunately, it is not hard to get rid of adware that causes multiple unwanted popups. In the following guidance, we will provide two ways to free your computer of this adware. One is the manual removal method and the other is automatic removal way. You can choose the way that best fits you. Please follow the removal tutorial below to remove Watch-now.club popup advertisements right now!

To remove Watch-now.club pop ups, execute the following steps:

1. How to manually delete Watch-now.club
   • Delete newly installed adware
   • Remove Watch-now.club notifications from internet browsers
   • Remove Watch-now.club popup advertisements from Mozilla Firefox
   • Remove Watch-now.club pop up ads from Chrome
   • Delete Watch-now.club advertisements from IE
2. Automatic Removal of Watch-now.club pop up advertisements
3. Block Watch-now.club and other intrusive web pages

How to manually delete Watch-now.club

First of all, try to remove Watch-now.club ads manually; to do this, follow the steps below. Of course, manual removal of adware software requires more time and may not be suitable for those who are poorly versed in system settings. In this case, we recommend that you scroll down to the section that describes how to remove Watch-now.club pop-ups using free utilities.

Delete newly installed adware

Some of PUPs, adware and browser hijackers can be uninstalled using the Add/Remove programs utility that can be found in the Windows Control Panel. So, if you are running any version of MS Windows and you have noticed an unwanted program, then first try to get rid of it through Add/Remove programs.

It will show the Windows Control Panel like below.

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

Remove Watch-now.club notifications from internet browsers

If you became a victim of fraudsters and clicked on the “Allow” button, then your browser was configured to display unwanted ads. To remove the advertisements, you need to get rid of the notification permission that you gave the Watch-now.club website to send browser notifications.

Google Chrome	Android
Just copy and paste the following text into the address bar of Google Chrome. chrome://settings/content/notifications Press Enter. Delete the Watch-now.club URL and other suspicious sites by clicking three vertical dots button next to each and selecting ‘Remove’.	Open Chrome. In the top right hand corner of the screen, tap on Google Chrome’s main menu button, represented by three vertical dots. In the menu tap ‘Settings’, scroll down to ‘Advanced’. Tap on ‘Site settings’ and then ‘Notifications’. In the opened window, locate the Watch-now.club site, other rogue notifications and tap on them one-by-one. Tap the ‘Clean & Reset’ button and confirm.
Mozilla Firefox	Edge
Click the Menu button (three horizontal stripes) on the top right hand corner of the Firefox window. In the menu go to ‘Options’, in the menu on the left go to ‘Privacy & Security’. Scroll down to the ‘Permissions’ section and click the ‘Settings’ button next to ‘Notifications’. In the opened window, locate Watch-now.club URL, other suspicious URLs, click the drop-down menu and choose ‘Block’. Click ‘Save Changes’ button.	In the top right corner, click the Edge menu button (three dots). Scroll down, find and click ‘Settings’. In the left side select ‘Advanced’. In the ‘Website permissions’ section click ‘Manage permissions’. Right-click the Watch-now.club. Click ‘Delete’.
Internet Explorer	Safari
In the right upper corner of the screen, click on the menu button (gear icon). In the drop-down menu select ‘Internet Options’. Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab and select ‘Settings’ in the pop-up blockers section. Find the Watch-now.club domain and click the ‘Remove’ button to delete the domain.	On the top menu select ‘Safari’, then ‘Preferences’. Select the ‘Websites’ tab and then select ‘Notifications’ section on the left panel. Check for Watch-now.club URL, other suspicious sites and apply the ‘Deny’ option for each.

Remove Watch-now.club popup advertisements from Mozilla Firefox

The Mozilla Firefox reset will remove redirects to unwanted Watch-now.club web page, modified preferences, extensions and security settings. However, your themes, bookmarks, history, passwords, and web form auto-fill information will not be deleted.

First, open the Mozilla Firefox and click button. It will open the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web browser. Further, click the Help button () like below.

In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web browser adress bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as displayed below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will show the confirmation dialog box. Further, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a process to fix your problems that caused by the Watch-now.club adware software. When, it’s done, press the “Finish” button.

Remove Watch-now.club pop up ads from Chrome

Resetting Chrome to default state is effective in uninstalling the Watch-now.club popups from your web-browser. This way is always useful to perform if you have trouble in removing changes caused by adware software.

1. First, start the Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
2. It will open the Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then press Extensions.
3. You’ll see the list of installed extensions. If the list has the extension labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, press the “Settings” menu.
5. Next, press “Advanced” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
6. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
7. The Google Chrome will open the reset settings dialog box as on the image above.
8. Confirm the web-browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
9. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Delete Watch-now.club advertisements from IE

The Microsoft Internet Explorer reset is great if your web-browser is hijacked or you have unwanted add-ons or toolbars on your browser, that installed by an malware.

First, launch the Internet Explorer, then click ‘gear’ icon . It will display the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then click 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 display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box. Further, press the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, press the “Reset” button as shown in the following example.

When the process is complete, click “Close” button. Close the Microsoft Internet Explorer and restart your PC system for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web-browser’s search engine by default, new tab page and start page to default state.

Automatic Removal of Watch-now.club pop up advertisements

It’s not enough to remove Watch-now.club popups from your browser by following the manual steps above to solve all problems. Some the adware related files may remain on your device and they will recover the adware even after you get rid of it. For that reason we advise to run free anti malware tool such as Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM), MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and HitmanPro. Either of those programs should can be used to search for and delete adware that causes Watch-now.club advertisements.

How to remove Watch-now.club popups with Zemana

Zemana Anti Malware is a free application for Windows operating system to scan for and remove adware that causes Watch-now.club advertisements, and other undesired software such as potentially unwanted programs, harmful internet browser addons, browser toolbars.

1. Click the link below to download the latest version of Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) for Microsoft Windows. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
   
   

   Zemana AntiMalware
   164112 downloads
   Author: Zemana Ltd
   Category: Security tools
   Update: July 16, 2019
   
2. After downloading is done, close all apps and windows on your personal computer. Open a folder in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup.
3. Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
4. Once setup is done, press the “Scan” button to detect adware that causes Watch-now.club pop-ups in your web-browser. A scan may take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your PC system and the speed of your device. While the Zemana program is checking, you can see number of objects it has identified as threat.
5. After Zemana has completed scanning, Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will open you the results. All detected items will be marked. You can delete them all by simply click “Next”. Once disinfection is done, you can be prompted to reboot your PC.

Remove Watch-now.club popups and harmful extensions with HitmanPro

In order to make sure that no more harmful folders and files linked to adware software are inside your PC system, you must use another effective malicious software scanner. We suggest to run HitmanPro. No installation is necessary with this utility.

Hitman Pro can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop.

Once downloading is complete, open the folder in which you saved it. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the Hitman Pro desktop icon. After the utility is started, you will see a screen as displayed in the figure below.

Further, click “Next” button to begin checking your device for the adware software responsible for Watch-now.club ads. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your computer. After the scan is done, Hitman Pro will prepare a list of unwanted applications and adware as shown in the following example.

Review the scan results and then click “Next” button. It will display a prompt, click the “Activate free license” button.

Run MalwareBytes to remove Watch-now.club pop-up advertisements

We suggest using the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM). You may download and install MalwareBytes to detect adware and thereby delete Watch-now.club popups from your web browsers. When installed and updated, this free malware remover automatically finds and deletes all threats exist on the computer.

Please go to the link below to download MalwareBytes. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

When the downloading process is done, close all windows on your computer. Further, start the file called MBSetup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up such as the one below, click the “Yes” button.

It will show the Setup wizard that will assist you install MalwareBytes Free on the computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, click “Get Started” button. Then MalwareBytes will automatically start and you may see its main window as displayed in the figure below.

Next, click the “Scan” button for checking your PC for the adware responsible for Watch-now.club popups. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is complete.

Once MalwareBytes completes the scan, MalwareBytes AntiMalware will display a scan report. Review the results once the utility has done the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Quarantine” button.

The MalwareBytes will remove adware that causes the unwanted Watch-now.club ads. Once the cleaning procedure is complete, you can be prompted to reboot your computer. We recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes Free to get rid of browser hijackers, adware and other malware.

Block Watch-now.club and other intrusive web pages

In order to increase your security and protect your device against new annoying ads and harmful websites, you need to use adblocker program that blocks an access to harmful ads and web pages. Moreover, the application can block the show of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of websites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

1. AdGuard can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your Desktop.
   
   

   Adguard download
   26659 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. After downloading it, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. When the install is complete, click “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will allow you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop unwanted ads, block Watch-now.club, 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 icon named AdGuard, that can be found on your desktop.

To sum up

After completing the few simple steps above, your computer should be clean from this adware software and other malware. The Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome will no longer display unwanted Watch-now.club website when you surf the Internet. Unfortunately, if the few simple steps does not help you, then you have caught a new adware software, and then the best way – ask for help.

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