How to remove Get-instant-prize.life pop ups (Virus removal guide)

What is Get-instant-prize.life?

Get-instant-prize.life is an ‘ad-rotator’. It is designed to redirect web browsers to various advertising websites. The experienced security researchers have determined that Get-instant-prize.life redirects users to web-sites that are promoted by rogue ad networks. Some of the web pages that users can potentially be redirected to are scam webpages, others are web-pages that encourage users to subscribe to spam notifications. In addition, users can be redirected to websites offering to install PUPs, dangerous browser plugins.

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Usually, users end up on Get-instant-prize.lif and similar web-sites by going to a misspelled URL, clicking on a fake link, or having Adware software (PUPs) on their device. Adware software’s basic purpose is to display advertisements. These advertisements are often shown as advertising links, unclosable windows, fake alerts or push notifications. Clicks on the ads produce a monetary payoff for the software producers. Adware software may work like Spyware, since it sends user info such as searches and trends to advertisers.

Another reason why you need to remove adware software is its online data-tracking activity. Adware can collect personal info, including:

• IP addresses;
• URLs visited;
• search queries/terms;
• clicks on links and advertisements;
• browser version information.

So, if you happen to encounter the unwanted Get-instant-prize.life pop ups, then be quick and take effort to remove adware software as quickly as possible. Follow the few simple steps below to delete Get-instant-prize redirect. Let us know how you managed by sending us your comments please.

Threat Summary

Name	Get-instant-prize.life, “Get-instant-prize virus”
Type	adware software, potentially unwanted program (PUP), popup advertisements, popups, pop-up virus
Symptoms	unwanted advertising links appear on web-sites that you are visiting every time you perform an Internet search, your internet browser is redirected to another web site new entries appear in your Programs folder new toolbars suddenly added on your web-browser your web browser home page has modified without your permission you are unable to update your antivirus slow browsing Internet your device is no stable leading to freezes
Removal	Get-instant-prize.life removal guide

 

How does Adware get on your personal computer

Adware can be spread with the help of trojan horses and other forms of malware, but most often, adware is bundled within certain freeware. Many makers of free software include bundled apps in their setup file. Sometimes it is possible to avoid the installation of any adware software: carefully read the Terms of Use and the Software license, select only Manual, Custom or Advanced setup method, uncheck all checkboxes before clicking Install or Next button while installing new free programs.

How to remove Get-instant-prize.life advertisements (removal tutorial)

In the few simple steps below we will have a look at the adware and how to remove Get-instant-prize.life from Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers for MS Windows OS, natively or by using a few free removal utilities. Read this manual carefully, bookmark it or open this page on your smartphone, because you may need to close your internet browser or reboot your personal computer.

To remove Get-instant-prize.life, complete the following steps:

1. How to manually delete Get-instant-prize.life
   • Remove suspicious apps using Windows Control Panel
   • Remove Get-instant-prize.life redirect from IE
   • Remove Get-instant-prize.life advertisements from Mozilla Firefox
   • Remove Get-instant-prize.life redirect from Chrome
2. Automatic Removal of Get-instant-prize.life redirect
3. Stop Get-instant-prize.life pop up ads

How to manually delete Get-instant-prize.life

In this section of the post, we have posted the steps that will allow to remove Get-instant-prize.life pop-up advertisements manually. Although compared to removal tools, this way loses in time, but you don’t need to install anything on the PC. It will be enough for you to follow the detailed instructions with images. We tried to describe each step in detail, but if you realized that you might not be able to figure it out, or simply do not want to change the Microsoft Windows and internet browser settings, then it’s better for you to run tools from trusted developers, which are listed below.

Remove suspicious apps using Windows Control Panel

In order to delete PUPs such as this adware, open the MS Windows Control Panel and click on “Uninstall a program”. Check the list of installed software. For the ones you do not know, run an Internet search to see if they are adware, browser hijacker or potentially unwanted applications. If yes, delete them off. Even if they are just a applications that you do not use, then deleting them off will increase your PC system start up time and speed dramatically.

It will open the Windows Control Panel as displayed in the figure below.

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

Remove Get-instant-prize.life redirect from IE

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

First, run the Internet Explorer, click ) button. Next, press “Internet Options” similar to the one 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 dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and click Reset button.

You will now need to reboot your personal computer for the changes to take effect. It will delete adware responsible for the Get-instant-prize.life advertisements, disable malicious and ad-supported browser’s extensions and restore the IE’s settings like new tab page, start page and default search engine to default state.

Remove Get-instant-prize.life advertisements from Mozilla Firefox

The Mozilla Firefox reset will delete redirects to intrusive Get-instant-prize.life website, modified preferences, extensions and security settings. Your saved bookmarks, form auto-fill information and passwords won’t be cleared or changed.

Click the Menu button (looks like three horizontal lines), and click the blue Help icon located at the bottom of the drop down menu like the one below.

A small menu will appear, click the “Troubleshooting Information”. On this page, click “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed in the following example.

Follow the onscreen procedure to return your Firefox browser settings to their default values.

Remove Get-instant-prize.life redirect from Chrome

Annoying Get-instant-prize.life ads or other symptom of having adware in your browser is a good reason to reset Chrome. This is an easy method to recover the Chrome settings and not lose any important information.

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

It will show the Chrome menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions. Carefully browse through the list of installed plugins. If the list has the addon signed with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following tutorial: Remove Google Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.

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

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

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and press 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 Chrome will display the confirmation dialog box like below.

You need to confirm your action, press the “Reset” button. The internet browser will run the process of cleaning. When it’s done, the web-browser’s settings including newtab page, search provider by default and homepage back to the values that have been when the Chrome was first installed on your computer.

Automatic Removal of Get-instant-prize.life redirect

There are not many good free anti-malware applications with high detection ratio. The effectiveness of malware removal tools depends on various factors, mostly on how often their virus/malware signatures DB are updated in order to effectively detect modern malware, adware software, browser hijackers and other PUPs. We suggest to run several programs, not just one. These programs that listed below will help you remove all components of the adware from your disk and Windows registry and thereby remove Get-instant-prize.life pop-up advertisements.

How to remove Get-instant-prize.life pop-up ads with Zemana Free

Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) is a malware removal utility. Currently, there are two versions of the program, one of them is free and second is paid (premium). The principle difference between the free and paid version of the tool is real-time protection module. If you just need to check your PC for malicious software and delete adware software that causes the unwanted Get-instant-prize.life pop up ads, then the free version will be enough for you.

1. Installing the Zemana is simple. First you’ll need to download Zemana on your Windows Desktop by clicking on the following link.
   
   

   Zemana AntiMalware
   164108 downloads
   Author: Zemana Ltd
   Category: Security tools
   Update: July 16, 2019
   
2. Once you have downloaded the installation file, make sure to double click on the Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. This would start the Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) installation on your device.
3. Select installation language and click ‘OK’ button.
4. On the next screen ‘Setup Wizard’ simply click the ‘Next’ button and follow the prompts.
   
5. Finally, once the installation is complete, Zemana Free will open automatically. Else, if does not then double-click on the Zemana icon on your desktop.
6. Now that you have successfully install Zemana Anti Malware, let’s see How to use Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) to remove Get-instant-prize.life popup advertisements from your computer.
7. After you have started the Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM), you’ll see a window as shown in the figure below, just click ‘Scan’ button to perform a system scan for the adware.
   
8. Now pay attention to the screen while Zemana Free scans your personal computer.
   
9. Once Zemana Free has completed scanning, Zemana Free will produce a list of unwanted software and adware software. You may remove items (move to Quarantine) by simply click ‘Next’ button.
   
10. Zemana Free may require a restart computer in order to complete the Get-instant-prize.life pop ups removal procedure.
11. If you want to completely remove adware from your device, then click ‘Quarantine’ icon, select all malware, adware, potentially unwanted apps and other threats and click Delete.
12. Restart your computer to complete the adware removal procedure.

Get rid of Get-instant-prize.life pop-up ads from browsers with HitmanPro

If the Get-instant-prize.life popup ads issue persists, run the Hitman Pro and check if your web browser is hijacked by adware software. The Hitman Pro is a downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove adware software, PUPs, and other malware. It works with your existing antivirus software.

Please go to the following link to download HitmanPro. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

After the download is finished, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the Hitman Pro icon. It will launch the HitmanPro tool. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to start the program, click Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Next” to start checking your computer for the adware that causes the Get-instant-prize.life redirect in your internet browser. Depending on your personal computer, the scan may take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. While the HitmanPro is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified either as being malware.

When that process is complete, HitmanPro will open a list of found threats as displayed in the following example.

Make sure to check mark the items that are unsafe and then click “Next” button. It will display a dialog box, click the “Activate free license” button. The HitmanPro will remove adware that redirects your web-browser to the annoying Get-instant-prize.life webpage. After that process is complete, the tool may ask you to restart your device.

Run MalwareBytes Free to delete Get-instant-prize.life ads

We suggest using the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. You can download and install MalwareBytes Free to detect adware and thereby remove Get-instant-prize.life redirect from your web-browsers. When installed and updated, this free malicious software remover automatically scans for and removes all threats exist on the computer.

Visit the page linked below to download MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM). Save it to your Desktop.

After the downloading process is complete, close all windows on your PC. Further, run the file named MBSetup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up like below, press the “Yes” button.

It will open the Setup wizard which will assist you set up MalwareBytes on the PC. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.

Once setup is finished successfully, click “Get Started” button. Then MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) will automatically start and you can see its main window as displayed on the image below.

Next, click the “Scan” button . MalwareBytes Anti Malware program will scan through the whole computer for the adware software related to the Get-instant-prize.life redirect. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware program is scanning, you can see number of objects it has identified as threat.

When the scan get completed, MalwareBytes will show a list of detected items. Next, you need to press “Quarantine” button.

The MalwareBytes Free will start to delete adware software which causes pop ups. When finished, you can be prompted to reboot your computer. We advise you look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the MalwareBytes Free to get rid of hijackers, adware software and other malicious software.

Stop Get-instant-prize.life pop up ads

It’s also critical to protect your web-browsers from malicious web-pages and advertisements by using an ad blocker application such as AdGuard. Security experts says that it will greatly reduce the risk of malicious software, and potentially save lots of money. Additionally, the AdGuard can also protect your privacy by blocking almost all trackers.

First, click the link below, then click the ‘Download’ button in order to download the latest version of AdGuard.

After downloading it, double-click the downloaded file to run it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as shown in the figure 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 guide as shown on the screen below.

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

Each time, when you start your PC, AdGuard will start automatically and stop unwanted ads, block Get-instant-prize.life, as well as other harmful or misleading webpages. 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 is located on your desktop.

Finish words

Now your device should be free of the adware that redirects your internet browser to the annoying Get-instant-prize.life web site. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted ads and unwanted malicious web-pages) and Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) (to periodically scan your PC system for new malicious software, browser hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for MS Windows operating system. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new hijackers, malicious programs and adware are released.

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