Thursday 30 April 2015

Removing Pop up Ads Virus from Windows 7 and Windows 8



DiscountSmasher is an adware, considered to be a Pop up ads viruses by those who have dealt with it sometime. It enters your system for the cybercriminals in order to steal the password, personal details, banking details and other confidential data. It is an ambiguous application that causes web traffic in web browsers. It floods the system with annoying ads once it enters the system.



It appears like a useful service but it is not. It generates a lot of advertisement, pop ups saying that they are brought to you by DiscountSmasher. These ads are actually aimed at the installation of various software programs sponsored by some businesses with services and products from which DiscountSmasher publisher can generate pay-per-click revenue.

Remove pop up ads malware from Windows 7
  1. Go to the start button and open control panel. Then click Programs and next on Programs and Features.
  2. Then select DiscountSmasher and click on uninstall.
  3. All the unknown programs which are recently installed must be removed.
Remove virus ads from Windows 8
  1. Go to the search section and type control panel.
  2. Now you can see “uninstall a program” below Programs, click on it.
  3. Once Programs and features window gets open click on “installed on” to see the recent installed software.
  4. Select DiscountSmasher and all other unknown programs then click on uninstall.
Remove pop up ads virus using antivirus

Antivirus software can provide protection against the latest viruses, Trojans or other malware. To remove pop up ads viruses using an antivirus program you just need to follow few steps.
  1. Choose a trusted antivirus and click to download it. 
  2. Next click on Run button. 
  3. Accept the Policies and click on install.
  4. Once the antivirus gets installed properly on your system you can click on scan to start a virus scan.
Pop up ads virus can be really annoying, but more because they are also designed with a purpose to steal confidential data. The removal of pop up ads malware as early as possible is really necessary and using an antivirus for this will be a best option.

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5 comments:

  1. Daniel Rabinson5 May 2015 at 06:12

    Great to know how the pop up ad viruses can be easily removed by following few simple steps. Quiet interesting.

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  2. Adam19 May 2015 at 06:11

    Is this article will be helpful to remove DiscountSmasher Pop up ads virus only or it can be helpful to remove all the Pop up virus i have in my Computer. Waiting for you reply.

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    1. Optimo AV20 May 2015 at 06:14

      Yes this article is helpful to remove DiscountSmasher Pop up ads virus, but not for any other virus. You don’t need to worry as you can see our other blogs that are about different viruses. Follow this http://www.optimoav.com/blog/ to know about other virus.

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  3. Tyone3 June 2015 at 03:50

    Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more information? It is extremely helpful for me.

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    1. Optimo AV3 June 2015 at 05:22

      Thanks for the comment and we will surely update some more information on this topic very soon.

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