Easy Guide to Remove Hacking Alert from Your Web Browsers

What is Hacking Alert?

Hacking Alert is a scammy adware program that displays fabricated security alerts and offers consolation and assistance in providing technical support. It will use pop up notification tactics to show the alerts on your browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Opera etc. The mechanism of pop up alert might look like genuine so that you might feel scared for a while. It can manipulate you into calling on 0-800-098-8383 and providing remote access to your PC to the cyber crooks. They may claim that the given number is toll free but in reality, it will cost hight call rate per minutes.

Sample of Hacking Alert pop up

“*** Hacking Alert ***

System Blocked for Security Reasons.

Call 0-800-098-8383 for Support.

Please ensure you do not restart your computer it may lead to Permanent Damage to the System or data loss.

WARNING – Microsoft windows has detected that a porn virus has infected your system and trying to steal pictures, data and social networking passwords.

Please Call 0-800-098-8383 Now for Support.

Virus Code : 079-208-021

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Call Toll Free 0-800-098-8383 and

Provide Virus Code: 079-208-021 to the Support Engineer

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Primarily, Hacking Alert target your PC from trojanised URLs and compromised websites as well. If your computer is infected with any adware programs, usually you might see these kinds of pop ups on your browsers. Hence, we recommend you to install highly secured Antivirus program on your PC to fight against the adware attack. Even, keep your system software, drivers, operating system updated so that it can get abilities to protect your PC even against the latest adware threats.

However, it is advisable to remove Hacking Alert from your computer completely as soon as possible. Follow the quick adware removal guide

Click to Free Scan for Hacking Alert on PC

 

How to Uninstall Hacking Alert from Compromised System

• Step:1 Reboot your PC in Safe Mode

• Step:2 View all Hidden Files and Folders

• Step:3 Uninstall Hacking Alert from Control Panel

• Step:4 Remove Hacking Alert from Startup Items

• Step:5 Remove Hacking Alert from Localhost Files

• Step:6 Remove Hacking Alert and Block Pop-ups on Browsers

• Internet Explorer

• Google Chrome

• Mozilla Firefox

• Edge

Step:1 First of all, Reboot your PC in Safe Mode to make it safe from Hacking Alert

(this Guide illustrates how to restart Windows in Safe Mode in all versions.)

Step:2 Now you need to View all Hidden Files and Folders that exist on different drives

Step:3 Uninstall Hacking Alert from Control Panel

Press Start Key + R together and Type appwiz.cpl

Now Press on OK

This will Open the Control Panel. Now look for Hacking Alert or any other Suspicious program

once found, Uninstall Hacking Alert ASAP

Step:4 How to Remove Hacking Alert from Startup Items

To Go to Startup Area, Click on Start Key + R

Type msconfig in the search area and click on Enter. A window will pop-out

 

 

In the Startup area, look for any suspicious Hacking Alert entries or that are from Unknown Manufacturers

(This is an important step and users are advised to monitor all items carefully over here before proceeding further.)

Step:5 How to Remove Hacking Alert from Localhost Files

Click on Start Key + R in Combination. Copy and Paste to Open hosts File

notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts

Soon, you will get a list of suspicious IP’s in the bottom of the screen

this is quite helpful in knowing if your browser has been hacked

Steps 6: How to Remove Hacking Alert and Block Pop-ups on Browsers

How to Remove Hacking Alert from IE

Open IE and Click on Tools. Now Select Manage add-ons

In the pane, under Toolbars and Extensions, Choose the Hacking Alert extensions which is to be deleted

Now Click on Remove or Disable Option.

Press Tool button and Select Internet Option

This will lead you to the Tab, now Select Privacy Tab, Turn on Pop-up blocker by clicking on it.

 

How to Uninstall Hacking Alert from Google Chrome

Google Chrome is to be Opened

Now Click on menu present at the top right corner

Choose Tools >> Extensions

Select Hacking Alert related Extensions and now Click on Trash icon to remove Hacking Alert

Under Advanced Settings Option, Enable Do not allow any Site to Show pop-ups. Click on Ok to apply it.

How to Block Hacking Alert on Mozilla FF

Select and Open Mozilla FF, Select Hacking Alert or other Add-ons by clicking on Menu button

In the Add-ons Manager, Select the extension related to Hacking Alert.

Now Click on Remove to delete Hacking Alert permanently

Also Select and Check mark “Block Pop-up Windows” under po-ups in the Content Tab

How to Get Rid of Hacking Alert on Edge on Win 10

First of all Open MS Edge and Click on “More actions(…)” link

Now Select and Click on Settings In Menu under “More Actions”

Under Settings, screen click on View Advanced Settings button

In Advanced Settings, turn on Block pop-ups by toggling button to ON

 

Following the above Manual Steps will be effective in blocking Hacking Alert. However, if you are unable to accomplish these steps, click the button given below to scan your PC

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