HelpDeal is an adware application which has been developed to negotiate user's major versions of system browsers that includes Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and some others. Such kind of advertised platform can silently distributed through several shareware programs and some additional extensions or plug-ins which are obtained from untrustworthy sources. As soon as Ads by HelpDeal is penetrate into the system then you will quickly receive bunch of advertising banners, interstitial ads, inline ads, special coupons, deals and other sponsored links. On the contrary, when you move your mouse hover on these kinds of intrusive advertisements then you can see that your all reliable search results suddenly rerouted to some third party domains which contains lots of tricky programs. Sometimes, cyber offenders inserts this suspicious object in web browsers, so that it can interfere with your online activity without any consent and its main purpose is to earn online revenue by promoting annoying ads.
When you visit any trustworthy websites then such countless adverts could be popping up on the search pages every times. That's why, you cannot browse the Internet in proper manner. Once your system is attacked with Ads by HelpDeal then it usually records your browsing history, search queries, IP location, web indexes and other sensitive information. It is able to degrade down your system processing speed by which you cannot perform any work on the system. Hence, if you found Ads by HelpDeal on the system, you should take effective removal steps to uninstall this fake program as quickly as possible.
Learn To Remove HelpDeal Using Manual Methods
Phase 1 : Show Hidden Files To Delete HelpDeal Related Files And Folders
1. For Windows 8 or 10 Users : From the Ribbon’s View in My PC click on Options icon.
2. For Windows 7 or Vista Users : Open My Computer and tap on Organize button on the upper left corner and then to Folder and Search Options from the drop down menu.
3. Now go to the View tab and enable Show hidden files and folder options and then uncheck the Hide protected system operating files checkbox option below.
4. Finally look for any suspicious files in the hidden folders as given below and delete it.
- %AppData%\[adware_name]
- %Temp%\[adware_name]
- %LocalAppData%\[adware_name].exe
- %AllUsersProfile%random.exe
- %CommonAppData%\[adware_name]
Phase 2 : Get Rid of HelpDeal Related Extensions Related From Different Web Browsers
From Chrome :
1. Click on Menu icon, hover through More Tools then tap on Extensions.
2. Now click on Trash icon on the extensions tab there next to suspicious extensions to remove it.
From Internet Explorer :
1. Click on Manage add-ons option from the drop down menu on going through Gear icon.
2. Now if you find any suspicious extension in the Toolbars and Extensions panel then right click on it and Delete option to remove it.
From Mozilla Firefox :
1. Tap on Add-ons on going through Menu icon.
2. In the Extensions tab click on Disable or Remove button next to HelpDeal related extensions to remove them.
From Opera :
1. Press Opera menu, hover to Extensions and then select Extensions manager there.
2. Now if any browser extension looks suspicious to you then click on (X) button to remove it.
From Safari :
1. Click Preferences… on going through Settings Gear icon.
2. Now on Extensions tab click on Uninstall button to remove it.
From Microsoft Edge :
Note:–As there is no option for Extension Manager in Microsoft Edge so in order to sort out issues related with adware programs in MS Edge you can change its default homepage and search engine.
Change Default Homepage of Ms Edge –
1. Click on More(…) followed by Settings and then to Start page under Open With section.
2. Now select View advanced settings button and then in Search in the address bar with section, you can select Google or any other homepage as your preference.
Change Default Search Engine Settings of Ms Edge –
1. Select More(…) then Settings followed by View advanced settings button.
2. Under Search in the address bar with box click on <Add new>. Now you can choose from the available list of search providers or add you preferred search engine and click Add as default.
Phase 3 : Block Unwanted Pop-ups from HelpDeal On Different Web Browsers
1. Google Chrome : Click Menu icon → Settings → Show advanced settings… → Content Settings… under Privacy section → enable Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended) option → Done.
2. Mozilla Firefox : Tap on Menu icon → Options → Content panel → check Block pop-up windows in Pop-ups section.
3. Internet Explorer : Click Gear Settings icon → Internet Options → in Privacy tab enable Turn on Pop-up Blocker under Pop-up Blocker Section.
4. Microsoft Edge : Press More(…) option → Settings → View advanced settings → toggle on Block pop-ups.
Still having troubles in removing HelpDeal from your compromised PC ? Then you don’t need to worry. You can feel free to ask questions to us about malware related issues.
