How to get rid of adware?

Zephyr59

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Apr 28, 2014
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so recently ads started popping up on my computer. i knew it was adware so i ran adwcleaner to get rid of it but it still shows up. the names are dealally and hoist search. how do i get rid of it?
 
Solution
From the control panel, uninstall "DealPly" and "HoistSearch."

Remove any extensions or add-ons manually in whichever browsers you use.

Run full anti-malware scans using Malwarebytes anti-malware, Spybot search and destroy, and/or Comodo

Alfrodo

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Oct 7, 2014
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From the control panel, uninstall "DealPly" and "HoistSearch."

Remove any extensions or add-ons manually in whichever browsers you use.

Run full anti-malware scans using Malwarebytes anti-malware, Spybot search and destroy, and/or Comodo
 
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