Ads by Sexy Tube Mode Description and Removal

Berta Bilbao

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Sexy Tube Mode is an ad-supported application developed by Big Water Applications LLC, a company that is a known PUP (Potentially Unwanted Programs) developer. The app claims to improve the mood when watching online videos, by adding various effects to the video, such as dimming the ‘lights’ when watching and enhancing the ability to watch online videos. In reality, however, the app may administer various pop-up advertisements with an indicating text, such as ‘Ads By Sexy Tube Mode’. Also, the application applies tracking technologies that collect different user information, and its developers claim that they may share it with third-parties and affiliates.

How Did Ads by Sexy Tube Mode Affect Me?

There are several means by which you could have installed this PUP. You may have been redirected to its download web page. But there is also a chance that you downloaded it from a targeted Facebook ad or by believing that the app is free of ads. The most successful method of distribution of PUPs is by combining them with installers of other free programs as ‘extras’, otherwise known as bundling. Be careful when you install programs from websites that provide free programs, because some of those websites bundle apps for profit. And most of them who do this either do not do their research or do not mind what apps they bundle, as long as they get paid.

What Do Ads by Sexy Tube Mode Do?

Once installed on your computer, this ad-supported program may begin to administer advertisements on a regular basis. Some of those ads are most likely in the form of annoying pop-ups that take up the screen space, pop-ups that appear in a strategic place where fast clickers may click them. And there are also other forms of advertising such as ad-supported search results and modified site content (highlighted words with hotlinks to third-party sites).

In their privacy policy, Big Water Applications Admit that they employ information tracking technologies such as cookies, beacons, LSOs and others in order to track the user’s online activity and target him or her with advertisements based on that. Oh, and by the way, they mentioned that they may share your immediately collected non-personal and personal information that makes this app a ‘should remove’ one, according to security experts.

More so, Ads by Sexy Tube could collaborate with many third parties which have different policies regarding user information. Some may even be sites that could infect the computer with malware or scam users out of their money. There have been millions lost in online scams and extortions for the last year. Users do nothing serious to prevent it, mostly because some of them are even unaware or do not believe that infections such as ransomware can occur to them. And such infections caused around 18 million dollars in damages for the last year.

Programs such as Ads by Sexy Tube Mode are created with one and only purpose, and that is to make money to their developers. As to whether this is done by sharing user data with third-parties or employing pay-per-click schemes and affiliate tactics, the developers do not mind at all. This is why experts recommend always to be informed on the latest concerning both non-malware and malware.

Remove Fully Ads by Sexy Tube Mode

In case you decided that you will remove this application, be advised that you should be cautious. You should follow the step-by-step tutorial below to uninstall Sexy Tube Mode. Be advised that after uninstalling some objects, such as tracking cookies or registry entries, for example, may remain on your computer afterward. This is why you should employ a powerful anti-malware tool that will assist with the full eradication of this PUP and protect you from any future threats that may penetrate your system.

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1. Remove/Uninstall Ads by Sexy Tube Mode

1. Remove/Uninstall Ads by Sexy Tube Mode in Windows

Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program. No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).

In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).

This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC.
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall Ads by Sexy Tube Mode.

2. Restore the settings in your browser

2. Remove Ads by Sexy Tube Mode from your browser

Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari

Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu

Select Ads by Sexy Tube Mode and click “Remove”

After Ads by Sexy Tube Mode is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and Open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate Ads by Sexy Tube Mode and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After Ads by Sexy Tube Mode is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’

Select Ads by Sexy Tube Mode to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After Ads by Sexy Tube Mode has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.

Start Safari

Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.

From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’
In the new window select ‘Extensions’
Click once on Ads by Sexy Tube Mode
Click ‘Uninstall’

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall Ads by Sexy Tube Mode. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the Ads by Sexy Tube Mode will be removed.

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Berta Bilbao

Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.

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