In case you see annoying advertisements that has a caption similar to ‘Ads by Banana Phone’ or ‘Powered by Banana Phone’, chances are, you may have installed a bundled PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) on your computer. PUPs are usually believed to be harmless. However, most of them cooperate with suspicious third parties that may in some cases conceal certain risks for the user.
Banana Phone Ads – What It Does?
Banana Phone may be situated onto your system via the most often mean, PUPs do – by being combined with downloaded installers from third-parties. The average PC user does not usually pay enough attention to what exactly is being installed as an extra on their, system. That’s why they tend to overlook some steps as long as they have their favorite media player, torrent engine or any other similar freeware application they are used to. Once installed on a PC, Banana Phone may begin to display interruptive advertisements, clicking on which may result in:
→-PC performance slowing down.
-Redirecting to malicious third-party sites.
-Web Browser crashing.
Such third party sites may be dangerous to the user PC since sometimes cyber-criminals use different methods via PUPs to get their schemes into the open for the public. This is a viable strategy for them since the PUPs they choose are often unknown and new programs. Due to their vast number out in the open web, it has become a tricky process to detect and protect oneself each of them. More to that, PUPs are believed to be mostly legitimate because some of them have privacy policies that may legalize their information collection and sharing via cookies and other methods to third parties.
How To Remove Banana Phone Ads?
In case you have identified Banana Phone Ads, you should act quickly. First, it is advisable to follow the removal guide below. After that, you should download a reputable anti-malware program that will scan and kill every trace of it from the PC. Also, by installing an anti-malware software, you are protecting yourself from future intrusions and attacks on your PC.
Spy Hunter scanner will only detect the threat. If you want the threat to be automatically removed, you need to purchase the full version of the anti-malware tool.Find Out More About SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool / How to Uninstall SpyHunter
- Guide 1: How to Remove Banana Phone Ads from Windows.
- Guide 2: Get rid of Banana Phone Ads from Mac OS X.
- Guide 3: Remove Banana Phone Ads from Google Chrome.
- Guide 4: Erase Banana Phone Ads from Mozilla Firefox.
- Guide 5: Uninstall Banana Phone Ads from Microsoft Edge.
- Guide 6: Remove Banana Phone Ads from Safari.
- Guide 7: Eliminate Banana Phone Ads from Internet Explorer.
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How to Remove Banana Phone Ads from Windows.
Step 1: Boot Your PC In Safe Mode to isolate and remove Banana Phone Ads





Step 2: Uninstall Banana Phone Ads and related software from Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 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 are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors 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:



Step 3: Clean any registries, created by Banana Phone Ads on your computer.
The usually targeted registries of Windows machines are the following:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
You can access them by opening the Windows registry editor and deleting any values, created by Banana Phone Ads there. This can happen by following the steps underneath:



Before starting "Step 4", please boot back into Normal mode, in case you are currently in Safe Mode.
This will enable you to install and use SpyHunter 5 successfully.
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Get rid of Banana Phone Ads from Mac OS X.
Step 1: Uninstall Banana Phone Ads and remove related files and objects
1. Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:
- Go to Finder.
- In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove.
- Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete.
- If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.
In case you cannot remove Banana Phone Ads via Step 1 above:
In case you cannot find the virus files and objects in your Applications or other places we have shown above, you can manually look for them in the Libraries of your Mac. But before doing this, please read the disclaimer below:
You can repeat the same procedure with the following other Library directories:
→ ~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Tip: ~ is there on purpose, because it leads to more LaunchAgents.
Step 2: Scan for and remove Banana Phone Ads files from your Mac
When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts and programs such as Banana Phone Ads, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. SpyHunter for Mac offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.
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Remove Banana Phone Ads from Google Chrome.
Step 1: Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu
Step 2: Move the cursor over "Tools" and then from the extended menu choose "Extensions"
Step 3: From the opened "Extensions" menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its "Remove" button.
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Erase Banana Phone Ads from Mozilla Firefox.
Step 1: Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window
Step 2: Select the "Add-ons" icon from the menu.
Step 3: Select the unwanted extension and click "Remove"
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Uninstall Banana Phone Ads from Microsoft Edge.
Step 1: Start Edge browser.
Step 2: Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.
Step 3: From the drop menu select "Extensions".
Step 4: Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.
Step 5: Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.
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Remove Banana Phone Ads from Safari.
Step 1: Start the Safari app.
Step 2: After hovering your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, click on the Safari text to open its drop down menu.
Step 3: From the menu, click on "Preferences".
Step 4: After that, select the 'Extensions' Tab.
Step 5: Click once on the extension you want to remove.
Step 6: Click 'Uninstall'.
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select 'Uninstall' again, and the Banana Phone Ads will be removed.
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Eliminate Banana Phone Ads from Internet Explorer.
Step 1: Start Internet Explorer.
Step 2: Click on the gear icon labeled 'Tools' to open the drop menu and select 'Manage Add-ons'
Step 3: In the 'Manage Add-ons' window.
Step 4: Select the extension you want to remove and then click 'Disable'. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click 'Disable'.
Step 5: After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red 'X' button located at the top right corner and start it again.