Remove ActiveDeals from Your PC

ActiveDeals is a browser extension that is supposed to assist the users as they shop online by displaying different deals and discounts. However, its useful features are outweighed by the application’s ability to insert targeted advertisements in the websites the user views, collect certain information on the compromised machine and install itself in a stealth manner. Experts classify ActiveDeals as adware and PUP (potentially unwanted program) and recommend its removal in order to prevent further security issues.

ActiveDeals Distribution Method

A large number of applications, add-ons, browser extensions and similar software enter the user’s computer bundled with freeware like media players and program updates. Such unnoticed installations may have various consequences for the affected PC, the most common one – unwanted advertisements flooding the user’s browser. Malware researchers recommend selecting the Custom options every time you install new software on your machine because they disclose all checkboxes. This allows you to un-tick any additional programs you do not wish to have on your computer.

How Does ActiveDeals Affect Your PC?

Once active, ActiveDeals delivers a variety of third party advertisements in the web pages you visit. The main purpose of the promoted adverts is to generate profit for their creators and boost the web traffic of certain websites. It is worth knowing that if you click on the numerous banners, coupons and pop-up ads you may end up visiting sites with questionable content and expose your PC to risk.

ActiveDeals may tracks some personally non-identifiable information for the purposes of targeted advertising. This includes IP address, browsing history, performed searches, visited web pages, etc. Any provided personally identifiable information may get collected as well.

Adware and potentially unwanted programs may lead to system slowdowns and browser redirects to suspicious pages.

How to Remove ActiveDeals from Your Computer?

ActiveDeals and any potentially unwanted software can be deleted from your computer manually or with a legitimate anti-spyware tool. Follow the steps below to remove ActiveDeals permanently from your PC.

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1. Remove/Uninstall ActiveDeals

1. Remove/Uninstall ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals.

2. Restore the settings in your browser

2. Remove ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals and click “Remove”

After ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals 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 ActiveDeals
Click ‘Uninstall’

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall ActiveDeals. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the ActiveDeals will be removed.

3. Remove ActiveDeals automatically with Spy Hunter Malware - Removal Tool.

3. Remove ActiveDeals automatically with Spy Hunter Malware – Removal Tool.

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Berta Bilbao

Berta is the Editor-in-Chief of SensorsTechForum. She is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space.

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