Remove ArmorArcade(.)com Gaming Adverts

ArmorArcade(.)com is a site of an adware gaming platform called ArmorArcade. The website delivers advertisements to you when you browse its content. Also, other sites can link to it. The adware can redirect you other gaming platforms or online pages. Inside almost every game located on Armor Arcade, a pop-up ad will appear and if you click it, redirect you to different web addresses. To remove the unwanted platform and its ads, you should read the article to the end.

Threat Summary

Name	ArmorArcade(.)com
Type	Adware, PUP
Short Description	Ads related to the adware show on different websites and might redirect you.
Symptoms	You see adverts in your browser apps – pop-ups, messages, and in-game ads. You are redirected from the ads and links to other websites.
Distribution Method	Freeware Installations, Bundle Packages
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by ArmorArcade(.)com Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss ArmorArcade(.)com.

ArmorArcade(.)com – Delivery

ArmorArcade(.)com is delivered with some third-party installer setups. Unaware of that, you could install a program associated to the gaming platform from a bundled package or a freeware installation. Inside the setups, additional components might reside and be selected by default to be installed. Avoiding undesirable installations of such programs is possible if you could find a Custom or an Advanced setting menu somewhere in the installer. A deselect option can be found there, in most of the times.

ArmorArcade(.)com could be delivered by websites for online gaming or by redirects produced by advertisement clicking, especially from generated pop-up boxes. Mostly, this is how such adware apps can get inside a computer machine. The most popular affected browsers are: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari.

ArmorArcade(.)com – Information

ArmorArcade(.)com is the official web address for an online gaming platform of the same name. Considered adware, the page is filled with advertising. Numerous advertisements like pop-up boxes can appear anywhere in the website. Some of the ads are quite possibly connected with affiliate or partner platforms of the adware.

ArmorArcade(.)com has various online games that are playable, like Breaking Bad, Detective Novels and others, but there can be ads before they load. Games hosted on the site are most commonly built on the Adobe Flash Player. Vulnerabilities inside the player’s code could exist, not to mention if the games require an older version of Adobe Flash. Also, redirects could show up when you browse, regardless if you are using the site.

Down here you see an in-game advertisement of ArmorArcade(.)com:

If you have any program on your computer or browsers related to the adware platform, this might generate adverts in all of your browser applications. Extensions or some add-on connected to Armor Arcade could exist and be found in your browser, too. The additional extensions might deliver more ads and redirects.

Advertisements could have the following texts inside them:

• Ads by ArmorArcade(.)com
• Advertisement by ArmorArcade(.)com
• Ad by ArmorArcade(.)com
• Advert from ArmorArcade(.)com
• Powered by ArmorArcade(.)com
• Brought to you by ArmorArcade(.)com

Redirects appearing from the Armor Arcade website and their services can make money for their creators. The redirects are probably tied with a pay-per-click scheme. Advertisements might be connected to affiliate or partner sites of this adware platform. Targeted adverts could display as well, based on the information the website has gathered about you. The ad content of the ArmorArcade(.)com gaming platform can consist of banners, pop-unders, and pop-ups, in-game links, in-image, interstitial, text links, transitional or full page ads.

The Privacy Policy of ArmorArcade(.)com is displayed in the above image. The policy states that the services and platform of ArmorArcade can collect information about you via their website and advertisements of third parties. Personally identifying and non-personally identifying information will be collected by them.

According to this Policy, information which is collected is:

• Your IP address
• Your Name and Email Address
• Your Internet service provider
• Operating system
• Viewed pages
• Geographic location
• Type of Browser

Demographic and other, additional information may be gathered with the help of cookies and other tracking technologies utilized by the websites. If you have anything related to the gaming website or its adverts on your computer system, it is recommended to remove all of it.

Remove ArmorArcade(.)com Effectively from Your PC

To remove ArmorArcade(.)com manually from your computer, follow the step-by-step manual with removal instructions given below. If the manual removal does not get rid of the gaming adverts completely, you should search for and remove any leftovers with an advanced anti-malware tool. Such a program will keep your computer safe in the future.

Manually delete ArmorArcade(.)com from Windows and your browser

Note! Substantial notification about the ArmorArcade(.)com threat: Manual removal of ArmorArcade(.)com requires interference with system files and registries. Thus, it can cause damage to your PC. Even if your computer skills are not at a professional level, don’t worry. You can do the removal yourself just in 5 minutes, using a malware removal tool.

2. Remove ArmorArcade(.)com from Your Browser

Remove ArmorArcade(.)com 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 ArmorArcade(.)com and click “Remove”

After ArmorArcade(.)com 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 ArmorArcade(.)com and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.

After ArmorArcade(.)com 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 ArmorArcade(.)com 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 ArmorArcade(.)com 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 ArmorArcade(.)com
Click ‘Uninstall’

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

Automatically remove ArmorArcade(.)com by downloading an advanced anti-malware program

1. Remove ArmorArcade(.)com with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

Remove ArmorArcade(.)com with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Install SpyHunter to scan for and remove ArmorArcade(.)com.2. Scan with SpyHunter to Detect and Remove ArmorArcade(.)com.

Step 1: Click here to go to SpyHunter’s download instruction page.
Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.
Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to automatically update.

Step1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Scan Computer Now’ button.

Step2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any ArmorArcade(.)com files, click on the ‘Fix Threats’ button to remove them automatically and permanently.

Step3: Once the intrusions on your PC have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart it.

2. Back up your data to secure it against attacks related to ArmorArcade(.)com in the future

Back up your data to secure it against attacks in the future

IMPORTANT! Before reading the Windows backup instructions, we highly recommend to back up your data automatically with cloud backup and insure it against any type of data loss on your device, even the most severe. We recommend reading more about and downloading SOS Online Backup .

SOS Online Backup

1. For Windows 7 and earlier 1. For Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 1. Enabling the Windows Defense Feature (Previous Versions)

1-Click on Windows Start Menu

2-Type Backup And Restore
3-Open it and click on Set Up Backup

4-A window will appear asking you where to set up backup. You should have a flash drive or an external hard drive. Mark it by clicking on it with your mouse then click on Next.

5-On the next window, the system will ask you what do you want to backup. Choose the ‘Let Me Choose’ option and then click on Next.

6-Click on ‘Save settings and run backup’ on the next window in order to protect your files from possible attacks by ArmorArcade(.)com.

1-Press Windows button + R

2-In the window type ‘filehistory’ and press Enter

3-A File History window will appear. Click on ‘Configure file history settings’

4-The configuration menu for File History will appear. Click on ‘Turn On’. After its on, click on Select Drive in order to select the backup drive. It is recommended to choose an external HDD, SSD or a USB stick whose memory capacity is corresponding to the size of the files you want to backup.

5-Select the drive then click on ‘Ok’ in order to set up file backup and protect yourself from ArmorArcade(.)com.

1- Press Windows button + R keys.

2- A run windows should appear. In it type ‘sysdm.cpl’ and then click on Run.

3- A System Properties windows should appear. In it choose System Protection.

5- Click on Turn on system protection and select the size on the hard disk you want to utilize for system protection.
6- Click on Ok and you should see an indication in Protection settings that the protection from ArmorArcade(.)com is on.

Restoring a file via Windows Defense feature:
1-Right-click on the encrypted file, then choose Properties.

2-Click on the Previous Versions tab and then mark the last version of the file.

3-Click on Apply and Ok and the file encrypted by ArmorArcade(.)com should be restored.

Optional: Using Alternative Anti-Malware Tools

Remove ArmorArcade(.)com Using Other Alternative Tools

STOPZilla Anti Malware

1. Download and Install STOPZilla Anti-malware to Scan for And Remove ArmorArcade(.)com.
Step 1: Download STOPZilla by clicking here.
Step 2: A pop-up window will appear. Click on the ‘Save File’ button. If it does not, click on the Download button and save it afterwards.

Step 3: After you have downloaded the setup, simply open it.
Step 4: The installer should appear. Click on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 5: Check the ‘I accept the agreement’ check circle if not checked if you accept it and click the ‘Next’ button once again.

Step 6: Review and click on the ‘Install’ button.

Step 7: After the installation process has completed click on the ‘Finish’ button.

2. Scan your PC with STOPZilla Anti Malware to remove all ArmorArcade(.)com associated files completely.
Step 1: Launch STOPZilla if you haven’t launched it after install.
Step 2: Wait for the software to automatically scan and then click on the ‘Repair Now’ button. If it does not scan automatically, click on the ‘Scan Now’ button.

Step 3: After the removal of all threats and associated objects, you should Restart your PC.

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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