Remove Download Offer Effectively

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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“Download Offer” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, and could display numerous ads, popups, banners, potentially malicious message boxes and etc. The user may be redirected to unwanted sites and may be shown different commercial content.

Download Offer – How Did I Get It?

The “Download Offer” PUP most often gets into your computer through third-party installers. It can sneak into your computer without your consent, by concealing itself in freeware installations and bundled packages. In these packages, additional components for installation are not always disclosed properly, and people get tricked into installing potentially unwanted programs such as “Download Offer”. Sometimes that can be avoided by clicking on the “Advanced” or “Custom” option in an installation setup to see what, exactly, will be installed.

Other ways of getting infected are by opening spam emails and downloading e-mail attachments, or by clicking on various ads and banners containing malicious content which may also add a browser extension.

Download Offer – More About It

“Download Offer” is classified as adware. When it is installed on your computer, it may change different browser settings, such as the search engine, and may also install a browser extension. It does that in order to provide you with sponsored results and lots of commercial content you haven’t actually approved of.

The official site of the PUP, contains a simple picture of a wrist watch and four links. The “Contact Us” section and the “link” at the top to reach the support team, both do the same thing – leaving a support email, only accessible with an additional mail application such as Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook, and nothing else. If you try to see their “Terms and Conditions” or the “Privacy Policy” you can’t, because you get this message:

On the official site at “info.download-offer.com” says the following:

“Download-Offer has partnered with some of the most popular software packages in world, giving you the option to install our search settings during setup and giving them the opportunity to offer you their products for free.”

So, you at least know that you probably got this adware from a bundled package and you will get offers of products for free – you would only be aware of that before the pop-ups started showing if you actually knew of the site’s existence, but the makers of the adware apparently don’t want that.

When you try searching for something in your browser, this may show you inaccurate results and sponsored links. You may also be shown numerous advertisements in the form of pop-ups or banners, even if the page you are on is not related to them. Those ads will most commonly have a text under them stating “Ads by Download Offer”. You can also be redirected to various sites which can generate traffic from every visitor, sites that could contain other malicious content to infect your computer beyond its current infection state.

“Download Offer” may also collect different non-personally identifiable information about your internet activity and usage such as your search queries, the websites you visited, your IP address, what have you clicked on and etc.

Remove Download Offer Completely

To remove “Download Offer” manually from your computer, be certain to follow the step-by-step removal guide provided below. In case the manual removal does not get rid of this malware completely, you should search for and remove leftover files with an advanced anti-malware program. Installing such a program will also make sure that your system is safe from other threats you may encounter.

Step 1: Remove/Uninstall Download Offer 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:

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall Download Offer.

Step 2: Remove Download Offer 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 Download Offer and click “Remove”

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

After Download Offer 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 Download Offer 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 Download Offer 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 Download Offer
Click ‘Uninstall’

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

Step 3: Remove Download Offer automatically by downloading an advanced anti-malware program.

1. Remove Download Offer with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Remove Download Offer with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Install SpyHunter to scan for and remove Download Offer.2. Scan with SpyHunter to Detect and Remove Download Offer.

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 Download Offer 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. Remove Download Offer with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

2. Remove Download Offer with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

1. Install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to scan for and remove Download Offer. 2. Scan your PC with MalwareBytes to remove all Download Offer associated files automatically.

Step 1: Download Malwarebytes 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 ‘Next’ on the following 4 steps that will appear afterwards and after that click on the ‘Install’ button.

Step 7: After the installation process has completed click on the ‘Finish’ button and check the ‘Launch MalwareBytes AntiMalware’ check box.

Step 1: Launch MalwareBytes if you havent launched it after install.
Step 2: Wait for the software to update and then click on the blue ‘Scan Now’ button. If it doesnt start updating automatically, click on the blue ‘Update Now’ highlighted text.

Step 3: At this point, after clicking the ‘Scan Now’ button, the system should start scanning your PC. It may take a while but be patient – it is worth it.

Step 4: After the scan has been complete and all of the threats have been identified, click on the ‘Remove Selected’ button to detelete them permanently.

Step 5: Once the scan has completed, MalwareBytes will prompt you to restart your computer. It is recommended to save all your data you are working on before restarting.

3. Remove Download Offer with STOPZilla AntiMalware

3. Remove Download Offer with STOPZilla AntiMalware

1. Install STOPZilla Anti Malware to scan for and remove Download Offer. 2. Scan your PC with STOPZilla Anti Malware to remove all Download Offer associated files completely.

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.

Step 1: Launch STOPZilla if you havent 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 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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