Remove Sponsored Ads from the System

If the user is seeing advertisements that are brought by Sponsored Ads, his browser is most likely affected by a potentially unwanted application or adware. Even though PUPs are not malicious threats, the ads they generate may turn into an issue. Such advertisements may cause suspicious browser redirects, and may slow down the browser and the Internet speed. Thus, their removal is recommended.

What is Sponsored Ads?

As written in the ‘About us’ section on the official website of the company, Sponsored Ads is a concept that brings together advertising veterans and establishes progressive technologies for the advertising world. However, there are some suspicions about the methods the company and its partners apply towards collecting user information.

Sponsored Ads Privacy Policy

The company’s Privacy Policy specifies that under certain circumstances that are not disclosed the company may collect personally identifiable information from the user. It may include:

• Forms and fields filled out on the site.
• Online communication with the company via email or other.
• Participation in online studies.
• Participation in marketing initiatives – contests, promotions, etc.
• Participation in forums and provision of user generated content.

Furthermore, the company may gather personally identifiable information about the user from various sources such as:

→Forums, instant messaging services, blogs, uses of the company and its partners’ products and services.

If the user uses functionalities on the website – www.sponsoredads.com/ to communicate with a friend, the information about the other person may be gathered as well.

Sponsored Ads Removal Options

If the user is currently experiencing issues with Sponsored Ads or any of its partners, he may want to uninstall any programs associated with them. Issues may include:

• Collection of PII.
• Browser misbehavior.
• Alteration of the Registry.
• Intrusive display of advertisements.

Because every machine is different and the functionality of every software product (installed willingly or unknowingly) depends on a number of PC factors, scanning the system via antivirus software is recommended.

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

1. Remove/Uninstall Sponsored Ads

1. Remove/Uninstall Sponsored Ads 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 Sponsored Ads.

2. Restore the settings in your browser

2. Remove Sponsored Ads 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 Sponsored Ads and click “Remove”

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

After Sponsored Ads 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 Sponsored Ads 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 Sponsored Ads 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 Sponsored Ads
Click ‘Uninstall’

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

3. Remove Sponsored Ads automatically with Spy Hunter Malware - Removal Tool.

3. Remove Sponsored Ads automatically with Spy Hunter Malware – Removal Tool.

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Milena Dimitrova

An inspired writer, focused on user privacy and malicious software. Enjoys 'Mr. Robot' and fears '1984'.

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