How to Remove Ads by companion Safely and Quickly?

What is Ads by companion?

Being classified as an adware, Ads by companion claims that it can help users when they shopping online. But actually, it deceives users and show poor performance. Once it is installed, you will be annoyed and disturbed by nasty ads. Besides, it also can expose you in danger and put your Internet security at risk. So Ads by companion is also deemed as PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) for its harmfulness.

How does your PC get infected with Ads by companion?

PUPs are able to enter your PC without your awareness by various ways. Ads by companion is no exception. Typically, it installs in your PC with free programs. You should know that PUPs including Ads by companion are usually bundled with free programs. When you select automatic installation instead of step-by-step installation, your PC can easily get infected with Ads by companion. Beyond that, there are other methods that this nasty bug can use to invade your PC such as spam email, attachment, malicious websites and so forth. Therefore you are better to stay away from these suspicious things when you find them.

Infected symptoms:

1. Endless ads like pop-ups, banners, and coupons display on the webpage when you surfing.
2. Browsers including Google, Firefox, and Internet Explorer can be hijacked by Ads by companion.
3. Unwanted programs or malwares can be installed in your PC without any permission.
4. Personal information like email address, phone number can be stole and used in vicious activities.

Do not keep Ads by companion in your PC anymore. So you are recommended to get rid of it before the worst thing happen. Just follow the tips to remove it now!

How to Remove Ads by companion?

There are five steps to remove Ads by companion.

Step 1. Show hidden files by changing system folder setting.

Step 2. Find out and delete Ads by companion related malicious files in hidden folders.

Step 3. Delete Ads by companion from Control Panel.
Step 4. Remove the plug-ins of Ads by companion of browsers.
Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by Ads by companion.  

Step 1. Show hidden files by changing system folder setting.

    For Windows xp:

1. Press Win key  + R together on the keyboard → Type "control panel" → OK

2. Click "Folder Options"

3. Select View → Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

  For Windows 7:

1. Click Start button  → hit Control Panel

2. Choose Appearance and Personalization → folder option

3. Click View → select Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

   For Windows 8:

1. Press Win key  + R together on the keyboard → Type "control panel"→ OK

2. Type "folder" into the search bar → Show hidden files and folders

3. Click View → choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives → OK

 

Step 2. Find out and delete Ads by companion related malicious files in hidden folders.

Removing Ads by companion manually requires advanced computer skills. If you are lack of relating skills and experience, you may not find out the hidden files related with Ads by companion and delete some important files. Moreover, you may ruin your system once you remove some inportant system files from your PC. So you need to concentrate on the process of manual removal. And if you want to remove Ads by companion safelier and quicklier, just use SpyHunter to remove it.

Step 3. Delete Ads by companion from Control Panel.

  For Windows xp Users:

 1. Hit start button  → choose Control Panel.

 2. Enter "Change or Remove Programs" as follow.

 

3. Click Ads by companion → Remove → Yes → OK.

      For Win 7 & Win 8 Users:

1. Click start button → choose Control Panel.

2. Select "Category" view, click "Uninstall a program"under the Programs.

 3. Click Ads by companion → Uninstall → Yes → OK.  

Note: Above steps may not be enough to get rid of all malicious parasites related with Ads by companion from Control Panel. And your PC is still easy to be damaged by Ads by companion if you do not clear it away completely. So you need a more powerful tool to help you deal with it. Under this situation, you can rely on SpyHunter to finish this step.

 

Step 4. Remove the plug-ins of Ads by companion of browsers.

   For Internet Explorer Users:

1. Open IE, press "Alt" and "A" at the same time → Tools → Manage add-ons.

 

2. Hit "Toolbars and Extensions", then choose Ads by companion → Enable.

   

   For Google Chrome Users:

1. Start Google, click on the top right corner → More tools → Extensions.

 

2. Find out Ads by companion and click it → select → Enabled.

   For Mozilla Firefox Users:

1. Open Firefox, hit on the top right corner → Add-ons → Extensions.

 

2. Choose Ads by companion and hit Enable.  

Step 5. Search for and remove registry files generated by Ads by companion.

1. Open Registry Editor.

a. Press Win key  + R together on the keyboard b. Type "regedit" → OK

b. You can see the Registry Editor tag as follow.

 

2. Search for and remove registry files generated by Ads by companion.

HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[Ads by companion]<br /> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM<br /> HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftGoogleChromePage_URL”<br /> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm<br /> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[Ads by companion]

Annoying adware can invade your PC easily through free-download programs and other ways. In order to protect your PC  from damages of Potentially Unwanted Programs and other unwanted adware, I recommend SpyHunter to you for its powerful function.