Ads by Surf Safely - How to remove

Surf Safely is an adware program developed by Intriguing Apps. It displays numerous ads when users browse the Internet that contain various coupons and other shopping deals. These ads are supposed to help you to save your money, however, you should not believe in that. First of all, Ads by Surf Safely are displayed in a very annoying manner. Various popups, in-text and banner ads are displayed every time you surf the Internet. Those ads are really annoying and they will disturb your web browsing. Most of them appear on e-commerce websites, such as Amazon, Walmart or eBay. They offer you to purchase some particular goods at a better price rate. In fact every Ad by Surf Safely contains an affiliate link and if you click on them, you will help adware creators to make profit. And, of course, you do not want to help them construct shenanigans in the future.

About Ads by Surf Safely

You will recognize these ads quite easily. Usually they are marked as “Ads by Surf Safely”, “ Surf Safely Ads”, “ Surf Safely Deals”, “Surf Safely Coupons”, “Brought by Surf Safely”, etc. You should never click on any of them, if you care about your computer’s security. As Ads by Surf Safely are supported by third parties. They will try to redirect you to particular websites, which can be unsafe. In addition adware programs can track your browsing sessions and use this data for marketing related purposes. If you don’t want to get your system infected with spyware and other malicious threats, stay away from Ads by Surf Safely.

Actual visitors that suffered from Ads by Surf Safely indicated that their browsing was very commonly interrupted with banners with questionable links. Some of them said to have lead to websites called “RussianBrides” which has explained to be an interactive fun. However, we highly doubt that this is the case and the actual outcome might not be what you might prefer. Why would you designate a security tool to protect you from viruses if the application itself is capable of causing problems rather than solving them properly. Never trust an adware application and remain immune to the charms of the presented online material.

Distribution Methods of Surf Safely

Surf Safely adware has, most likely, infiltrated into your computer when you were downloading some free programs from the Internet. It comes bundled to dozens of download managers, players, PDF creators, etc. You can actually avoid this download quite easily. All you have to do is be more careful with the installation steps of your new applications. Always opt for a Custom or Advanced installation and make sure you follow the steps carefully. If you see any already selected optional downloads, you should better take them off because you may install some annoying additional applications. Reading Terms and Agreements is also very important to avoid unwanted extra downloads, as usually they are disclosed there. In addition to the already enumerated tips, keep your anti-malware tools up-to-date so they would be able to efficiently take care of your security issues.

To remove Surf Safely from your computer, run a full system scan with a reputable antispyware program, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes. Make sure you upgrade them to their latest version so they could detect and remove all malicious files. Also don’t forget to restore the settings of the browsers that were affected. Surf Safely can take over Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Sometimes it can affect all of these browsers on the same system. In this case you will have to restore the settings of each browser separately. Below there is a guide that explains how to do it on each of the browsers.

How to get rid of Surf Safely adware

How to remove Ads by Surf Safely using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Ads by Surf Safely install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Ads by Surf Safely . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Ads by Surf Safely easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Ads by Surf Safely from macOS

Delete Ads by Surf Safely from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Ads by Surf Safely app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Ads by Surf Safely and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Ads by Surf Safely, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Ads by Surf Safely from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Ads by Surf Safely. Click on the trash bin icon next to Ads by Surf Safely or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Ads by Surf Safely, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Ads by Surf Safely from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Ads by Surf Safely related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Ads by Surf Safely, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Ads by Surf Safely from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Ads by Surf Safely. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Ads by Surf Safely or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Ads by Surf Safely from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Ads by Surf Safely. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Ads by Surf Safely, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.