FireQuestions adware - How to remove

FireQuestions is an unwanted program that pretends to ‘provide a stronger security for your account’ while in reality it takes over the browser and places a vast amount of sponsoring advertisements wherever you go to generate revenue for the crooks. Such adware is not the most notorious threats that you may come across in the virtual world, but if left unattended FireQuestions virus can result in more than annoying promotions. You may have heard of similar dangerous programs such as QkSee, Infolinks, GorillaPrice, OptimizerPro that have been using online marketing and third-party advertising as the main income.

In order for FireQuestions virus to pay-off for its developers, they have to make a lot of collaborations with third-parties. Most famous advertising networks that may try to push offers through FireQuestions program will be Propeller Ads Media, Ads by Name, Adcash, Popcash, and Taboola. It is important not to click on them because not only hackers are benefiting from it, but also they may Deliver more malware to your already vulnerable computer. However, this is hard to do, when promotions are in every site you go to, not only as visible banners and toolbars but also sneaky hyperlinks, pop-ups, and redirects. That is why in this article we will explain how to uninstall FireQuestions adware and restore your system’s protection.

Is FireQuestions program malicious

Overall, despite FireQuestions adware is often referred to as a virus, it doesn’t really have that many dubious features about it. Distribution, online monitoring, and aggressive advertising are the main issues with the FireQuestions program. However, this PUP (potentially unwanted program) still harms the computer and its protection by opening doors for other malware by exposing security vulnerabilities and allowing other third-party advertising, which is never safe. (Why affiliate marketing is shady). No matter how disciplined and aware you are when surfing the net, it is still not advised to keep FireQuestions adware, because you can always accidentally click on a malware-carrying offer and end up in a worse situation with hacked accounts and lost personal data.

Lately, Malvertising has become very prevalent in the malware world, therefore more campaigns like FireQuestions started coming up to the surface, using victims to build hackers some income. The amount of money that adware developers make depends on how many people are infected and how many of them respond to placed ads, therefore, to achieve that, crooks cunningly are using marketing techniques such as PPV/PPC, activity tracking and adjusting the promotion topics/products, redirects to certain websites for increased traffic and much more.

Another thing that is commonly noticed with FireQuestions that it gets installed with browser hijackers (like Delta-Search), which also gain access to the browser and make changes, allowing adware to place unlimited offers on any website, either through them or straight by the third-party sponsors even if it distorts the layout of the site. When at first it can be slightly annoying, the ads will get more aggressive and soon your browsing online experience will be too unpleasant to deal with and very dangerous for potentially hidden viruses. But you shouldn’t worry because below we have automatic and manual removal guides.

 

How did you get FireQuestions adware

FireQuestions or FireQuestions.download can suddenly appear as a pop-up notification in your browser offering to get installed so it would help you protect your accounts. If you do agree, it will also ask if it can access your browsing data and online activity. If your answer is yes again, congratulations, you have installed a virus, which will be monitoring your every step online. This is one of a few main distribution methods, that FireQuestions can infect systems. Another similar technique is to pretend to be a Firefox/Chrome bogus update that needs to be suddenly installed, and instead of upgrading anything it will be an adware virus setting up on your PC. Oftenly such notifications and fake updates happen due to another malware infection, which is Spreading other viruses for money.

But the unwanted FireQuestions application could have sneaked in with another software in its Setup Wizard in Additional programs section. This is called bundling when one program’s installation has a couple other programs mashed together and marked to be installed by the default at the same time unless the user chooses differently. (What is bundling). You must always take extra precaution when you are introducing new software to your computer and select Custom installation where you can see and adjust everything that will be placed on your Windows.

How to remove FireQuestions virus quick

Removing FireQuestions virus shouldn’t be difficult if you have installed it yourself because most likely you know what folder and place this adware was set up. Yet, on some occasions, depending on the maliciousness of the FireQuestions variant, even after uninstalling the program, users are still left with some unpleasant consequences like the inability to change browser homepage or persisting ads. Additionally, some people don’t have a deep technical knowledge of computers, moreover, the time to spend figuring out where the problem is, so the best solution for the FireQuestions adware termination is automatic anti-spyware tools.

We have the full range of tested malware removal programs, but our research showed that most proficient with FireQuestions virus were Malwarebytes, SpyHunter. These anti-malware tools were able to quickly detect the adware, find all the directories and modified registry keys and remove it without leaving any part behind. Compared to manual removal, it is worth investing into a good antivirus/anti-malware because they take care of the invisible threats and prevent them from getting into your PC when your browsing habits fail to keep you safe.

Automatic Malware removal tools

How to delete FireQuestions adware manually

Of course, there is a manual, but more challenging way to get rid of the FireQuestions virus. If you follow our instructions below, you should be able to remove FireQuestions adware from your browser and the system, yet even if you do everything we recommend, and still see no changes, feel free to try the automatic removal option like Malwarebytes.

How to remove FireQuestions using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like FireQuestions.download 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 FireQuestions adware . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make FireQuestions 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 FireQuestions adware from macOS

Delete FireQuestions from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the FireQuestions.download 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 FireQuestions.download 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 FireQuestions adware, 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 FireQuestions adware 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 FireQuestions. Click on the trash bin icon next to FireQuestions.download 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 FireQuestions adware, 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 FireQuestions adware 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 FireQuestions 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 FireQuestions.download, 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 FireQuestions adware 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 FireQuestions.download. Click on the "Remove" icon next to FireQuestions adware 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 FireQuestions adware from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the FireQuestions. 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 FireQuestions.download, 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.