Ideal Deal - How to remove

Ideal Deal might look as legit application, but it’s not true. If your computer is infected with this malware, you will experience various advertisements on all of your web browsers.

It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with Ideal Deal or not because usually those advertisements displayed by this malware are labeled with a slogan “Ads by Ideal Deal” or “Brought to you by Ideal Deal”. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer is definitely infected.

There are two most common methods to eliminate virus like Ideal Deal – you can do it either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which removal method to choose. However, if you don’t have a lot of knowledge about viruses or removal process, we suggest to go for automatic removal method. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. One of these applications should immediately detect and eliminate the virus for good. If your computer is infected with some other viruses, it will detect and remove them as well. You can use other anti-malware software of your choice too.

However, if for some reasons you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, there is a way to get rid of Ideal Deal manually. This process might be complicated, therefore we have developed a step-by-step Ideal Deal manual removal guide to assist you through it – scroll down below this article and take a look at it. Try to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate Ideal Deal manually by your self.

To learn more about specific features of Ideal Deal please continue reading this article. In case you have faced some difficulties during the removal, feel free to ask us for help in the comments section below.

About Ideal Deal adware

Even though Ideal Deal is described as useful application that will help you to save both your time and money when shopping online by providing you with various coupons, deals and commercial offers, this is not true. Developers of this application try to create this image of useful and reliable application so users would want to install and keep it on their computers. The truth is that Ideal Deal is only looking to make money by displaying advertisements to users. Most of those ads are useless and disturbing while some of them can even be malicious and lead you to some more severe cyber security problems.

Various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers use Ideal Deal like advertising network. You may already know that cyber criminals are banned from using legitimate advertising networks or even search engines, so adware like this is almost the only way left to drive some traffic to their websites. This being said, if you keep Ideal Deal installed on your computer, cyber criminals could possibly reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis.

Moreover, Ideal Deal can infiltrate other malware into your system without your awareness or permission. For instance, various additional browsers’ toolbars or add-ons can be added automatically. That’s yet another reason to eliminate Ideal Deal from your system right now.

If you are wondering how application like Ideal Deal could have entered your system, there are couple of possible ways for this to happen – first of all, your computer can get infected when you browser unreliable websites and click on some ads there. This malware also travels as a bundle to other freeware, so when you download and install some free software, Ideal Deal could be installed alongside. Finally, you can download Ideal Deal from their official website at http://idealdeal.co.

Manual removal of Ideal Deal Ads

How to remove Ideal Deal using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Ideal Deal from your applications.

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

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Ideal Deal. 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 Ideal Deal, 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.

Manual removal