Linkside - How to remove

Linkside is officially listed as an adware because once installed it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. Those ads are not only annoying, but malicious as well, so this could lead you to some more severe cyber security problems. It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with this malware or not because usually advertisements displayed by Linkside are labeled with a slogan “Ads by Linkside” or “Brought to you by Linkside”. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer is definitely infected and you need to take care of that.

In case you have no previous experience removing viruses like this, we recommend you to perform this automatically. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes and scan your computer with it. It should automatically detect and remove the virus just in a few seconds. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s wise to keep it installed. You can use other anti-malware software of your choice as well.

If you want to eliminate Linkside from your computer manually – scroll down below this article and take a look at our step-by-step Linkside manual removal guide. Try to complete all steps correct and you will be able to eliminate this infection by yourself.

If you have some questions related to this topic, please feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all. To learn more about specific features of Linkside please continue reading this article.

About Linkside adware

It works as browser add-on that can be added to all most common web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or even Safari. This means that Apple users can get infected as well.

Once installed Linkside will display various advertisements on all of those web browsers in all kinds of forms, including pop-up, pop-under, in-text or banner advertisements. New tab or even window with advertisement on it can be opened on your web browser at any time as well.

Usually advertisements displayed by Linkside appear on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon and offer you to purchase some particular goods at very appealing price rate. Even though those offers look very appealing, we don’t recommend to click on any of them.

If it happens so that you click on one of those advertisements displayed by Linkside you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other more serious viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money this way.

Linkside can be described as advertising network for cyber criminals. Since they are banned from all legitimate advertising networks like Google and Facebook ads, they use adware like this to promote their websites and drive some traffic to them. This being said, if you keep Linkside installed on your computer, various cyber criminals can reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis and that’s very dangerous.

Distribution Methods of Linkside adware

Linkside is traveling the same way as most of other similar adware – bundled with various freebies that can be downloaded from the Internet. For example, when you download and install some free software, like PDF generator or media player, there is a chance that Linkside will be installed alongside without you even being aware of that. To avoid this happening always keep your computer secured with trustworthy anti-malware application and try not to visit unreliable websites.

Manual removal of Linkside ads

How to remove Linkside using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Linkside from your applications.

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

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