Media Enhance adware - How to remove

Media Enhance adware is responsible for in-line ads labeled as “Ads by Media Enhance” or “Media Enhance Deals”. Typically, these advertisements are visible on all browsers, though the way they are displayed differs. The ads are shown on shopping portals and when performing searches, typically in hopes that you will use a low quality and a low traffic shopping site for various discounts.

I would not trust Media Enhance ads as they offer generic discounts only (anyone can get such discounts without ad-ons) but they do not shy from modifying other sites offering similar and potentially better things. The makers of the adware do not perform actual comparison of quality or price. The single thing they compare is the commission for the goods you would buy.

Typically, one gets infected with Media Enhance by Trojan bundles. Such bundles are disguised as various downloads for videos or programs and install lots of “free offers” that are malicious programs. Such a downloader will claim that Media Enhance will improve your browsing without disclosing that it will show ads and popups and modify the pages you browse to lead to unwanted e-shops.

To get rid of Media Enhance one should uninstall it from Control Panel. In some cases the uninstallers are broken and you will have to use anti-malware programs to delete its files as well as uninstall it from browsers. Additionally, it would help you to get rid of hijackers and other computer parasites that are using the same bundle and are more difficult to remove manually. This software might be distributed with Conduit malware, other adware and aggressively promoted registry cleaners.

A Full Media Enhance removal guide

Using Control Panel to remove the main Media Enhance adware components and installers

1. Go to Control Panel. On Windows XP/Vista/7 open Start -> Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall . On Windows 8 enter Control Panel in the search box, then look for Uninstall a program. You may need to confirm that you are the administrator on this PC, in both cases.
2. Look for Media Enhance and /or similar looking items on the list of programs. By default, I recommend removing Yontoo, WebCake, anything “savings” or “coupon” related. Scanning with Anti-Malware programs like Spyhunter or Stopzilla might give a good idea of what programs you should remove from there as well.
3. Close Control Panel.

Removing Media Enhance adware from Internet Explorer

1. Press Wench icon->Manage Add-ons.
2. Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Media Enhance and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
3. Close the Options.

Removing Media Enhance adware from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Media Enhance 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 probably you do not need it.
3. Optionally, reset Firefox: go to Firefox ->Help (Help in menu for OSX users) -> Troubleshooting Information. Then Reset Firefox.

Removing Media Enhance adware from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Media Enhance. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
3. Restart Chrome.
4. Optionally, you can enter chrome://settings in URL bar , press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

NOTE:

1. If you found an extension that can’t be removed from the browser, it has either to be removed from Control Panel or with antimalware programs (like Spyhunter, malwarebytes) or program uninstallers  (like RevoUninstaller).

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