Onlinecontent.fun Pop-ups - How to remove

Onlinecontent.fun website is not safe considering its direct connection with many advertising networks that aim to promote the variety of shady websites. Onlinecontent.fun redirects the browsers to unreliable resources with dubious content. Typically the redirections occur without the user’s intention. In fact, many people report that they cannot control the suspicious behavior of their browsers. For example, the single click with the computer mouse may suddenly cause the occurrence of onlinecontent.fun pop-ups that will subsequently forward the browser to unfamiliar pages.

Onlinecontent.fun is similar to bigclicker.me, global-best.net and other malicious websites reviewed by us before. What unites them all is their ability to hijack the browsers through intrusive web push notifications. The attack of onlinecontent.fun is primarily directed at Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. This guide will provide you with detailed information about the possible problems that may be caused by onlinecontent.fun and effective ways to get rid of these pop-ups from your screen.

How does onlinecontent.fun attack your screen

Onlinecontent.fun is very stubborn in its numerous attempts to make the users activate its web push notifications. It uses various deceptive alerts for that purpose, for example, the following alert is reported:

Onlinecontent.fun wants to show notifications
I am not a robot
Click on Allow to confirm that you are not a robot

Some other faulty messages may be presented, for example, the need to verify your age, to fix your Internet connection or to enable the video playback function. The reality is that all such statements by onlinecontent.fun are very deceptive. Your system is already provided with all the important software for video or audio playback, so there is no need to install any additional utility. Unfortunately, when the users mistakenly agree to fulfill the guidelines by onlinecontent.fun, its web push notifications become automatically enabled.

Examples of redirections by onlinecontent.fun

Considering the fact that onlinecontent.fun is used by several advertising companies to promote other third-party websites, there is hardly any beneficial information that can be found as a result of its redirections. In fact, many times onlinecontent.fun forwards the browsers to a lot of dubious pages, for example:

• fake Microsoft or Apple customer support alerts reporting invented threats and instructing to download pseudo system cleaners or calling fraudulent toll-free helplines controlled by online criminals;
• bogus software update alerts containing installers leading to PUPs (potentially unwanted programs);
• websites related to tracking your personal details (fake surveys, rewards or questionnaires);
• landing pages of third-party browser extensions (search hijackers).

Sometimes redirections by onlinecontent.fun may bring you to the websites that stealthily execute malicious scripts and may install malicious software without your knowledge or authorization. Furthermore, onlinecontent.fun is directly involved in spying over the user’s browsing activities. It keeps records of the visited URLs, submitted search queries, IP addresses and other personal data, including the previous browsing history. The danger of such spying functions is that the information gathered by onlinecontent.fun may be easily rendered to third-party companies absolutely illegally. Potentially, it may be sold to online criminals who may use it for generating the revenue.

How to block onlinecontent.fun pop-ups

The problem of onlinecontent.fun bothers many people right now. The pop-ups generated by onlinecontent.fun prevent from properly perceiving other important content, since the advertisement banners promoted by means of intrusive web push notifications typically are placed above other data. The users keep blocking the great number of such pop-up ads, nevertheless, other intrusive pop-ups may be randomly generated from time to time. While these unsolicited push notifications are active, the system will function in an extremely slow manner with the CPU overloaded. This may result in periodical system freezing or crashes.

The first step to remove onlinecontent.fun is to disable this website from the browser settings responsible for displaying web push notifications. This parameter is the part of Google Chrome (in the Site Settings area) or Mozilla Firefox (in its Privacy and Security section). Look for onlinecontent.fun, then disable and delete it from the websites authorized to show notifications.

Even though the manual steps mentioned above should help to fix the majority of problems related to onlinecontent.fun pop-ups, there is still a need for you to refer to the help of reliable anti-virus software. The fact that onlinecontent.fun hijacked your browser could be the evidence of some other adware to be enabled. Scanning your system with SpyHunter or Combo will help to discover such malicious items automatically and remove them in an effective way.

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How to remove Onlinecontent.fun using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Onlinecontent.fun Pop-ups 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 Onlinecontent.fun . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Onlinecontent.fun Pop-ups 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 Onlinecontent.fun from macOS

Delete Onlinecontent.fun Pop-ups from your applications.

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

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Onlinecontent.fun Pop-ups. 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 Onlinecontent.fun, 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.