"Outdated Browser Detected" popup - How to remove

“Outdated Browser Detected” popup is a message that can be displayed on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome if you have accidentally downloaded some adware to your system. It is a fake message that informs about some crucial update for your browser and recommends downloading it as soon as possible. The popup uses updated-browser.net domain and looks like this:

Outdated Browser Detected
You might be using an outdated version of Chrome
Please Download Browser Updates Now!

As you understand, this one is displayed on Google Chrome browsers. It can be slightly different on other browsers but the content of the message is the same. If you agree to continue and get this download, you will actually install some unwanted program into your system that can completely ruin your browsing experience. It may flood your system with annoying ads, that will try to take you to numerous commercial websites or install other unwanted applications. Some of the programs that are known to be installed once you click on “Outdated Browser Detected” popup are AwesomeHP Toolbar, Delta Search Toolbar, CouponBuddy, WebCake and so on.

I highly recommend removing “Outdated Browser Detected” popup and the adware that is responsible for displaying this message, immediately after noticing on your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Beware that this message that has no relations with any updates. To avoid being involved into this scam, pay more attention to your downloads from the Internet. Remember that you should always read Terms and Agreements of all new downloads and follow every installation step to see what you are agreeing on.

To remove “Outdated Browser Detected” popup, you should uninstall the adware responsible for this fake update message. The easiest way to do it is to use Spyhunter scan. Full removal instructions can be found below:

Using control panel to remove main “Outdated Browser Detected” popup related adware components and installers

1. Go to control panel. on Windows XP/Vista/7 Start -> Control Panel . Then Add/Remove Programs. On Windows 8. Enter Control Panel in search box. In both cases you might have confirm that you are administrator on this PC.
2. Remove anything related to “Outdated Browser Detected” popup. By default, I recommend removing Yontoo, WebCake, anything “savings” or “coupon” related. Scanning with Anti-Malware programs like Spyhunter or Stopzilla might give good idea what programs you should remove from there as well.
3. Close Control Panel.

Removing “Outdated Browser Detected” popup related adware from Internet Explorer

1. Press gear icon->Manage Add-ons.
2. Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove ones you do not know AND made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
3. Close The options.

Removing “Outdated Browser Detected” popup related adware from Firefox

1. Enter about:addonsin URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe it is a good bet that you do not need it.
3. Optionally, Reset Firefox :
4. Go to Firefox ->Help (Help in menu for OSX users). Troubleshooting Information. Then Reset Firefox.

Removing “Outdated Browser Detected” popup adware from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need. If you are not sure about any, you can disable them temporally.
3. Restart chrome.
4. Optionally, you can go tochrome://settings , press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

NOTE:

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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