Pushwhy.com Redirect - How to remove

Pushwhy.com is a website that either gets blocked by your antivirus or forwards you to unwanted websites while you’re browsing the World Wide Web. This blacklisted domain doesn’t appear to have any content of its own, so it might seem strange why it constantly gets flagged by security programs. But Pushwhy.com is nothing special – it is a simple redirect virus, which is kind of like an intermediate step between the page you are browsing and the final destination domain you’ll end up on.

Pushwhy.com in short:

Threat type	Adware.
Problems with Pushwhy.com	It opens unexpectedly, it redirects to potentially unsafe and even dangerous sites.
How hijacker viruses spread	They appear as pop-up ads on dubious websites, they’re opened by malicious programs and browser extensions.
How to stop the Pushwhy.com redirect virus	Find and delete all adware and other malware (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Malwarebytes, others), block Pushwhy.com and avoid websites that promote it.

While the Pushwhy.com redirect virus can seem insignificant, there is a good reason why it gets blocked by the majority of anti-spyware programs. Sites like it are there to send their victims to online promotions, ads, including potentially unsafe pages. The operators of Pushwhy.com receive a commission for raising traffic to certain sites. In other words, Pushwhy.com is adware.

Unaware users who don’t use antivirus get overwhelmed once Pushwhy.com sends them to shady deals and offers during their browsing sessions. It looks as though their computer was infected by an adware virus.

Even if your antivirus program blocks Pushwhy.com redirects, these pop-ups are being caused by something. That malware needs to be removed. This article will help you understand better how the Pushwhy.com redirects work and how to stop them from bothering you and driving your security software insane, so please, keep reading.

What are Pushwhy.com redirects?

Legitimate websites redirect visitors to divert them from old domains to the new ones or to external information sources.

But Pushwhy.com and other sites of its kind, such as Sax.peakonspot.com, Asinartisationy.info, Usbing.club, use redirects to send victims to dangerous web pages that host phishing attacks and force excessive advertising or even malware on everyone who enters them.

Pushwhy.com is dangerous and can be considered malicious. First, it hides from users, then puts them in danger by sending them to a harmful website. It would be wrong to call Pushwhy.com a virus because it is just a website. And yet, because of that, Pushwhy.com is harder to remove than a simple adware infection.

Pushwhy.com mostly affects users from the United States, but it is not limited to that region.

Malicious actors created Pushwhy.com to make money from affiliate links, viewed or visited ads, and traffic brought to paying websites.

Many of the ads that Pushwhy.com shows are worse than just annoying (Why annoying online ads are more dangerous than you think). They are low-quality, controversial, shared by advertisers who can’t get their ads published on normal (mainstream) websites because their products are too controversial. Some of the ads that Pushwhy.com promotes are the type that get banned elsewhere; they’re potentially dangerous.

How the Pushwhy.com virus infects computers

Redirect viruses appear as banner ads, links, or random pop-ups. They can forward you after some time of being on a certain domain, after clicking on a button, or anywhere on the page.

Judging from recent user reports, the Pushwhy.com redirect typically appears to users who visit the Kissanime website – a site for streaming (illegally) anime. With that said, almost any site can promote malware like Pushwhy.com, in theory (Which Websites Are Most Likely to Infect You with Malware?).

Some sites don’t mind showing dangerous ads – pirating sites often don’t bother to remove malicious ads. Other sites get infected unintentionally.

Sometimes Pushwhy.com reroutes are a sign of an adware infection, for example, MapsFox, Video Chimp, BestMapFinder and etc. Adware viruses can cause Pushwhy.com and other redirects to appear every time you go online, no matter what site you visit. As long as they’re not removed, they can keep causing problems.

If that is the case with your Pushwhy.com redirects, you have to get rid of the adware infection and the Pushwhy.com malware will be gone.

How to remove Pushwhy.com redirect

Sites like Pushwhy.com cannot always be avoided, but there are ways to make sure to see less of them. Having an antivirus program with real-time web security helps. It’s also important to be careful while browsing the web.

We suggest following the removal guide below on how to get rid of Pushwhy.com redirects and to stop it from compromising your system with malware and malicious ads.

If you need to find and delete adware, we suggest running a scan with Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, Malwarebytes, or any other reputable antivirus program. If adware is detected, delete it and see if the Pushwhy.com redirects stop.

Below are instructions for manually deleting threats, such as adware programs and malicious browser extensions. Often, they can be uninstalled like any other software from your PC/Mac, but you must be sure that it is responsible for the Pushwhy.com redirects.

On the other hand, if Pushwhy.com redirects are caused by websites that you regularly visit, you can avoid those domains. You can also block Pushwhy.com and other unwanted websites (Allow or block access to websites).

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Remove unwanted programs manually

How to remove Pushwhy.com redirect using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Pushwhy.com Redirect from your applications.

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

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Pushwhy.com Redirect. 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 Pushwhy.com redirect, 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.