Ads by Ad-Maven - How to remove

Ad-Maven is related to Search Maven produced by Super Web LLC. It is an adware monster lurking in the vault of Internet. Once it sneaks into your computer, your piece and quiet is broken. Not only does it spit advertisements every place possible but also eats huge peaces of your RAM and CPU which makes your PC act like the one from the previous century.

About Ad-Maven Adware

Ad-Maven has its official website at ad-maven.com where it presents itself as an ‘‘advertising network’’. Its privacy policy states, ‘‘Ad Maven and/or third parties (“Third Parties”) may collect non-personally identifiable information (“NPPI”) about Users.’’ This encompasses your browsing history, cache, bookmarks, IP address, etc. Moreover, they disclose that, ‘‘Ad Maven and/or Third Parties may collect PII (as defined below) from User if such User voluntarily submits such information.’’ Here, the word ‘‘voluntarily’’ means, ‘‘when User registers on the Site’’, etc. and PII refers to ‘‘any information which might reasonably be used to specifically identify User and may include, among other, User’s name, title, company, address, email.’’ Furthermore, Ad-Maven reveals that it, ‘‘shares User(s) information with Third Parties’’. We would bet you do not want to receive spam e-mails and other junk from this scam.

Ads by Ad-Maven are labelled as ‘‘Ads by Ad-Maven“, “Ad by Ad-Maven“, “Powered by Ad-Maven” or “Brought by Ad-Maven”. They take various forms: pop-ups, hyperlinks, banners, interstitial ads, full window ads, etc. These ads can be text ads, image ads, sound and video ads. They offer content-related dubious goods or services, as well as questionable software and its updates. The advertisements interfere with your browsing, if clicked, they cause redirects to suspicious websites which may stock other malware creatures such nasty as ransomware or spyware.

How is Ad-Maven Adware Spread?

Ad-Maven adware is commonly installed by default with other main applications. These involve the most popular downloads such as Flash Players, etc. which are available for free at such sites as Softonic, etc. (either legitimate or illegitimate ones). This distribution method is controllable which means that you can prevent it from happening. You only have to take a few measures. Firstly, as it might have come to your mind, you cannot fail to notice the Privacy Policy and extra documentation of installation. Secondly, Advanced/Custom setup mode should be chosen to dismiss any PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). Thirdly, stay away from malicious links such as torrents, various free gaming domains, etc.

Provided that Ad-Maven has already taken over your computer’s system, apply specialized removal tools such as Spyhunter, Malwarebytes or . These infection removal utilities will not only remove the actual malware application but also any of its remnants, that is registry entries and system files, as well as accompanying malware programs. For manual removal follow the instructions below.

Manual removal of Ads by Ad-Maven

How to remove Ads by Ad-Maven using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Ads by Ad-Maven 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 Ads by Ad-Maven . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Ads by Ad-Maven 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 Ads by Ad-Maven from macOS

Delete Ads by Ad-Maven from your applications.

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

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Ads by Ad-Maven. 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 Ads by Ad-Maven, 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