Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects - How to remove

Dwnlds.co is a malicious adware site. It promises to let you download files, win gifts, or receive various freebies – depending on how you got there. But first, Dwnlds.co wants you to complete various offers, including watching ads, doing surveys, installing junkware, and signing up for subscriptions. And, in the end, it does not deliver what it promised.

About Dwnlds.co:

Threat type	Adware, scam.
How Dwnlds.co works	It promises rewards or file downloads in exchange for you completing its offers, it shows ads
How it spreads	Fake file download sites open it, fake in-game currency generators and hack sites promote it.
How to stay safe on Dwnlds.co	Close the site, don’t engage with it, check your device for unwanted and malicious apps manually and with the help of antivirus apps (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, etc.), see if you have any unwanted subscriptions.

How Dwnlds.co works

Dwnlds.co offers file downloads and prize giveaways

Dwnlds.co is a malicious website that works together with other malicious websites to trick people into watching ads, downloading junkware, entering subscriptions, and giving away their personal information (How to Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams).

It varies what offers Dwnlds.co shows, but here are a few examples:

• file downloads,
• various keys and codes,
• iPhone 11 giveaways,
• V-Bucks (Fortnite in-game currency) giveaways,
• Robux (Roblox in-game currency) giveaways,
• Xbox Live giveaways.

Sometimes, Dwnlds.co even shows fake Facebook comments at the bottom of its pages for added realism. You can usually recognize fake comments when you try to interact with them and fail. Scams use them all the time, such as the infamous Annual Visitor Survey scam.

Dwnlds.co hosts a surprising variety of scam sites. Some of them have fields to input your email address, shipping address, Fortnite username, etc. It’s recommended not to type in any of your real data there, just in case.

It shows ads and links to malicious websites

These giveaways and download buttons are all fake. The point of Dwnlds.co is to frame the advertisements that it shows.

Let’s say a user is on a fake game download site (Epingi.com). The site opens Dwnlds.co which says that the user must verify that they’re human before they can download their file. And to verify they’re human, the user is supposed to engage with the ads that Dwnlds.co shows.

The user is supposed to believe that, if they do the tasks given by Dwnlds.co, they’ll get a valuable reward. That way, people are tricked into participating in malicious and deceptive ads.

Unfortunately, Dwnlds.co shows the sorts of ads that have a hard time getting featured by regular, mainstream websites – because they’re considered malicious or even dangerous. Here are some of those ads:

• offers to install shady apps and browser add-ons,
• links to sign up for subscriptions,
• requests to share links to Dwnlds.co in social media.

To be clear, completing the tasks given by Dwnlds.co does not yield a reward. It’s just a waste of time. Dwnlds.co makes money from all the ads that it shows, while malicious advertisers get a platform to spread their content.

How to avoid being scammed by Dwnlds.co

If you find yourself on Dwnlds.co, close the page. Just visiting Dwnlds.co is not harmful, but engaging with the ads that it shows may be dangerous.

Avoid websites that link to Dwnlds.co: hack sites, currency generators, prize giveaway sites (Playstation 5 Giveaway Scams), fake pirating websites, etc.

Scan your device with antivirus apps, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others. If they find malware, delete it.

If you installed something thanks to Dwnlds.co’s ads, then check your apps and browser extensions and remove unwanted items.

If you think you might have signed up for something on Dwnlds.co or sites advertised on it, if you filled out some forms with your real info, then check your subscriptions. Check your email inbox, your Google/Apple purchase history, and your mobile services.

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Remove malware manually

How to remove Dwnlds.co Ads using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects 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 Dwnlds.co Ads . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects 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 Dwnlds.co Ads from macOS

Delete Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Dwnlds.co Ads 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.

TopHow To remove Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser 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.

How To remove Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects from Firefox:Top

• 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 Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects 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.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dwnlds.co Ads, 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.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• 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.

How to remove Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Dwnlds.co Ads and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dwnlds.co Ads and Redirects, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on 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.