GoMovies Ads and Redirects - How to remove

GoMovies allows for streaming movies and TV shows for free. It’s a pirating site. There are quite a few different versions of GoMovies, including Gomovies.vet, Gomovies-online.me, Gomoviesfree.sc, Gomovies.digital, and others.

You can use GoMovies for free, but it shows a lot of advertisements. Some of these ads are a bit controversial: they lead to sites that promote unwanted software, show adult content, and even try to scam visitors. Be careful while on GoMovies.

GoMovies in short:

Classification	Adware.
Issues and problems	GoMovies shows some potentially unsafe ads that could lead to scams and potentially unwanted software.
How ads on GoMovies appear	GoMovies displays ads like normal, it may use notifications to deliver ads even when you don’t have the site open, ads get triggered when clicking on various elements on GoMovies pages.
How to remove GoMovies ads	Disable unwanted notifications in your browser settings, find and remove malware with antivirus programs (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others).

Problems with GoMovies

Potentially unsafe ads

GoMovies is a Putlocker site that shows excessive ads. It has a lot of ads, some of which open randomly when clicking on elements on the webpage. This does make GoMovies a little difficult to use.

The ads are the usual – casinos, VPNs, payday loans, online stores, but also get-rich-quick scams, notification spammers (Alltopposts.com), potentially unwanted programs (MACClean Booster, WebSecurerr), etc. These ads are not inherently dangerous and they don’t automatically infect your computer with malware. But some of them do lead to unsafe sites, including scams.

Stay safe by not interacting with any of the ads that look suspicious at all. Recognize scams and you should be safe.

But if you do fall for any of the scams, whether it’s a risk-free crypto trading platform, a false “You have viruses” alert, or an offer to stream HD videos for free, then you may be in trouble. Do not reveal your payment info or personal details to these sites, because that could cause problems later. Scammers use people’s information to charge them money, often starting with small amounts and then going bigger.

Legality

GoMovies is a streaming site and it does allow you to watch some movies and TV shows for free that are not legitimately available. That is to say, it’s a pirating site.

Well, at least in spirit. Technically, GoMovies says that it’s not illegal because it doesn’t save any copyrighted material; it only links to other sites that may have some copyrighted videos. So, GoMovies is not responsible for what it streams.

Some of the GoMovies sites say this, as well. That you will get in trouble if you use them to download any copyrighted material.

It’s up to you whether you’re okay with this. I’ve seen people say that it’s not illegal to stream videos as long as you don’t save them, but I’m not a lawyer. Besides, the rules are different in each country and even state.

I think that if you use sites like GoMovies, it’s only realistic to acknowledge that this is pirating. Luckily, streaming is far less risky than torrenting copyrighted videos.

Malicious browser extensions

A couple of years ago, a browser extension called GoMovies or EasyMovies Search was called out for hijacking users’ searches. It’s been removed from web stores since, but it used to have a couple hundred thousand users. Besides hijacking searches, it was also able to inject ads and see everything that its users did online.

Currently, a few GoMovies “helper” extensions exist, but they have very few users. Be careful of browser add-ons and only install those that you trust. Extensions can very easily cause harm, so it’s best to limit how many of them are installed.

How to remove GoMovies ads

Disable notifications from GoMovies

Some of the GoMovies sites deliver ads through notifications.

To block these pop-ups, click on the settings button on one of them. Or, instead, you could open the settings in your browser:

• Chrome – open Settings, scroll down to Site settings (under Privacy and security), click on Notifications.
• Edge (Chromium) – open Settings, click Site Permissions, Notifications.
• Firefox – open Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.

Remove malware as needed

If you installed some shady stuff thanks to GoMovies’s ads, you may want to remove it. If you’re unsure, you could use an anti-malware app like Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others. If some suspicious files or apps are found on your device, remove them.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extensions

TopRemoving GoMovies Ads and Redirects 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 GoMovies Ads and Redirects. Click on the trash bin icon next to GoMovies Ads and Redirects 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 GoMovies Ads and Redirects, 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.

How to remove GoMovies Ads and Redirects 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 GoMovies Ads and Redirects. Click on the "Remove" icon next to GoMovies Ads and Redirects 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 GoMovies Ads and Redirects 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 GoMovies 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to GoMovies Ads and Redirects, 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.