Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up - How to remove

Pinterest.aot.im is an advertising platform that is used to displays annoying pop-up messages on various web browsers, including but not limited to Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari. The program was designed just for one reason – to make money by generating web traffic and displaying advertisements with sponsored links. For the user of the infected computer, it’s a very annoying program, that disturbs normal work on computer.

If your computer is infected with Pinterest.aot.im you can experience even more unwanted consequences, as your personal data might be leaked to other parties or other malicious software might get infiltrated into your system.

In case you have discovered that your computer is infected with this unwanted program but don’t know how to eliminate it, you have come to the right place because in this article we will provide you with detailed instructions on how to completely eliminate Pinterest.aot.im. You can do it either manually or automatically, thus it’s up to you to choose which method meets your needs the best.

How Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up Infected Your Computer

Once your computer is infected, you will start receiving various ads while browsing the Internet. The messages say to be brought by Pinterest.aot.im. If you click on them, you will be immediately redirected to some website that you never wanted to visit. This is not only irritating but it also poses risk to your system to be infected. If the program throws you to some compromised website you can easily get infected.

It can be described as advertising network. Unfortunately, not a reliable one – mostly used by various cyber criminals to promote software or services. This being said, if you keep Pinterest.aot.im installed on your computer, they will be able to reach you right on your web browser on a daily basis.

If additional advertisements (pop-ups, in-text and banner ads) or random redirect are not what is bothering you, there are other more dangerous features of this potentially unwanted program – it can infiltrate other viruses behind your back or even track your movement online and record your personal information. Such data is very valuable and it can be sold to other parties, so it is another way for those crooks to monetize this malware.

Sadly, pop-ups are really popular nowadays, infections like Becausaldevel.info, Amousinded.info, or Whateveryf.info. So if your computer is infected with Pinterest.aot.im, you need to take care and remove it right now. In a long-term, you need to learn how these infections are being distributed and increase the security level of your system to avoid this happening in the future.

Distribution Of Pinterest.aot.im

Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up is distributed to computers bundled with other software that is available to download from the Internet. Usually, these are free video players, PDF creators and so on. You can usually notice what additional programs are bundled with the main one if you choose Custom Installation. Then if you follow all installation steps you will be able to deselect options to install any unknown and unwanted programs.

Or, instead of being overly cautious, you can hand this job over to anti-malware software that will take care of your security. Programs like Plumbytes or Malware Fighter can do a decent job on real-time security, blocking any attempts to infiltrate any malware into your computer – please check them out.

Removal of Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up

Remove Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up if you have already detected it displaying unwanted advertisements on your browser. Scan your PC with anti-adware programs like Malwarebytes. Considering that this advertising network might be distributed with more dangerous forms of parasites, you might want to scan with SpyHunter too. If you had redirecting issues, you might need to reset your home page and search engine to the one you used before:

Automatic Malware removal tools

How to remove aot Pop-Up using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up from macOS

Delete Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the aot Pop-Up 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 Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up, 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 Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up. Click on the trash bin icon next to Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up, 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 Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up 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 Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up, 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 Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up 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 aot Pop-Up from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Pinterest.aot.im Pop-Up. 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 aot Pop-Up, 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