Propeller Ads - How to remove

Propeller Ads is a legitimate advertising network that was and might be misused by criminals. The advertisements from it are served from Ad.propellerads.com and might be signed. If you are see the Propeller Ads on some page, it is likely that they are legitimate. However, when you start getting popups on various pages or when browser is closed, you might be infected with Fireball or other adware related to this network.

Why We list Propeller Ads under Adware

Advertising networks help website makers earn money by helping them sell ads. Lots of such networks are legitimate, in fact Google Adsense/Adwords is one as well. The problem is screening of advertisers, their ads and the people that displays them. For example, Propeller network was used to distribute Trojans and rogue anti-spyware ads in the past.

Additionaly, there are some cases when propeller ads were used by malware rather than website itself. For example, one of the users of Propeller Ads stated that he/she installed its software voluntarily. However, the person was surprised that he/she got introduced with offers to update Adobe Flash Player and this feature seemed fishy. Also, Propeller Ads were used by Rafotech company, which was closed by police for Distributing adware in July 2017, which related to adware like Dealwifi and ELEX .  So Propeller media claim that they screen their offers for malware might be false.

The advertisement network track they users to get more information about the sites they visit and preferences. To find out more about the data that this application allows itself to collect, we took a closer look at the Privacy Policy of this facility. Just as we suspected, Propeller Ads are brought to users not completely randomly, but they are actually selected according to the users’ browsing habits. These tailored promotions are going to be introduced on random websites that participate in the Propeller Ads. As for the information that might be collected, it can vary from all sort of data. However, personally-identifiable information is stated to not be collected by this facility. But non-personally identifiable information is enough to select advertisements that would catch users’ attention.

Propeller Ads is a legitimate advertising network. However, even these facilities have flaws and they sometimes do not appropriately scan the advertisements to be brought to Internet users. That might be the reason behind the fact that people said to receive notifications to install Adobe Flash Players: because this potentially harmful notification did not trigger any protectors. If the criteria for advertisements would be higher, then maybe so much misleading third-party promotions would not be displayed to Internet users so frequently.

Propeller Ads are said to be quite irritating as their most common form is full-screen ads, pop-under ads, push ads and other annoying shapes. I suggest scanning PC for malware if you see such advertisement often or if you clicked and installed something from these ads. If you feel like your computer is infected, please run a full security scan to see the things that will get detected. You can choose from a lot of anti-malware tools, but we recommend you to try Spyhunter.

How to remove Propeller Ads Manually

How to remove Propeller Ads using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Propeller Ads from your applications.

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

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Propeller Ads 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 Propeller Ads, 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 Propeller Ads 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 Propeller Ads. Click on the trash bin icon next to Propeller Ads 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 Propeller Ads, 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 Propeller Ads 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 Propeller Ads 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 Propeller 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.
  
• 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 Propeller Ads 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 Propeller Ads. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Propeller Ads 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 Propeller Ads from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Propeller Ads. 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 Propeller Ads, 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.