Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus - How to remove

Uniquecaptcha.com is a rogue site that forces people to see various promoted websites. The site can hijack people’s browsers to show endless pop-ups and redirect people to unwanted websites. This can severely affect your browsing experience. Luckily, it’s fixable.

How Uniquecaptcha.com pop-ups work

There are some sites, like Uniquecaptcha.com, that promote certain other sites. The way this is done is by hijacking people’s browsers. The hijacked browsers provide Uniquecaptcha.com with a constant (though unwilling) audience to which pop-up ads can be shown. Uniquecaptcha.com is sort of like spam marketing e-mails, just much more intrusive. And it must be lucrative because Uniquecaptcha.com has been active for almost a year and the number of people directed to it seems to be growing.

The pop-ups abuse the notifications mechanism. Uniquecaptcha.com tricks people to allow notifications. This is a widespread tactic. Neatdude.cool, Install.score-stars.com and countless other adware websites abuse notifications and redirect visitors, too. This is a real danger to people browsing the web today.

Uniquecaptcha.com is can be genuinely harmful and expose people to scams and malware:

Classification	Adware
How Uniquecaptcha.com tricks users	False claims that you must enable notifications to access content Spoofing other sites
Content in the pop-ups	Fraud and scams Fake software updates Fake virus alerts Phishing sites Sweepstake scams Other adware Newtab viruses
Stopping Uniquecaptcha.com pop-ups	Check for adware in your system using antivirus scanners (Combo Cleaner for MacOS, SpyHunter for Windows) Disable notifications by this and similar sites in your browser

The initial visit to Uniquecaptcha.com is caused by ads that link to it. These can be ads on legitimate, safe websites, though the more likely ones are, for example, shady video converters or browser game sites. However, it’s possible that Uniquecaptcha.com was opened for you randomly, without clicking on any ads. In that case, you should consider that you may have an adware infection. Adware programs can open new browser windows, tabs, and show unwanted pop-ups.

If you have a new tab with Uniquecaptcha.com opened, just don’t do anything and close it. As long as you don’t download and run strange files, you should be okay.

How people subscribe to adware

Some of the types of sites that Uniquecaptcha.com forwarded me to at first were fellow rogue sites: freshaudio.net, lifeimpressions.net, coolestmedia.net. They work almost the same as Uniquecaptcha.com. Adware advertising other adware. They showed messages like:

• “Please click the Allow button to view the video”
• “You need to enable browser notifications to start downloading.”
• “Please click Allow to fix your internet”
• “To access the website, click Allow”

These are all not true at all and any website that tries to get you to click “Allow” to see the content is dishonest. It’s never true. More often than not, the sites deceiving people like this are malicious.

No surprise that the sites that redirect to Uniquecaptcha.com are sites that people watch videos on and download files from. Being redirected to Uniquecaptcha.com gives people the impression that they’re still on the previous website. That’s done deliberately by  Uniquecaptcha.com’s creators.

Another example of Uniquecaptcha.com tricking users is this false promise to show a popular movie:

What Uniquecaptcha.com advertises

Uniquecaptcha.com promotes browser hijackers (they mostly end up being adware, too), payday loan companies, medical supplements, gambling sites, even porn — the type of content that, in an effort to protect people from fraud, legitimate advertising networks either restrict or refuse to promote at all. Not all gambling or supplement sites are fraudulent or deceptive, but enough are for it to be a problem.

The most dangerous sites that Uniquecaptcha.com opens are all the malicious websites that endanger people’s cybersecurity and their wallets.

• Phishing sites that can steal login credentials by imitating a legitimate website.
• Rogue applications that promote fake paid antivirus and optimization software.
• Viruses disguised as updates, security alerts, or useful programs.
• Scams that appear as fake security warnings.

These listed types of websites are genuinely dangerous and can be very difficult to remove. The way they usually work is by tricking you to download a file (or downloading it automatically) and getting you to run it. Viruses usually need you to run them that first time. The problem is that they can disguise themselves very well — even experienced security researchers fall for them occasionally. That’s why it’s safest to stop ads from Uniquecaptcha.com altogether, as well as to keep your software (like your browser, operating system, and the antivirus application) updated.

How to stop Uniquecaptcha.com pop-ups

The pop-ups will cease once notifications from malicious websites are disabled like it’s shown in this guide (for all the most popular browsers).

For example, if you’re using Google Chrome, paste “chrome://settings/content/notifications” into the address bar. Alternatively,

• click on the menu (three vertical dots),
• click on “Settings”, then “Settings” again,
• expand the “Advanced” menu and pick “Privacy and security”,
• click on “Site settings” or “Content settings”.

Here’s how to access notification settings in other browsers:

• Safari: in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• Edge: open Settings, Advanced settings, Notifications, Manage.
• Firefox: type “about:preferences#content” in the address bar, find the Notifications section.

Now find uniquecaptcha.com and click on the menu on the right, then click “Block” or “Remove”. Check your list of sites and block all the ones that you don’t trust.

If that doesn’t work, you can also check if you have any suspicious extensions, as they could function like adware. If you suspect an adware virus (or even if you don’t), you can remove it with the help of a powerful antivirus program. Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for MacOS, and other trusted antivirus applications would be able to do that.

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How to remove Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Ads using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Ads . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Ads from macOS

Delete Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Ads. Click on the trash bin icon next to Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus, 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Ads. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up Virus. 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 Uniquecaptcha.com Pop-up 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.