What is Ads By Jojo?
Ads By Jojo appear on your screen when you browse the Internet. They are generated by Jojo browser extension that might get installed on your computer bundled with freeware. For the most part Ads By Jojo are just annoying pop-ups that interfere with your web browsing process. However, ignoring them would do no good, because these commercial advertisements could expose you to potentially corrupted content. The pop-ups do not distribute malware, but it is the first step towards potential infection, and you need to avoid that at all costs. Hence, remove Ads By Jojo from your computer along with other undesirable applications right now.
Where do Ads By Jojo come from?
There is no direct download link for this application, and as we have mentioned above, Ads By Jojo are usually distributed with other freeware applications. Users are susceptible to Ads By Jojo installation when you download freeware from unreliable third party websites. Making use of torrent sites might also lead to adware installation, because you can never know whether the program or file you download is absolutely safe.
It is also true that you install Ads By Jojo onto your computer yourself. You may not even notice that, because you would be too preoccupied with some other application you actually intended to have on your PC. Either way, when Ads By Jojo get installed on the system you will definitely notice that something is off.
What do Ads By Jojo do?
The main thing that catches one’s eye is commercial ads. They are displayed on a number of online shopping websites. Ads By Jojo are generated in order to help its creators make money. Users help adware creators generate financial income when they click the ads and then access various affiliated websites. Adware-related web pages usually employ pay-per-click system to make easy money.
What is more, Ads By Jojo may also promote random media player updates and plug-in upgrades. You will be told that you need to update your media player in order to view the ad content. However, click the Update button would do not good. Ads By Jojo are part of adware distribution network, and no adware application ever promote real media player updates.
Clicking Ads By Jojo would only result in more adware applications being installed on your computer, and that might eventually lead to malware infection.
How to remove Ads By Jojo?
In order to avoid dangerous consequences, you need to take care of the problem while it is still relatively new. Thus, you should remove Ads By Jojo from the PC before the situation goes out of hand. Terminate all the other potentially unwanted applications while you are at it, and then scan your computer with SpyHunter free scanner to ensure that you have gotten rid of all the potential threats.
Manual Program Removal
Windows 8
- Move mouse cursor to the bottom right of the screen.
- Wait for Charm bar to appear and then click Settings.
- Go to Control Panel and select Uninstall a program.
- Highlight unwanted application and press Uninstall.
Windows Vista & Windows 7
- Open Start menu and go to Control panel.
- Select Uninstall a program and remove unwanted application.
Windows XP
- Click Start menu button and select Control Panel.
- Open Add or remove programs and uninstall undesirable application.
How to remove unwanted browser extensions
Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+X and click Manage add-ons.
- Remove unwanted plug-ins from Toolbars and extensions.
Mozilla Firefox
- Click the Firefox button and go to Add-ons.
- Open Extensions and remove unwanted plug-ins. Restart browser.
Google Chrome
- Press Alt+F and click Tools.
- Select Extensions and remove unwanted plug-ins from the list.
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