How to uninstall unwanted apps that promote pages like potentingond.club?

Potentingond[.]club redirect removal instructions

What is potentingond[.]club?

Potentingond[.]club is one of the many websites that, once visited, either open various untrustworthy pages or they load some questionable content or them. A couple of examples of other pages like potentingond[.]club are gdimmunical[.]club, cda-google[.]com and kangstools[.]com. Quite often browsers open such pages when some potentially unwanted application (PUA) is installed on them. In other words, users do not visit such pages intentionally.

Typically, when PUAs open websites like potentingond[.]club in a new browser window or tab, they either load some questionable content or open couple (2-3) of other shady, potentially malicious pages. What happens after visiting them depends on geolocation of their visitors. It is worthwhile to mention that potentingond[.]club is designed to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications by using a clickbait technique: it suggests that in order to load website content it is necessary to click the "Allow" button. Although, when users click that button while visiting various pages, they give them a permission to show notifications. Typically, pages like potentingond[.]club show notifications with links to questionable websites, deceptive ads, etc., in them. Furthermore, PUAs can be designed not only to promote shady websites but also to serve ads (coupons, banners, surveys, etc.). It is common that users who click those ads end up on various untrustworthy websites. In some cases such ads can be designed to execute certain scripts and cause download and/or installation of some unwanted application. Another issue with most potentially unwanted apps is that they gather various data. For example, IP addresses, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations and other browsing-related information. However, there are PUAs that are capable of accessing (collecting) personal, sensitive data as well. Moreover, gathered information could be misused by their developers. They may use it to generate revenue by selling it to third parties (potentially cyber criminals) or in some other ways. This could result in users having problems related to online privacy, browsing safety, or even identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by potentingond.club
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Serving IP Address	104.16.107.34
Symptoms	Seeing advertisements not originating from the sites you are browsing. Intrusive pop-up ads. Decreased Internet browsing speed.
Distribution Methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, potentially unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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To sum up, browsers often open untrustworthy pages because some PUA is installed on them. It is common that such apps are advertised as useful, legitimate. However, more often than not they are completely useless and can be the culprit of various problems. Therefore, apps of this type should never be downloaded and installed neither on a browser or the operating system.

How did adware install on my computer?

Quite often users download and/or install PUAs together with some other programs that they download and/or install intentionally. It happens when those unwanted apps are included in setups of other programs as additional offers and users do not decline them. Typically, those offers can be declined in "Custom", "Advanced", Manual" or other settings of setups. Additionally, unintentional downloads and/or installations can be caused by clicking deceptive ads that are designed to execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is common that various third party downloaders, installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g, torrent clients, eMule), unofficial pages, etc., are used as tools to distribute various PUAs. Sometimes even malicious programs. Therefore, files and programs should be downloaded only from official websites and through direct links. Also, quite often download and installations setups have "Advanced", "Custom" and other settings in them. It is advised to always check those settings before completing downloads and/or installations and see if they can be used to decline offers to download and/or install unwanted software. Furthermore, it is not safe to click advertisements that are displayed on various questionable websites. Those ads can be designed to open untrustworthy websites or cause unwanted downloads, installations. If some unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons, plug-ins are installed on a browser, then they should be removed. Software of this kind that is installed on the operating system should be uninstalled too. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Malwarebytes for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of potentingond[.]club website (GIF):

Notification by potentingond.club:

IMPORTANT NOTE! This deceptive site asks to enable web browser notifications.

Therefore, before commencing, perform these steps:

Google Chrome (PC):

• Click the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Settings", scroll down to the bottom and click "Advanced"
• Scroll down to the "Privacy and security" section, select "Content settings" and then "Notifications"
• Click three dots on the right hand side of each suspicious URL and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again)

Google Chrome (Android):

• Click on the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and click "Settings"
• Scroll down, click on "Site settings" and then "Notifications"
• In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and click on them one-by-one
• Select "Notifications" in the "Permissions" section and set the toggle button to "OFF"

Mozilla Firefox:

• Click the Menu button (three bars) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Options" and click on "Privacy & Security" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen
• Scroll down to the "Permissions" section and click the "Settings" button next to "Notifications"
• In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs, click the drop-down menu and select "Block"

Internet Explorer:

• Click the Gear button on the right upper corner of the IE window
• Select "Internet options"
• Select the "Privacy" tab and click "Settings" under "Pop-up Blocker" section
• Select suspicious URLs under and remove them one by one by clicking the "Remove" button

Microsoft Edge:

• Click the menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the Edge window
• Scroll down, find and click "Settings"
• Scroll down again and click "View advanced settings"
• Click "Manage" under "Website permissions"
• Click the switch under each suspicious website

Safari (Mac):

• Click "Safari" button on the left upper corner of the screen and select "Preferences..."
• Select the "Websites" tab and then select "Notifications" section on the left pane
• Check for suspicious URLs and apply the "Deny" option for each

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Quick menu:

• What is potentingond[.]club?
• STEP 1. Uninstall adware applications using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove rogue plug-ins from Google Chrome.
• STEP 3. Remove adware-type extensions from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 4. Remove malicious extensions from Safari.
• STEP 5. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.
• STEP 6. Remove adware from Internet Explorer.

Adware removal:

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

Windows XP users:

Click Start, choose Settings and click Control Panel. Locate and click Add or Remove Programs.

Windows 10 and Windows 8 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Mac OSX users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for any potentially unwanted applications, select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted application that causes potentingond[.]club redirects, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and remove them.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by potentingond.club, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by potentingond.club removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by potentingond.club, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by potentingond.club, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

Removal assistance:
If you are experiencing problems while trying to remove ads by potentingond.club from your computer, please ask for assistance in our malware support forum.

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