The Best Way to Remove Forwindownet.com

Posted by Kellly Kennedy
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Dec 16, 2016
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How can I get rid of the pop ups ads brought by Forwindownet.com? I get many ads when I use Google Chrome even I have used the ads blocker. I tried to run Malwarebyte and Norton to scan the entire computer and they both showed nothing malicious on my computer. It it can not be detected or it is not dangerous to my computer although it is annoying? However, I still want to remove it.

What is Forwindownet.com?

Forwindownet.com is a browser hijacker that is owned by a company called Mpagosx S.L., which is located in Spain. It is promoted as a valuable search service that can improve your online experience. Unfortunately, that is not exactly the case. The browser hijacker will not improve your Internet browsing in any way, in fact, it will do quite the opposite. The hijacker will alter your browser settings without your permission, flood you with unreliable commercials, reroute you to unknown domains, slow down your surfing speed, and more. It is compatible with all popular browsers, so you will notice these symptoms no matter which one of them you use. If you want to get rid of the inconveniences caused by the unwanted application, you will have to delete Forwindownet.com as soon as possible.

Is Forwindownet.com Troubled?

Generally,Forwindownet.com thing should be exterminated thoroughly for:

1. It pops up frequently and even won't let you navigate anywhere.
2. It may insert other apps to your browser secretly.
3. It drops new files and programs to fouls up your system.
4. It may be tricky enough to hide itself and won't let you get it removed.
5. It may bring in other unwanted applications to harm your PC.

How Forwindownet.com gets into your PC?

Usually, this program comes into your computer by the means of being bundled with free application downloaded from free online resources. Browsing suspicious websites, opening intrusive links, or clicking malicious pop-up ads also can bring this program to your computer. Forwindownet.com is website which is an adverting platform for various web games. Moreover, it will display unstoppable pop-up ads according to your online searches cheating you to click so that its developers can get pay-per-click revenue. Those advertisements vary from fake update messages, games, deals and coupons, and mostly contain some malicious and aggressive spyware, ransomware, rogueware, Trojan horse, worms and other infections. Any clicking will redirect you to some unknown websites and download more viruses to invade your computer deeply.

Tips: If your browsers were affected, make sure you remove Forwindownet.com virus as soon as possible. You will find a tutorial how to remove it manually below. For automatic removal, download a reliable anti-malware and run a full system scan with it. It is worth keeping an anti-malware on your system if you want to prevent similar attacks in future.

Install automatic removal tools using these simple instructions:


1. Restart the computer and straight away start hitting F8 on your keyboard.

2. Select Safe Mode with Networking feature, which will allow you to access the desktop and download antimalware tools.

3. Download a legal and reliable malware removal application.

4. Now, open Run (within Start Menu) and enter "msconfig".

5. System Configuration Utility will show up, and what you need to do is go to the Startup and choose Disable All (or at least disable the suspicious, unfamiliar programs from the list).

6. Now restart as you normally would and quickly install the downloaded software.

Manually Remove Forwindownet.com by Yourself

Step 1. Remove Forwindownet.com from control panel.


1). Start->Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key->Search and enter Control Panel (Windows 8)

2). Locate Uninstall a program, go through a list of programs and select newly-installed entries related to Forwindownet.com, and click Uninstall button.

Step 2. Remove Forwindownet.com from browsers.

Internet Explorer


1. Open Internet Explorer, then click on the gear icon (Tools for Windows XP users) at the top (far right), then select Manage add-ons.

2. From the Toolbars and Extensions tab, select Forwindownet.com or relative extensions and click on Disable.

3. on Search Providers, remove Forwindownet.com from the list.

4. to Tools > Internet Options > General >Home pages > Use default. Replace Forwindownet.com or random URL with a desired domain like www.google.com> Click Apply to complete the operation.

Close your Internet Explorer, right click on your IE shortcut and then click on the Properties option.

Mozilla Firefox


1. Click on the button at the top right corner to open Menu > Add-ons > Extensions >

2. Find Forwindownet.com related add-ons and delete them.

3. Simultaneously tap Alt+T keys and select Options > General tab and move to the Home Page. Overwrite/remove the Home Page URL and click OK.

On Firefox, tab Alt and H altogether, select Troubleshooting Information > Reset > Reset Firefox

Google Chrome.


1. Click on the Customize icon(wrench or 3 bar icon) next to the address bar and navigate to Tools > Extensions.

Note: Find Forwindownet.com related add-ons and delete them.

2. Go to Chrome Menu >Settings > On startup >Set pages >

3. Click on the X button to delete it and add a new URL, for example, www.google.com.

(1). Settings > Appearance > Change >

(2). Settings > Search > Manage search engines >

In Conclusion

It is a must to remove this Forwindownet.com program even though your anti-virus program doesn't show anything wrong about it. It is a browser hijacker which can help other kinds of computer infections to damage your computer if you don't get rid of it in time. You will find your computer gets stuck and sometimes doesn't respond. They are all caused by this hijacker as it can waste a large part of system resource on the background. To avoid more problems, users must remove this hijacker as soon as possible.

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