How To Find Out Which App Is Causing Pop Ups

What is Porn Pop-ups?

Porn Pop-ups is a potentially unwanted program which generates advertising content. It crawls into the system by means of other programs without user consent. This method is called bundling. Then, it adjusts browser configuration to spoil it with various ads that not only interferes with viewing pages but also overloads the system. The homepage, search engine, and new tab might be also changed. Besides that, Porn Pop-ups will make you visit undesirable and malicious web pages by causing constant redirects. We suggest you remove Porn Pop-ups since you can't guard your computer and privacy while having this adware. By the way, it is worth noting that removing manually is not sufficient for this type of infection since it intends to leave some files behind so that it can be re-launched anytime. That's why it will be better to use automated removal tools in this case that will do it much faster.

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How to remove Porn Pop-ups from your computer?

The best and easiest way to remove Porn Pop-ups from your computer is to use a special anti-malware program that has this threat in its database. The program is fully automated, all you need to do is to download and install it. Once you've installed anti-malware application, it will scan your system and remove all the threats.

Norton Antivirus – it scans your computer and detects various threats like Porn Pop-ups, then removes it with all of the related malicious files, folders, and registry keys. After deep scanning of your system, it will easily find and delete Porn Pop-ups. Use this removal tool to get rid of Porn Pop-ups for FREE.
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How to remove Porn Pop-ups manually

Remove Porn Pop-ups from Control Panel

In order to get rid of Porn Pop-ups, the first thing you need to do is to uninstall malicious programs from your computer. When removing Porn Pop-ups, try to find suspicious recently installed programs and delete them too, as it's pretty common that any malware comes with some other unwanted programs.

Windows XP:

Select Start.
Control Panel.
Then choose Add or Remove Programs.
Search for Porn Pop-ups.
Click Uninstall.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

Select Start.
Then Control Panel.
Choose Uninstall a Program.
Find Porn Pop-ups and choose Uninstall.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

Open the Menu.
Select Search.
After that choose Apps.
Next Control Panel.
Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
Find Porn Pop-ups, select it and choose Uninstall.

Windows 10:

Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, then select Settings at the top.
Choose App & features on the left menu.
On the right side, find Porn Pop-ups and select it, then click on the Uninstall button.
Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Mac OSX:

Launch Finder
Select Applications in the Finder sidebar.
If you see Uninstall Porn Pop-ups or Porn Pop-ups Uninstaller, double-click it and follow instructions
Drag unwanted application from the Applications folder to the Trash (located on the right side of the Dock)

Note: If you can't find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for suspicious recently installed programs. If you still can't locate any suspicious program or not sure what some application is for, we advise you to use SpyHunter free scanner in order to track down what malicious program is infecting your system.

Porn Pop-ups won't uninstall

There are a lot of options in any Windows version for removing applications. Still, not all the programs can be completely deleted using these options. Adware, Badware and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are too stubborn to be removed, more than that, there are created this way, created to be hard to get rid of them. That's why sometimes you can't uninstall them using standard Windows options. You'll probably get this message: "You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Porn Pop-ups. Please, contact your system administrator." To remove stubborn Porn Pop-ups, you can use SpyHunter removal tool, it will completely remove Porn Pop-ups from your computer. Or you may try to use Safe Mode:

For Windows XP, Vista, 7

Turn off your PC;
Turn it on and immediately press F8 button;
You'll see Advanced Boot Options menu;
Select Safe Mode with arrow buttons;
In Safe Mode navigate to Control Panel, then choose Uninstall a program and remove "Porn Pop-ups".

For Windows 8/8.1 and 10

Press the Win+R buttons, type msconfig in box and press Enter;
Choose Boot tab, and click on Safe Boot check box;
Select the type of Safe Mode: Minimal or Network;
Press OK and reboot your PC;
In Safe Mode navigate to Control Panel, then choose Uninstall a program and remove "Porn Pop-ups".

You can also perform Clean Boot. You need to turn off all the startup programs that may be the reason why the program won't uninstall.

Press Windows + R;
In the Run window type msconfig;
Choose Services section;
Find Hide all Microsoft services line, tick the box;
The click Disable all;
Return back to General section;
Find the line Selective startup and untick the box Load startup items;
Select Apply, then OK;
Reboot your PC;
Remove Porn Pop-ups from Control Panel.

Step 2: Remove Porn Pop-ups from browsers

Once you've uninstalled the application, remove Porn Pop-ups from your web browser. You need to search for recently-installed suspicious add-ons and extensions.

Google Chrome:

Open Google Chrome
Push Alt + F.
Choose Tools.
Select Extensions.
Search for Porn Pop-ups.
Select the trash can icon to remove it.

Safari:

Click Preferences from Safari menu
Select Extensions.
Find Porn Pop-ups or other extensions that look suspicious.
Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox.
Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
Select Porn Pop-ups.
Choose Disable or Remove option.

Internet Explorer:

Open IE.
Push Alt + T.
Choose Manage Add-ons option.
Click Toolbars and Extensions.
Next select Disable Porn Pop-ups.
Choose More information link in the left-bottom corner.
Click Remove button.
If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

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