How to remove BuzzSurfing Ads Popups ? (Removal Help)

Last updated Mar 8, 2014

Question.

I got Buzzsurfing ads after installed a another software, I want it uninstalled but it not listed in control panel program list. How to remove BuzzSurfing Ads Popups ?

BuzzSurfing-Ads

Solved Answer.

Buzzsurfing is an Ad-ware program, which installs in the background of other softwares. Once you got it installed, you will get lots of advertisement popuping up automatically, these all are the sponsored links & sponsored advertisements. Even you will get the ads in which website doesn’t have the advertizements space. That’s means you will get the same buzzsurfing advertisements on every websites. So please protected these type of Ad-wares. In order to remove it from your computer you just have to follow some steps which are listed below.

Once you got it installed on your computer, you also got lots of other changes on your computer seems like: changed your Homepage/Default Search Engine / Installed as an browser plugin. Once it installed as a browser plugin, it have the control of all the setting of the browser so first of all you have remove it from add-ons section.

It installed into your computer with other softwares or unwanted downloader installers. Example: If you want to download MP3 player for you computer and you searched it on internet and unfortunately you got wrong website to download, and you download it and installed it while installation it will be install the BuzzSurfing in the background of mp3 player installation. so please beware from that type of unwanted websites. You have to also beware while installation of any software, while installation read all the agreement before you do agree button.

To get rid of Buzzsurfing ads you just have to follow all our following instruction.

Removal Instructions

Step 1 : To Uninstall Buzzsurfing ads from computer

Click on Start button and then click on Control Panel.
Now click on Programs –> Uninstall a program or Program and Features (Windows-7, 8, Vista).

Uninstall a program image 1 — Uninstall a program for Vista, 7, 8

For Windows XP users click on Add/Remove Programs.

Uninstall a program image 2 — Uninstall a program for Windows xp

You will get a window which have listed all the installed programs.
Uninstall Buzzsurfing ads from there.
Also do uninstall all the programs which are listed in Suspicious Programs list below, if you find any installed into your computer. Because all these programs are unwanted. You should uninstall all them immediately if you found any.

Suspicious Programs list

Buzzsurfing ads
Browser defender
Browser protect
Browser protected by conduit
Delta search, Babylon
LessTabs
WebCake 3.0
Yealt
LyricsContainer
VideoSaver
AddLyrics
privacy safe gaurd
unfriend checker
Price peep today
Coupon amazine
TidyNetwork.com
DownloadTerms 1.0
Yontoo
Uninstall all the unwanted programs, which are not listed here.

Automatic Fixit

Download Adware Remover Tool v3.8 to remove Buzzsurfing ads Automatically, It’s a Freeware utility specially designed for Adware Removal. This tool can remove most of the Adwares from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla Firefox and from their registry traces as well..

Adware-Removal-Tool-v3.8.exe

Manual Steps

Step 2 : To Remove Buzzsurfing ads from Internet Explorer.

Step 2.1 : Remove Buzzsurfing ads add-ons from Internet Explorer.

Open Internet Explorer then go to Tools menu (press “alt” key once to active menu bar) and then click on Internet Option a configuration page will be opened
click on Programs tab then click on Manage Addons, now you’ll get a window which have listed all the installed addons.
Now disable the Buzzsurfing ads add-on, also disable all the unknown / unwanted addons from this list. (As per below screenshot).

disable-add-ons-from-ie Step 2.2 : Reset Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer. Click on Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active the menu bar), click on Internet Option. A internet option window will open.
For IE9, IE10 users may click on Gear icon . Then click on tools.

Click on Advanced tab, then click on RESET button.
Now you will get a new popup for confirmation, tick mark on Delete personal setting then click on RESET button on that. (As shown on below screenshot)
Now your Internet Explorer has been Restored to default settings.

Internet Explorer Reset2

Now you will appear a popup stated “complete all the tasks”. After completion click on close button.

Step 3 : To Remove Buzzsurfing ads from Mozilla Firefox

Step 3.1 : Remove Buzzsurfing ads from add-ons

Open Firefox and then go the Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar) click on Add-ons, you’ll get a page click on extensions from the left side pane. now look on right side pane you’ll get all the installed add-ons listed on there. Disable or Remove Buzzsurfing ads addon, also disable all the unknow / unwnated addons from there. (As per below screen shot)

remove-unwanted-addons-from-firefox Step 3.2 : Reset Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox and then go the Help menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar)
Go to Help menu then click on “Troubleshooting information” Note: you can also open this page in this ways, open Firefox then type this command in the address bar “about:support” (without quote) and then hit enter or OK.
You will get a page “Troubleshooting information” page, here you will get “Reset Firefox” option in the right side of the page.
Click on Reset Firefox option. and follow their instruction to reset.
Now your Mozilla Firefox has been Restored to default settings.

Firefox Reset1 Firefox Reset2

Step 4 : To Remove Buzzsurfing ads from Google Chrome

Step 4.1 : Remove unwanted homepage & search engine from Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), click on Settings. You will get a configuration page.
Under configuration page find a option named as “Open a specific page or set of pages” click on their Set Pages. A another window will come up. Here you will appear the bunch of URL’s under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.

Google Chrome Homepage step1 — Google Chrome Homepage Reset step1

Google Chrome Homepage2 — Google Chrome Homepage reset step 2

In the same configuration page click on Manage search engines button. Delete all the search engines from there, just keep only www.goole.com as your default search Engine.

Google Chrome Homepage3 — Google Chrome search engine step 3

Google Chrome Homepage4 — Google Chrome search engine step 4

Google Chrome Homepage5 — Google Chrome search engine Step5

Step 4.2 : Remove unwanted extensions from Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome, click on options icon (Located in very top right side of the browser), then click on Tools then, click on Extensions. (As shown on below screenshot)

Google Chrome remove extensions1

You will get a configuration page. which have listed all the installed extensions, Remove Buzzsurfing ads extension & also remove all the unknown / unwanted extensions from there. To remove them, click on remove (recycle bin) icon (as shown on screenshot)

Google Chrome remove extensions2

Step 4.3 : Reset Google Chrome

Close all Google Chrome browser’s window
Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) , then you will get Run box.
Copy and Paste this following command “as per your OS” in this Run box then click on OK button. You’ll get open a location in windows explorer. Windows XP %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default Windows 7, 8, Vista %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

In the default folder location, Rename a file named as “Preferences“ to “Preferences.old“
In the same default folder location, Rename one more file named as “Web Data“ to “Web Data.old“
Now your Google Chrome has been Restored to default settings.

Step 5 : To Remove Buzzsurfing ads from Registry

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “REGEDIT” into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a registry editor window.
In the registry editor, click on Edit menu and then click on find option, you’ll get edit box to search any string into registry editor
Type “Buzzsurfing ads” into the find box and then click on Find Next.
The search result will highlight the key or value which have contains the Buzzsurfing ads string.
Now delete the Registry Key/Value/Value-Data if any one contains “Buzzsurfing ads” string (must see the example screenshot below) Note:- Do not delete the complete value data, just delete the Buzzsurfing ads path only (for example see screenshot3 below)
Use F3 key to find Next. and do the last step to all results.
We are giving you the example on “Conduit” Adware.

Screenshot 1

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Screenshot 2

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Screenshot 3

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Step 6 : To Remove Buzzsurfing ads from Autorun Tasks

Click on Start button and then do Right-Click on the computer and then do left-click on Manage. A manage window will appear.
In the manage window click on Tasks Scheduler from right side pane, then click on “Task Scheduler Library“, Now look on left side pane and Remove all the Tasks which have contains Buzzsurfing ads string and also remove all the unknown / unwanted tasks from there (As per the screenshot below).

scheduled-tasks-removal

Step 7 : To Remove Buzzsurfing ads from Startup

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a msconfig window.
In the msconfig window click on Startup tab, here you’ll get all the startup entries, so look on the list and then do Un-check the entries which is contains Buzzsurfing ads. Also Un-check all the others entries which you found unwanted. then click on OK to apply all the changes.

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Step 8 : To Remove Buzzsurfing ads from Services

Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG” into the run box then click on OK. . You’ll get a msconfig window.
In the msconfig window click on Services tab, here you’ll get all the startup services list, click on “Hide Windows Services” all the windows related services will be hidden. now it’s only display the 3rd party installed services, now look on the list and then do Un-check the service which have contains Buzzsurfing ads. Also Un-check all the unknown / unwanted services. then click on OK to apply all the changes.

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Step 9 : To remove Buzzsurfing ads registry entries with Adwcleaner.exe

Here is the proper step-by-step guide to remove any adware from registry, please follow the steps. 9.1 : Download AdwCleaner from the below link.

Click Here to Download: Adwcleaner.exe

9.2 : Run that downloaded file (Adwcleaner.exe). 9.3 : When you get it started, click on scan button to search the Buzzsurfing ads files and registry entries (As shown below screenshot).

adwcleaner-scanning-process

9.5 : When scanning process will be finished, click on Clean button to delete all the Buzzsurfing ads files and registry entries (as shown on below screenshot)

adwcleaner-cleanup-process