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  • Active
  • Severity: Medium
  • Adware
  • Windows, Mac
  • Verified · Oct 2015

How to remove Ads by Solution Real

A step-by-step removal guide for affected devices. Follow the verified procedure below — most readers complete it in under 10 minutes.

Linas Kiguolis · Expert in social media

What is Solution Real?

Solution Real is a legitimate browser add-on that claims to enhance user’s web browsing experience. Unfortunately, after investigating this app security experts have found that it is set to implement a list of unwanted activities behind user’s back. Consequently, if it gets inside a PC, it may start using your computer’s resources, slow it down, deliver an excessive amount of commercial advertisements, cause redirects to sponsored websites and even track your online activities. That’s why we do not recommend you to install it and use. Unfortunately, Solution Real virus is a very suspicious browser plug-in because it may appear on your computer even if you had no intentions to install it. That’s because its developers rely on ‘bundling’ that is closely related to various freewares and sharewares. Since people install programs, such as download managers, PDF creators, media players, etc. on a daily basis, Solution Real add-on reaches a wide ‘audience’ by traveling along with them.

We highly do not recommend you to keep this app inside a PC because it will not only annoy you to death by delivering tons of ‘Ads by Solution Real’, but may also try to redirect you to sponsored websites some of which may even be unsafe. Moreover, even if you are not against disclosing your search queries, websites that you visit, data that you enter online and similar data, you should not keep this add-on because it may use non-personally identifiable information about you for wrong reasons, such as to flood you with appealing ads or even spam. Thus, do not hesitate and run a full system scan with FortectIntego if Solution Real redirects have already started bothering you.

Solution Real

How can Solution Real appear on my computer?

Solution Real is a web browser add-on that is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. However, by saying compatible we do not simply mean that it can work on them. In fact, it means that it can hijack them all, modify various settings, install cookies and start displaying sponsored advertisements no matter if you want that or not. That may happen right after installation of another free software. As we have already mentioned, Solution Real virus is spread around using ‘bundling’ and that’s why it has been labeled as a potentially unwanted program (also known as adware).

If you want to prevent its infiltration, it’s not enough to install an anti-spyware. That’s because such and similar adwares are constantly updated and become unrecognizable as threats. That’s why you should always keep a reputable anti-spyware up-to-date. Moreover, you should be very careful when installing free software on your computer. First of all, we recommend reading End-User’s Licence Agreement, Privacy Policy and other relevant information to find out if it’s reliable. After that, select Advanced or Custom installation option and look for check boxes that promote ‘optional download’, such as add-ons, plug-ins, toolbars or extensions. Ignore what they promise because it’s just a trick to make you install suspicious programs on your computer.

How to remove Solution Real virus?

Technically, this program is not a virus. However, if you have already been tricked into installing it on your computer, do not wait any longer. As we have said, this program may start tracking your browsing activity and may collect your search terms, mostly visited websites and data that you enter when visiting these sites. Besides, it may start bothering you with tons of different ads, in-text links, banners and similar content that may mislead you. If you want to avoid that, you should follow the removal guidelines that are given down below and remove Solution Real adware.

Uninstall from Windows

Uninstall from Windows 10/8:

  1. Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
  2. Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 10/8

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:

  1. Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
  2. In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.Uninstall from Windows 7/XP

Remove the unwanted program:

  1. In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
  2. If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.Uninstall the unwanted program from Windows

Delete from macOS

Remove the unwanted application:

  1. From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
  2. In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).Uninstall from Mac

Delete leftover files and folders:

  1. Select Go > Go to Folder.
  2. Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
  3. Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.Delete leftover files from Mac
  4. Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.

Remove from Microsoft Edge

Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:

  1. Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
  2. From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
  3. Click Remove.Remove extensions from Edge

Clear cookies and other browser data:

  1. Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
  2. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  3. Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.Clear Edge browsing data

Restore new tab and homepage settings:

  1. Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
  2. Then find On startup section.
  3. Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.

Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:

  1. Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
  2. Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
  3. Select Details tab.
  4. Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.Reset MS Edge

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge

Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):

  1. Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
  2. Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chromium Edge

Clear cache and site data:

  1. Click on Menu and go to Settings.
  2. Select Privacy, search and services.
  3. Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
  4. Under Time range, pick All time.
  5. Select Clear now.Clear browser data from Chroum Edge

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. On the left side, pick Reset settings.
  3. Select Restore settings to their default values.
  4. Confirm with Reset.
  5. This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.Reset Chromium Edge

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
  2. Select Add-ons.
  3. In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.Remove extensions from Firefox

Reset the homepage:

  1. Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
  2. Choose Settings.
  3. Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.

Clear cookies and site data:

  1. Click Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Go to Privacy & Security section.
  3. Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
  4. Click on Clear Data...
  5. Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.Clear cookies and site data from Firefox

Reset Mozilla Firefox

If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
  2. Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.Reset Firefox 1
  3. Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
  4. Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.Reset Firefox 2

Remove from Google Chrome

Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
  2. In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.Remove extensions from Chrome

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:

  1. Click on Menu and pick Settings.
  2. Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
  3. Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
  4. Click Clear data.Clear cache and web data from Chrome

Change your homepage:

  1. Click menu and choose Settings.
  2. Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
  3. Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.

Reset Google Chrome:

If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:

  1. Click on Menu and select Settings.
  2. In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
  3. Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
  4. Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
  5. Confirm with Reset settings.Reset Chrome 2

Delete from Safari

Remove dangerous extensions:

  1. Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
  2. Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.Remove extensions from Safari

Clear history and website data:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
  2. Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.Clear history from Safari

Reset Safari:

  1. Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
  2. Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
  3. From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.Reset Safari

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