Ads by Infonaut. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Infonaut?
Infonaut is yet another program that is blamed for initiating various unwanted activities on people’s computers. The main reason why we do not recommend installing it is related to the fact that it may install cookies on all the most popular web browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari) and start tracking your online activities. It may continuously monitor what websites you prefer visiting, what data do you enter in them, your search terms, clicks, PC’s IP address, location, email address and similar information. Of course, the fact of being tracked itself is not pleasant; however, it’s very important to consider the fact that gathered information may be used for suspicious purposes and may even be transmitted to other third parties. Another thing that attracted the attention of security experts is the content that Infonaut virus may deliver to people. It has been found that once installed this browser add-on may generate various pop-up, pop-under, banner, in-text and other forms of advertisements. In most of the cases, they are marked as ‘Ads by Infonaut’, ‘ Infonaut Ads’, ‘Infonaut Deals’, ‘Powered by Infonaut’ and so on; however, in some of the cases they may not be labeled. If you are not hundred percent sure what specific program causes questionable advertisements, you should check Task Manager and try to find suspicious programs that are working on your computer because it’s very likely that a program you haven’t downloaded on your PC is working on your PC’s system. No matter how trustworthy Infonaut ads may seem, you should ignore all of them because they are sponsored and linked to third-party websites some of which may appear to be really suspicious. Finally, it’s worth mentioning that infiltration of Infonaut virus may be followed by system slowdowns, infiltration of other suspicious programs and similar issues. Therefore, this dubious program certainly deserves being included in the ‘adware’ and ‘potentially unwanted program’ categories. In order to prevent all aforementioned issues, you should remove Infonaut virus without any delay. For that, try using Reimage or another reputable anti-spyware.
How can Infonaut hijack my computer?
Infonaut is a typical adware that is similar to Shop Easy, Sharp Angle, Spice Nice and many others. Usually, all adware-type programs share common feature one of which is their distribution method. Infonaut and its clones usually travel attached to other freewares as an ‘optional download’. Therefore, it’s not surprising that so many people have already been tricked into installing this dubious adware. The only way to prevent installing unwanted programs without realizing that is a careful downloading and installation of free programs. Whenever you decide to install a free program, you should carefully check whether it’s reliable by reading EULA, Privacy Policy, and other accessible information. Besides, you should also select Advanced or Custom installation option all the time and carefully check whether your selected freeware carries additional components or not. If you find out that it’s filled with various browser add-ons, plug-ins, toolbars or extensions, you should either terminate its installation or opt out of all additional components before the installation is finished.
How to remove Infonaut virus?
Remove Infonaut virus with the help of this guide:
You can remove virus damage automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Malwarebytes MalwarebytesCombo Cleaner, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareMalwarebytes Malwarebytes. We recommend these applications because they detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.

To remove Infonaut ads, follow these steps:
Get rid of Infonaut from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
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Uninstall Infonaut and related programs
Here, look for Infonaut or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Delete Infonaut from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Infonaut or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Uninstall Infonaut from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Infonaut and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Infonaut removal.
Erase Infonaut ads from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
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Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Infonaut should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariEliminate Infonaut from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Infonaut and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Infonaut removal.
Remove Infonaut from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Infonaut and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Infonaut removal.
Get rid of Infonaut from Safari
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Infonaut or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Infonaut removal process.