Ads by Saleprizes. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is saleprizes?
Saleprizes is yet another useless adware, which may initiate various inconveniences during your browsing. These are the main reasons identified by security experts due to which this program has been reported as untrustworthy:
-Browser hijack;
-System slowdowns;
-Usage of cookies and data collection;
-Usage of PC’s resources;
-Possibility to download other PUPs;
-Potentially dangerous advertising.
yes, Saleprizes is really capable of initiating all aforementioned operations on targeted computer. Therefore, it’s obvious that it cannot offer anything beneficial for its users. Developers of this adware usually spread using an unfair method, which is known as ‘bundling’. People seldom decide to install apps, such as Saleprizes virus willingly; therefore, it’s developers found the weakest point, which help them to make people install this adware without even realizing that. To be more precise, this browser add-on is commonly added alongside other freewares as ‘recommended components’. Therefore, if you tend to install free programs by hitting the ‘next’ button all the time, you may easily end up with Saleprizes virus on your machine. If you already installed it, we recommend you to remove it using a reliable anti-spyware (e.g. Reimage (Windows OS) or Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus (Mac OS X and Windows OS)) and remove it right away. Otherwise, it may modify various setting on each of your web browsers and start initiating an excessive and unstoppable amount of pop-up ads. Beware that ‘Ads by saleprizes’, ‘ saleprizes ads’, ‘Delivered by saleprizes’ and similarly marked advertisements are considered to be potentially dangerous because they may be used for promoting suspicious third-party websites. Consequently, clicking on any of them may cause saleprizes redirect to the websites, which may be used for suspicious purposes, such as virus or PUP distribution. It means that such an ‘innocent’ adware may lead to virus infiltration. Therefore, you should better not even consider keeping it on your machine.
How can saleprizes hijack my computer?
We have already mentioned in the previous section that saleprizes virus is usually distributed using ‘bundling’. This method is very deceptive because it relies on other freewares and sharewares, it’s still treated as ‘legitimate’. Knowing the fact that people tend to install freewares recklessly, such distribution works answers the purpose. Unfortunately, Internet users are not very happy after ending up with the whole list of suspicious application on their computers instead of one program. If you want to avoid programs, such as saleprizes redirect virus, you should forget Quick/Basic/Recommended installation because it’s usually the breach though which potentially unwanted programs slither onto computers without being noticed. In contrast, you should opt for Advanced or Custom installation option because it discloses all avaivalbe check boxes and allow deselecting ‘optional downloads’. However, for that you have to be as careful as possible.
How to remove saleprizes virus?
Are you continuously receiving saleprizes ads while browsing the net with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer? If you are, you should waste no more time because this adware may reroute you to suspicious websites, collect information about you and cause other suspicious operations. Therefore, follow this guide and remove saleprizes virus right away:
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 Saleprizes ads, follow these steps:
Uninstall Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes and related programs
Here, look for Saleprizes or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Eliminate Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Delete Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes removal.
Get rid of Saleprizes 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, Saleprizes should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariErase Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes removal.
Remove Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes removal.
Uninstall Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes 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 Saleprizes removal process.