Cr.tractionize.com popup ads. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Cr.tractionize.com?
Cr.tractionize.com is an advertising platform, which was designed in order to drive visitors' traffic to predetermined websites by displaying various advertisements. If you notice annoying ads on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, it means that you have installed an adware-type application, which is misusing this advertising platform. If you would check you recently installed programs, you may discover a lot of unknown programs, such as PriceMeter, Supra Savings, weDownload Manager, PureLead, Search Assist, Re-Markable, Zombie Alert, Wajam, Coupon Server, Lollipop, HD-Total-Plus, UTUobEAdaBlock, Safe Saver, SupTab, ValueApps, Lollipop, Software Updated Version, DP1815, Video Player, Convert Files for Free, Plus-HD 1.3, BetterSurf, Trusted Web, PassShow, LyricsBuddy-1, PureLeads, Media Player 1.1, RRSavings, Feven Pro 1.2, Websteroids, Savings Bull, HD-Plus 3.5, Re-markit. You may fail to remember how you downloaded them on your computer. That's because they are spread along with free programs. Due to this and other downsides that they have, they have been categorized as adwares and potentially unwanted programs. As you may have probably already understood, we do not recommend clicking on Cr.tractionize.com ads and links delivered by this questionable program. If you decide to do so, you may put yourself at the risk of landing on suspicious website with dangerous content. That's a tricky marketing method used by third parties in order to spread potentially unwanted programs and to increase their income. Beware that some of the links and advertisements may be managed by cyber criminals. By the way, this advertising platform may work as a tracking cookie and may accumulate such information, as IP address, search queries, websites visited, clicks and so on. Its developers state that personal data won't be collected. However, having in mint that various third parties, including cyber criminals, may misuse Cr.tractionize.com, you should ignore all adwares that are causing these ads.
How can Cr.tractionize.com hijack my computer?
As we have mentioned before, Cr.tractionize.com virus can be installed on your computer without your awareness. It’s because it is distributed bundled with other free software. Such marketing platforms have no official website and you will probably won't find any download source that would distribute them. Therefore, when you download and install some free software from a suspicious looking website, there is a big possibility to install a potentially unwanted program that causes Cr.tractionize.com redirects and annoying pop-up ads. To avoid this happening, you should avoid downloading any software that looks fishy. If you have no other option but to download unfamiliar application from a questionable website, run its installation with extreme carefulness. Read all notifications, do not skip any sentence that is written in small font, investigate all propositions and accept to install the program only if you are sure that it is safe to use. Do not select Quick or Recommended installation if possible because you will skip the most of the check boxes and will allow installation of additional components automatically. To avoid this, opt for Advanced or Custom installation modes and monitor every installation step. If you notice offer to install extension, add-on, plug-in or toolbar, do not accept it as you may accept installation of Cr.tractionize.com virus or similar unwanted program on your system.
How to remove Cr.tractionize.com virus?
If you are already experiencing constant Cr.tractionize.com redirects and feel annoyed by its ads, you should not waist time and remove all adwares that are misusing this advertising platform. You can do it manually or automatically. It's your choice. However, we, as security experts, recommend using a reliable anti-spyware in order to fix your computer fully and do NOT leave any malicious entries on it. As we have mentioned in the beginning of the article, Cr.tractionize.com ads are caused by these and similar adwares: PriceMeter, Supra Savings, weDownload Manager, PureLead, Search Assist, Re-Markable, Zombie Alert, Wajam, Coupon Server, Lollipop, HD-Total-Plus, UTUobEAdaBlock, Safe Saver, SupTab, ValueApps, Lollipop, Software Updated Version, DP1815, Video Player, Convert Files for Free, Plus-HD 1.3, BetterSurf, Trusted Web, PassShow, LyricsBuddy-1, PureLeads, Media Player 1.1, RRSavings, Feven Pro 1.2, Websteroids, Savings Bull, HD-Plus 3.5, Re-markit.
You can remove Cr.tractionize.com popup automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareWebroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus, Malwarebytes Anti Malware. We recommend these applications because they can easily delete potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.

Manual Cr.tractionize.com popup ads Removal Guide:
Remove Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup and related programs
Here, look for Cr.tractionize.com popup or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Get rid of Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Erase Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup removal.
Delete Cr.tractionize.com popup 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, Cr.tractionize.com popup should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariEliminate Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup removal.
Uninstall Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup removal.
Remove Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup 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 Cr.tractionize.com popup removal process.