Hover Zoom ads. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Hover Zoom?
Hover Zoom by Romain Vallet is a browser extension for Google Chrome that has been released at the end of 2013. From the first glimpse, people treated this app as an ordinary application that may be used for zooming images on the Internet. Unfortunately, the latest version of this program appeared to have a suspicious script due to which Hover Zoom has been related to malware that is set to collect personally identifiable information, such as passwords, logins, credit card details, etc. about its users. Fortunately, it does not seem to be true. Reputable security vendors have made a small research on this program and claim that it’s just another adware or a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Such categorization means that this dubious browser plug-in is distributed using unfair methods and may infiltrate computers without being noticed (we will speak about Hover Zoom distribution method in the next paragraph). Besides, it means that it may try to make people visit websites that are not frequently visited in a normal way. For this purpose, it may start initiating a ton of ‘Ads by Hover Zoom’, which may be filled with various deals, discounts, and similar things. However, if you are not willing to land on an unknown, suspicious or even unsafe website, we highly recommend you to ignore all Hover Zoom ads. Finally, be aware that this adware is NOT capable of collecting sensitive data about you. However, it has been found that it uses web beacons, Flash and HTTP cookies that seem to be used for collecting non-personally identifiable information about you in order to investigate your browsing habits. All in all, be aware that Hover Zoom virus is NOT malicious; however, it can still cause some privacy and computer related issues. Thus, if you suspect that this program has infiltrated your computer, we recommend you to run a full system scan with Reimage and eliminate it right away.
How can Hover Zoom hijack my computer?
As we have already mentioned, Hover Zoom virus may infiltrate computer without being noticed. To be more precise, it may be attached alongside various freewares as an ‘optional download’ and the only way to notice its presence and opt out of it is to select an appropriate installation option and keep an eye on every detail. Therefore, whenever you decide to install a freeware, keep in mind that it may be filed with ‘optional downloads’ and select Advanced or Custom installation option. After that, check everything step-by-step and unmark check marks claiming that you agree to install Hover Zoom or any other browser add-on, plug-in, toolbar or extension. In case, Hover Zoom redirects to suspicious domains have already started bothering you, follow this guide:
How to remove Hover Zoom virus?
Since Hover Zoom is a typical adware, it’s removal should not cause difficulties. Thus, you can try to remove it manually with the help of a guide that is given below. However, after that we highly recommend you to run a full system scan in order to make sure that your computer is completely fixed:
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 Hover Zoom ads, follow these steps:
Remove Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom and related programs
Here, look for Hover Zoom or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Erase Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Uninstall Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom removal.
Get rid of Hover Zoom 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, Hover Zoom should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariEliminate Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom removal.
Delete Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom removal.
Remove Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom 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 Hover Zoom removal process.