Mega Browse adware. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Mega Browse?
Mega Browse is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which can also be included to ‘adware’ category. No matter that it is not considered malicious, it can be used for quite suspicious activities. That’s why we would like to recommend you to avoid this application and think twice before downloading it. We believe that there are several hundreds of PC users who have already been convinced to download it to their computers thinking that it is capable of improving their browsing on the Internet. However, they may have already understood that Mega Browser adware has other intentions when inside the system.
The clearest sign, showing that this program is inside your computer (it can be installed either with or without people’s approval), is continuous pop-up advertisements that are displayed when visiting Facebook, Youtube, ebay, Amazon, Walmart and similar websites. In most of the cases, this program affects all web browsers that are installed on computer, so avoiding Mega Browse ads becomes a serious task. In addition, it seems that this adware-type application is capable of tracking people’s browsing activity on the internet and collecting such data as people’s mostly visited websites and information that is added when visiting them. Typically, this data is considered as personally non-identifiable but we still believe that you should keep it for yourself. We say so because there is no information about third parties that are capable of connecting this data. If you have been seeing Mega Browse ads, Mega Browse deals and other ads on your computer during your browsing, you should waste no time and check your computer with reputable anti-spyware because these ads are the clearest signs showing that something is hiding in your PC system. Otherwise, you may be tricked into visiting an insecure website or installing other PUP on your computer. For the removal of this adware we recommend using: Reimage (Windows OS), Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus (Windows OS and Mac OS X).
How can Mega Browse hijack my computer?
Mega Browse is spread in a bundle with freeware and shareware, so you should try to pay more attention to the installation process of such programs. For that, we always recommend choosing Custom or Advanced installation and then unchecking these check boxes that say that you agree to install Mega Browse on the system. Unfortunately, sometimes finding this check mark is impossible and you may install Mega Browse on your computer without your knowledge. If you noticed its advertisements, it means that this commercial application is inside your computer. At the moment of writing, it is actively distributed in a bundle with Youtube Downloader HD, Fast Free Converter, Video Media Player 1.1 and DVDX Player 3.2. If you want to remove it from there, you should uninstall these programs from the system. After that, follow these instructions:
How to remove Mega Browse adware from computer?
Technically, Mega Browse is not a virus, so if you think that it displays useful notifications, you can leave it on your computer. However, if you decided that you want to get rid of them, you should follow these instructions:
You can remove Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse adware Removal Guide:
Uninstall Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse and related programs
Here, look for Mega Browse or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Get rid of Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Eliminate Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse removal.
Erase Mega Browse adware 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, Mega Browse should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse removal.
Delete Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse removal.
Uninstall Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse 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 Mega Browse removal process.