I wrote this article to help you remove Appoftheroad.com. This Appoftheroad.com removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

If you’re experiencing abnormal amount of ads while browsing, you are in trouble. A lot of users go online, only to get bombarded with numerous ads in forms like pop-ups, blinking alert messages, in-text and banners. This is not a normal browser behavior. Nowadays, ads are not something unusual to see online, but if they stop you from having a normal browsing experience, something is wrong and you need to remove the cause of this as soon as possible.

Appoftheroad.com is a website related to malicious activity. If you constantly get redirected to this page, or if the ads have a “Brought to you by Appoftheroad.com” mark underneath them, it means that your browser has been invaded by adware. Such malicious software will not hesitate to modify your online settings or make unauthorized installations of shady extensions, add-ons or toolbars on your browser. What’s more, it will steal your browsing history and search queries, in order to make the needed customizations and ensure that the generated ads will be more likely to get clicked by you.

The most common means of adware distribution include spam emails and attachments, free software bundles, fake update requests, corrupt torrent files, dubious links and ads, etc. When you want to install software that you’ve downloaded from the internet, we strongly advise against opting for a Quick installation. Most users make this mistake and are left to deal with the consequences of their bad decision.

You see, cyber criminals rely on your naivety and lack of diligence. They know that a lot of users are not bothered to read the Terms and Conditions and are too quick to click on the ‘Next’ button without paying attention to what they actually are agreeing to. That’s why the smart thing to do is to select Custom or Advanced mode in the Setup Wizard. This way, you’ll be able to see if there is any additional software. If there are any optional installations, we highly recommend that you opt out of them all. Malware is known to disguise as seemingly useful software that is hidden in such bundles. You’ll only be able to notice its existence if you follow our advice.

Adware might not seem like a very dangerous threat, but you should not underestimate its power. Make no mistake, adware is not harmless. The chance of it severely damaging your computer is very real. You see, the thing is that you never know where those ads will redirect you to. It might be a normal site, who knows. But there is also a possibility that you may be rerouted to a suspicious and even dangerous third-party website that seek to open backdoors to hackers who wait for an opportunity to hack your computer. That’s right. You might be one click away from being led to an infected source that will waste no time and launch a malicious attack on your PC.

If you let the adware for a long period of time, without making any attempts to remove it from your computer, you will suffer from the consequences. This malicious software is capable of decreasing the speed of your internet connection, as well as corrupt your browser in such way, that you won’t be able to use it at all. Do not stick around long enough to see all of the thing adware is capable of doing to your computer. Waste not time and act quickly before it is too late. If you want to protect your personal online information and steer clear from other malicious cyber infections, you need to get rid of this annoying parasite ASAP.

Appoftheroad.com Removal

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Here are the steps you must perform to remove the hijacker from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go to the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still cannot remove Appoftheroad.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.