If the Google Prize pop-ups appear on your screen, don’t be too quick to celebrate. These ads that claim you won a prize are fraudulent. They rely on your naivety to trick you into giving them exactly what they want – your private information. In order get their hands on such valuable data, the phony pop-up ad will make you fill in a survey. If you want to claim your prize, you need to fill in sensitive information about yourself. Do not fall into this trap! It won’t end well. With such data, they can easily profit, by sharing it with other third-parties.

No one wants their privacy compromised in such a manner. So we highly recommend steering clear of such questionable ads in the future. If an ad seems too good to be true, more often than not, it turns out to be a malicious advert. Once you let such malware trick you, you are in for a hellish experience. You may lose more than just your personal and financial information.

The appearance of the Google Prize pop-up ads is a clear indication that a nasty adware parasite lurks on your computer. Such malicious software is very sneaky and can easily trick you into giving it access to your cyber machine if you are not paying close attention. In most cases, adware hides behind spam emails and attachments, free software bundles, shady ads and links, torrent files and fake update messages.

What we advise you to do, in order to maintain a secure online presence is to stop being so hasty. Think twice before you click anything because you might be one click away from infecting your PC with malicious software. Haste is your enemy. Another common mistake that most users do is to opt for a Quick installation and proceed with clicking the ‘Next’ button until the process is finished, all while not paying attention to what they agree on. Don’t forget – adware cannot hack its way on your computer on its own. It needs your help to do it. Be smarter and read between the lines. Your best option is to select a custom setup mode when installing software on your computer.

Adware is not as dangerous as a Trojan Horse. While that may be true, it is not harmless. Don’t make the mistake of underestimating its power. You will gain no positives by keeping this parasite on your computer, which is why we urge you to remove it as soon as possible before it is able to do serious damages. If you stay idle and prolong its stay on your PC, you will not like the outcome.

You risk compromising your privacy, and cyber criminals will surely exploit this opportunity to get their hands on your passwords, Login ID, IP addresses, browsing history, search queries, as well as bank account credentials and credit card numbers. What’s more, this parasite can perform other malicious tasks that can be dangerous to your computer. Waste no time and heed our warning! Get rid of this nuisance now, or be sorry later. If you are unsure how to proceed with the removal of this adware, we can help you. All you have to do is follow the instructions below.

Google Prize Ad Scam 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 Google Prize Ad Scam from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.