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

If you are having pop-up windows flagged as “Ads by Serpens” appearing on your screen, you have contracted an adware program. The shady tool will exploit your web browser, turning it into a pawn. Established browsing clients, like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, Opera, and others are vulnerable to the attacks of the malicious program. The activity of the adware will have a negative effect on your system’s overall performance. Your machine will slow down to a crawl. It will often freeze, crash, and return error messages. These issue will seem like a walk in the park when compared to the security problems that go hand in hand with them.

The adware behind the “Ads by Serpens” conducts promotional campaigns. It supports the content of third party advertisers in exchange for commissions. They get paid according to the number of hits scored. This payment method is called the pay-per-click system. The owners of the adware need to acquire people’s interest in order to make profit. For this reason, they resort to marketing tricks and promotional strategies. To begin with, the “Ads by Serpens” are placed strategically. They appear on top of the active browser and explorer windows. The furtive tool decorates them with bright colors, cursive fonts, flash animations, and other special effects to make them stand out.

Upon getting your initial attention, the adware needs to intrigue you enough to have you follow the “Ads by Serpens”. To achieve this, the clandestine program will present content which is likely to appeal to you. It will show you bargain shopping offers for diverse goods. The adware selects what types of items to feature by doing research on the targeted users. If you are a technology geek, the covert program will bring you exclusive deals for various gadgets, devices, and electronics. For the fashion-conscious users, the adware lists trendy clothing at discount prices. Some of the offers may interest you.

You should not follow the advertisements. They can redirect you to malware-infused websites. Keep your distance and keep your guard up. By avoiding the unsolicited content, you will safeguard your system from malware. However, the adware behind the “Ads by Serpens” is dangerous, as well. The utility has tracking capabilities. It can extort information from your web browser. This encompasses your browsing history, cookies, keystrokes, web beacons, IP address, geographic location, zip code, email, telephone number, user names, passwords, and financial credentials. The owners of the rogue program can sell your private details on the darkweb without asking for your permission.

The adware behind the “Ads by Serpens” is distributed in several ways. The preferred propagation vector is bundling. The unwanted tool will be included for install with another program. It tends to travel with freeware, shareware, and pirated copies of paid utilities. You should avoid downloading software from peer-to-peer networks. When you are processing the install of a given program, read through the terms and conditions. Additional tools are usually mentioned in the options list. In most cases, they are malevolent.

Spam emails are another common distribution vector. The adware can be transferred through a file, included in the letter as an attached document. The sender will state that the document is an official notification from a reputable company or organization, like the national post, a courier firm, a social network, a bank, an institution, a government branch, or the police department. To confirm that the message is legitimate, look up the listed contacts. As we mentioned earlier, clicking on the “Ads by Serpens” can cause you to contract an infection. The problems you are having now could have come about in the same way. The adware is also distributed through corrupted websites and compromised links. This process is called a drive-by installation. You need to be selective of your online sources.

Ads by Serpens Uninstall

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

Still can not remove Ads by Serpens from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.