I wrote this article to help you remove S34me.com. This S34me.com removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

S34me.com is a malicious domain. The website harbors an adware program. S34me.com essentially acts as a gateway for the rogue program. When you get infected, you will start getting redirected to various web pages. You can tell that this particular adware is behind the unauthorized activity by looking at your address bar when the redirect occurs. The URL will change to an address beginning with S34me.com. Then, the adware will forward to a different domain. The owners of the covert program get paid to take people to sponsored websites. The monetary technique they use is called the pay-per-click system. This concept is used for both the redirects and the ads. The problem with the promotional campaigns is that the supported content does not go through a security check. The web pages you get forwarded to could be infused with malware.

The adware behind S34me.com uses up a lot of CPU and RAM memory. This will have a negative effect on your computer’s performance speed. Your system will often stall, freeze and even crash. Certain tasks which require a high amount of virtual memory will be impossible to execute. You will have to work through setbacks while the rogue program functions on your machine. Apart from your system slowing down, your browsing sessions will be interrupted by redirects and pop-up ads. The adware loads web pages and opens advertisements at random times.

To attract users to the advertisements, the shady program presents bargain offers in them. It shows exclusive deals for various types of high quality goods. This includes apparel, technological devices, household items, furniture, accessories, gardening equipment, decorations, sports gear, games and others. The S34me.com adware monitors people’s browsing sessions and collects details about their habits. It will get to know what you are interested in and match the suggestions accordingly. If you were recently shopping for clothes, the furtive tool will show you listings for clothing items. If your searches reveal that you have children, you will be shown offers for games and toys.

The S34me.com adware generates advertisements in different formats. You may not realize that the advertising content comes from a program. The adware will embed some of the ad windows into the websites you visit. The embedded formats include in-text links, interstitial and transitional ads. The first from the list are unique from the rest. They are the only types of ads which do not open on their own. You have to hover over the link with your mouse cursor in order for the window to appear. The other two embedded formats are much more intrusive. They will follow you as you scroll down the page, covering part of it. The pop-up advertisements vary from banners and coupon boxes to regular windows, like contextual, interstitial and inline ads. On occasion, there will be full-screen windows which will cover your entire desktop.

While avoiding the suspicious ads will protect you from contacting malware, it will not eliminate all dangers. The S34me.com adware carries out a task which poses a personal security threat. The rogue program records information from the web browser. It can access the input you have made available through your online sessions and the details your browser stores per default. This encompasses your history, cookies, keystrokes, IP address, geographic location, email account, telephone number, user names, passwords and financial credentials. The gathered data will be sold on dark markets without your knowledge or consent.

To protect your system from penetration, you need to know how the S34me.com adware is spread. There are a couple of ways to get infected with the sinister program. The most common method is bundling. Freeware, shareware and pirated utilities can add the adware as a bonus tool. To prevent undesired software from getting installed to your computer, check the terms and conditions for the option. Spam emails can transfer the secluded tool through an attachment. The setup file gets hidden behind an appended document. Of course, the document in question is fake. The message needs to convince the recipient that it is genuine. Spammers often write on behalf of existing entities, like the national post, the local police department, courier firms, banks, government institutions, shopping platforms and social networks. To check whether a given letter is legitimate, proof the email address.

S34me.com Uninstall

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you know how to do this, 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.

Please, follow the steps precisely to remove S34me.com 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 S34me.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.