Remove Instant Support Pop-up Ads from the Computer

Infected with Instant Support Pop-up? How frustrated.

If you have Instant Support Pop-up on your computer, you may have the same experience like below:

I'm running Windows 10. I have downloaded malware while trying to download a program from Tucows, which I had thought might be safe. I am getting continuous pop-ups from something called Instant Support. Audio popups continuously,popups telling me I have viruses and to call them immediately, and sometimes they cannot be clicked off without restarting the computer. There were three programs that I know of that were downloaded on the 4th. Please help and advise.

Instant Support Pop-up is a kind of adware infection which is capable to change your browser setting and redirect your webpage to unwanted websites. Instant Support Pop-up is designed to prevent access to sites that redirect users or perform actions to trick users into calling the scammer and installing misleading applications such as fake antivirus software. The creators of misleading applications use intermediate sites that redirect users from the site they are visiting to another one offering misleading applications for download. Once gets into the computer,Instant Support Pop-up will compromise your browser and modify browser setting. When you surf the Internet, Instant Support Pop-up is capable to redirect you to its own domain.

Instant Support Pop-up may perform fake scans of the hard disk and then report multiple non-existent threats. To remove the threats, Instant Support Pop-up tells the user to purchase a license for the software or service. Of course the software and any support packages offered are bogus and will offer no help whatsoever in cleaning up the problem or protecting against any other threats. With Instant Support Pop-up on the browser,your search is getting redirected to different websites. It is suggested to remove Instant Support Pop-up from the computer as soon as possible to avoid further damage. It is better to scan your computer with a powerful anti-spyware program like Spyhunter to check out the problem and remove viruses.

How to remove Instant Support Pop-up

Method 1: Manual removal

Step 1: Stop related running processes in Windows Task Manager first.

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.

Step 2: Remove any infection related program from Control Panel.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.
3. Remove the related programs.

Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and then click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Uninstall related programs.


Windows 8

1. Press Win+R.
2. Type in control panel and click OK.
3. Select Uninstall a program.
4. Remove the related programs.

Step 3: Remove Instant Support Pop-up from your browsers.

Reset Internet Explorer

Reset Google Chrome

Reset Mozilla Firefox

Step 4: Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Step 5: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all related registry entries.

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

Method  2:  Remove with SpyHunter

It is safe and easy to remove  Instant Support Pop-up by Spyhunter.

Step 1: Click the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.

Step 3: Scan the computer and delete all threats.

Note: To keep  Instant Support Pop-up on the computer is not a wise choice. This infection can bring in many other potentially virus and damage. Install Spyhunter can help you remove  Instant Support Pop-up and also protect your computer.

（Gary）