If when surfing the Internet you’re seeing advertising banners with the words “Ads by SpeechChecker” in the lower left-hand corner appearing on your usual websites, it’s because your computer is infected by an adware program. This program has only one goal: distribute a maximum amount of advertisements so that you see them or click on them. Because you do this, this adware’s author will earn money by “taking your computer hostage” in a way.
The Ads by CheckmeUp are not the only ones to have been introduced onto your machine. You might also be treated to a fake utility called SpeedCheck App or SpeedChecker or CheckmeUp, which is supposed to analyze your Internet connection speed- a nice pretext for installing adware and displaying ads.
More often than not, Ads by CheckmeUp is installed without you realizing it, usually after having downloaded a fake update plug-in (Flash, Java, Drivers, etc.). As a general rule, don’t install a software update when your browser is the one that offers it. SpeedChecker also could have installed another free program at the same time, one which you had downloaded from a downloading platform like Softonic.
Obviously, the longer the Ads by CheckmeUp adware stays on your computer, the more its designer will make money; this is why this infection is designed to be difficult to remove. The guide below will help you to get rid of it effectively.
For your information please know that Ads by SpeedChecker is considered as suspicious by 14 security software.
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How to remove Ads by CheckmeUp ?
Remove Ads by CheckmeUp with AdwCleaner
The AdwCleaner program will examine your computer and web browser for Ads by CheckmeUp, browser plugins and registry keys, that may have been installed on your computer without your agreement.
- You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
Download AdwCleaner - Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, then double-click on the file AdwCleaner.exe.
- If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run.
- When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button.
- To remove malicious files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button.
- Please click on the OK button to allow AdwCleaner reboot your computer.
Remove Ads by CheckmeUp with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a light-weight anti-malware program that is excellent at removing the latest detections.
- Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection) - Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
- Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
- If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Ads by CheckmeUp.
- When the scan is complete, make sure that everything is set to Quarantine, and click Apply Actions.
- When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.
Remove Ads by CheckmeUp with HitmanPro
HitmanPro is a second opinion scanner, designed to rescue your computer from malware. HitmanPro is designed to work alongside existing security programs without any conflicts. HitmanPro offers you a Free Scan for a second opinion.
- You can download HitmanPro from the below link:
Download HitmanPro - Double-click on the file named HitmanPro.exe (for 32-bit versions of Windows) or HitmanPro_x64.exe (for 64-bit versions of Windows).
- Click on the Next button, to install HitmanPro on your computer.
- HitmanPro will now begin to scan your computer for Ads by CheckmeUp malicious files.
- When it has finished it will display a list of all the malware that the program found as shown in the image below. Click on the Next button, to remove Ads by CheckmeUp virus.
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