AdsKeeper is a malicious program that is charged at the same time your OS is charging and starts showing ads at regular intervals.
AdsKeeper‘s goal is to show unexpected ads in your computer to increase its editor’s advertising income. Ads shown by this program are usually labeled as AdsKeeper Ads or Ads by AdsKeeper.
Adware tools are programs whose goal is to make money for their creators by showing huge amounts of ads in every website you visit. When AdsKeeper is installed you might also suffer from a sudden slow response from your browser and even from the computer itself. This is due to the fact that AdsKeeper runs both as a browser plug-in and as a background process.
This kind of advertising software should be considered a parasite but not a dangerous one as a ransomware would be.
How did AdsKeeper end up in your computer?
It’s actually a little your own doing because it was you who installed it at the same time as some other program, probably a free one. Most of these adware tools are found attached to freeware installers.
If you’re not careful enough, you probably skip reading everything stated in the install process, therefore you don’t realize the additional programs being offered and go directly to the “Next” button, giving your full approval for them to be installed. Usually this installers are found in streaming, torrents, cracks and keygens websites, although they can also be found in popular downloads platforms.
Removing AdsKeeper can become a hard task, specially because there are a lot of websites offering you solutions like SpyHunter or Reimage that will prove useless in the end.
Fortunately there are some free tools like AdwCleaner and Malwarebytes that will allow you to remove it in just a few clicks.
The guide presented below will show you how to use these programs through video tutorials.
After you’re done with this guide you’ll be free from AdsKeeper and any other adware that might also be present in your system.
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