Thursday 17th August 2017,
Social-avenue.com is a browser hijacker that is known for its annoying function of being your default home page within many popular web browsers. Usually, Social-avenue.com is set as your default home page due to loading of other software on your system that has automatically installed add-on components or web browser extensions. Social-avenue.com is touted as being a search engine for finding items on social networks but looks to have poor web results that are accompanied by several advertisements and sponsored links. The ads and sponsored links are ways in which the creators of Social-avenue.com are able to generate money, through your clicks, on a pay-per-click scheme.
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The Social-avenue.com site is not a computer virus and it is not harmful initially to computers. However, using the Social-avenue.com site for its search results you may eventually encounter a potentially malicious site by clicking on the ads or sponsored links it contains within the search results. Even though the idea behind Social-avenue.com seems to be clever, it uses aggressive techniques to push itself onto your system that classify it as being a browser hijacker that should not reside on your Windows PC.
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Most times, browser hijackers like Social-avenue.com will have several components or web browse extensions that automatically load when installing freeware applications or random 3rd party programs. Moreover, Social-avenue.com and its related components may load from clicking on random and questionable advertisements on the Internet.
Keeping the Social-avenue.com browser hijacker and its associated files off of your computer is usually left to you paying special attention to opt out of installing its components during the installation process of other software.
The appearance of popups from Social-avenue.com are an indication of your computer having additional software installed on it that may be uninstalled through the control panel. In some instances software like Social-avenue.com may not be completely removed through uninstalling it via the Windows control panel. However, an essential step to removing Social-avenue.com is uninstalling its core application by going to your control panel, going to the “programs” feature option, and then finding Social-avenue.com and choosing to uninstall it.
Step 1. Remove Social-avenue.com from Windows 10.
Right-click the lower left corner or your desktop. In the Quick Access menu select the Control Panel (normal left-click). Once in the Control Panel, find and select Programs and Features. Once in the Programs and Features option, find Social-avenue.com and select to Uninstall it if this option is available. In the case that you cannot uninstall Social-avenue.com, you may need to utilize another method to eliminate Social-avenue.com, such as using an antispyware or antivirus program.
Step 2. Remove or uninstall Social-avenue.com from Windows 7 or older Windows versions.
Go to the Start menu by pressing the Windows Key or clicking Start > go to Control Panel > choose the Programs ‘Uninstall a program’ option > find the Social-avenue.com program and then click on it > select the Uninstall button.
Step 3. Remove or uninstall Social-avenue.com from Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
Press the Windows Key on your keyboard > Search and enter Control Panel > choose the Programs ‘Uninstall a program’ option > find the Social-avenue.com program and then click on it > select the Uninstall button.
Step 4. Remove or uninstall Social-avenue.com manually by finding and deleting specific files, registry entries or application entries within the Windows Control Panel.
Remove Social-avenue.com from Mozilla Firefox:
Step 1. Launch the browser and click the icon on the Firefox search box.
Step 2. Select Manage Search Engines
Step 3. Remove the undesirable search provider and select OK.
Step 4. Simultaneously press Alt+T and in the Tools menu select Options.
Step 5. Select the General tab and go to the Home Page.
Step 6. Remove the URL and select OK.
Step 7. Simultaneously tap Ctrl+Shift+A for the Add-ons Manager.
Step 8. Select Extensions and remove the undesirable plugins.
Remove Social-avenue.com from Internet Explorer:
Step 1. Launch the browser and simultaneously press Alt+T.
Step 2. In the Tools menu select Manage Add-ons.
Step 3. Go to Toolbars and Extensions and Disable the plugin.
Step 4. Go to Search Providers and remove the search tool.
Step 5. Select Close and simultaneously press Alt+T to open the Tools menu again.
Step 6. Select Internet Options and select the General tab.
Step 7. Overwrite/ remove the Home Page URL and select OK.
Remove Social-avenue.com from Google Chrome:
Step 1. Launch the browser and simultaneously press Alt+F.
Step 2. Select Settings and you will be routed to chrome://settings/
Step 3. Under On Startup, mark Open a specific page or set of pages.
Step 4. Select Set pages to find the available options.
Step 5. Remove/overwrite the URL of the search tool and select OK.
Step 6. Under Appearance, mark Show Home button.
Step 7. Select Change and repeat step 5 to get rid of the option.
Step 8. Under Search click the Manage search engines.
Step 9. Select X on the URL of Social-avenue.com to remove it from the list.
Step 10. Simultaneously press Alt+T again, select Tools and then Extensions.
Step 11. Remove the plugin.
Other manual removal methods to uninstall Social-avenue.com may involve finding any related files or programs that could be lurking in other folders on your hard drive. These steps are usually left to computer experts as removing essential system files by accident while attempting to remove Social-avenue.com files could cause serious damage to your system or even prevent it from booting up the next time it is restarted.
