Hey Jim, you can follow the steps below to remove Cloudscout (http://www.fixmalwareissues.com/how-to-remove-cloudscout-pop-up-ads-completely/) from your browser.
Step1. Remove Cloudscout related program from Control Panel.
For Windows 7/Vista, Click Start button -> Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> Highlight the target program and click Uninstall/Change.
Step2. Delete the malicious add-ons from your Chrome(for example).
Open Chrome, click the menu icon “≡” at the top right of the browser window, choose “Tools” and choose “Extensions”.
In the Extensions tab, uncheck “Enabled” to disable the taplika extension, or click the trash box next to it to delete it completely.
Step3. Reset your browser homepage.
Open Chrome, click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar and select Settings. Homepage button is off by default. Select the “Show Home button” checkbox in the “Appearance” section to show it on the browser toolbar. Click Change and a dialog box titled Home page pops up. Enter a link in Open this page or you can also choose the New Tab page as your homepage.
Good luck.
Jim, For removal info have you 'googled' remove Cloudscout?..
No AV product is capable of providing you with 100% protection although AVG are always working 24/7.
Have a look @ these 2 articles…
[1] (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=What-to-do-when-I-suspect-an-undetected-file-is-infected)
[2] (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=Why-AVG-did-not-detect-a-virus)
AVG would recommend to start with uninstalling all unknown/unused programs and browser addons.
AVG Guru
Hey Jim, you can follow the steps below to remove Cloudscout (http://www.fixmalwareissues.com/how-to-remove-cloudscout-pop-up-ads-completely/) from your browser.
Step1. Remove Cloudscout related program from Control Panel.
For Windows 7/Vista, Click Start button -> Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> Highlight the target program and click Uninstall/Change.
Step2. Delete the malicious add-ons from your Chrome(for example).
Open Chrome, click the menu icon “≡” at the top right of the browser window, choose “Tools” and choose “Extensions”.
In the Extensions tab, uncheck “Enabled” to disable the taplika extension, or click the trash box next to it to delete it completely.
Step3. Reset your browser homepage.
Open Chrome, click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar and select Settings. Homepage button is off by default. Select the “Show Home button” checkbox in the “Appearance” section to show it on the browser toolbar. Click Change and a dialog box titled Home page pops up. Enter a link in Open this page or you can also choose the New Tab page as your homepage.
Good luck.
This adware is all over my internet pages and slowes the brouser down. Does anyone know how to get rid of this adware?
Jim, For removal info have you 'googled' remove Cloudscout?..
No AV product is capable of providing you with 100% protection although AVG are always working 24/7.
Have a look @ these 2 articles…
[1] (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=What-to-do-when-I-suspect-an-undetected-file-is-infected)
[2] (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=Why-AVG-did-not-detect-a-virus)
AVG would recommend to start with uninstalling all unknown/unused programs and browser addons.
AVG Guru