Remove hot deals - how it works
If you find more advertising or a toolbar with the words "Hot Deals" in your browser, you should remove the adware immediately. In this guide, we will show you how this works.
Step 1: remove the adware hot deals
Hot deals are adware, which usually manifests itself in the form of a toolbar or unwanted pop-ups. Hot deals are not particularly dangerous and are not a virus in their true sense, but they are extremely annoying.
- Open the Control Panel and sort the list of installed programs by the installation date. Remove "Hot Deals" and all other unknown additions here. In the next practical tip you will find detailed step-by-step instructions.
- The free tool AdwCleaner scans your browser and PC and deletes the last remains of hot deals.
- In order to rule out infection with other malware, we also recommend that you check with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Step 2: Free the browser from hot deals
Since it cannot be ruled out whether Hot Deals has made further settings on your browser, you should reset it completely for security reasons. Follow the instructions below for all of your browsers.
- Since it cannot be ruled out whether Hot Deals has made further settings on your browser, you should reset it completely for security reasons.
- To do this, follow the corresponding steps in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
We will show you how to check individual files online for viruses in the next practical tip.