Passion Fruit Rewards Adware

What is Passion Fruit Rewards?

Developed by My Publisher Ltd, Passion Fruit Rewards is a rogue application (a potentially unwanted program or 'PUP') claiming to enable users to collect points for various Internet browsing activities such as online shopping. This feature may seem legitimate and useful, however, be aware that Passion Fruit Rewards is classed as adware.

This type of application commonly employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to install on Internet browsers without users' consent.

Bundling is a way to stealthily distribute applications together with other software, and therefore, most users inadvertently install Passion Fruit Rewards during download of free software from freeware download websites.

After successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, this rogue application delivers intrusive online ads and tracks users' Internet browsing activity.

Passion Fruit Rewards collects various information including Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries entered, and other details. Additionally, generated advertisements include (but are not limited to) banners, pop-ups, and hypertext links.

Information tracking and intrusive advertisements such as these can lead to serious privacy issues and high-risk adware or malware infections. SaveZ, rePrice, and PennyBee are just some examples of many rogue applications that are similar to Passion Fruit Rewards.

Neither Passion Fruit Rewards, nor any of these other applications, provide any valuable functionality - the purpose of applications such as Passion Fruit Reward is to generate revenue by the display of intrusive online ads and sharing collected data with third parties. Therefore, you are strongly advised to eliminate this adware from your system.

Today, most adware is distributed via small download programs (called 'installers', 'download managers', 'download clients', etc.) on freeware download websites such as download.com, softonic.com, and soft32.com.

Download programs are employed to monetize these websites' free services and traffic by offering installation of additional programs together with the chosen free software. These applications are said to be '100% legitimate and virus-free', however, reckless download and installation of freeware often results in adware or malware infections.

To prevent installation of potentially unwanted programs such as Passion Fruit Rewards, pay close attention to each step of the free software download process and never accept installation of additional programs offered.

In addition, when installing downloaded software, select the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' installation options and deselect any additional software offered - this will avoid installation of adware or malware-type applications.

If your computer is infected with Passion Fruit Rewards, and you observe intrusive online advertisements while surfing the Internet, read the instructions below and uninstall this adware from your Internet browsers.

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Quick menu:

• What is Passion Fruit Rewards?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Passion Fruit Rewards application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Passion Fruit Rewards adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Passion Fruit Rewards ads from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Passion Fruit Rewards' from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Passion Fruit Rewards extension from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Passion Fruit Rewards adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Passion Fruit Rewards", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Passion Fruit Rewards ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Passion Fruit Rewards adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Passion Fruit Rewards", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by passion fruit rewards, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate: "Passion Fruit Rewards", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by passion fruit rewards, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plugins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove "Passion Fruit Rewards".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by passion fruit rewards removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by passion fruit rewards, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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