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What is Positive Finds?

Created by SuperWeb LLC, Positive Finds is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) claiming to enhance the Internet browsing experience by enabling coupons, comparison shopping, and other similar features. While this functionality may seem legitimate and useful, be aware that the Positive Finds browser extension is categorized as adware.

These associations are made due to a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional programs together with the chosen software) employed by Positive Finds to install on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox) without users' permission.

After successful infiltration, Positive Finds generates intrusive online advertisements such as banner, search, interstitial, transitional, pop-up, and full-page ads. There is a high probability that clicking these advertisements will cause high-risk adware or malware infections.

Furthermore, this dubious plug-in continually collects various software and hardware information that may be personally identifiable. This collected information includes IP addresses (to determine users' geo-locations), URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries entered, unique identifier numbers, and other details.

Information tracking such as this may result in serious privacy issues or even identity theft. SuperWeb LLC has released several hundred PUPs identical to Positive Finds. Follow Rules, Strong Signal, and Round World are just some examples among many others - none of these are useful to the user.

SuperWeb LLC intentionally releases identical browser plug-ins under different names to avoid detection by legitimate anti-spyware and anti-virus software - the purpose of these plug-ins is to generate revenue by the display of intrusive online ads and sharing collected data with third parties. Therefore, you are strongly advised uninstall Positive Finds from your system immediately.

Today, most adware (including Positive Finds) is distributed using small download programs (called 'installers', 'download managers', 'download clients', etc.) on freeware download websites such as download.com, softonic.com, soft32.com, and many others.

Download programs are developed to monetize these websites' free services and traffic by offering installation of advertised (according to the developers, '100% legitimate and virus-free') browser extensions together with the chosen free software. Thus, reckless download and installation often results in adware or malware infections.

This can be prevented by closely inspecting each step of the free software download procedure and declining all offers to install additional programs.

In addition, software downloaded from the Internet should be installed using the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' installation options - this will reveal any bundled applications listed for installation and allow you to opt-out.

If you have installed Positive Finds, and you observe intrusive online advertisements, read the following removal guide and eliminate this adware from your system immediately.

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Quick menu:

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

Positive Finds 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 "Positive Finds", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

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

Remove Positive Finds 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 "Positive Finds", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the positive finds adware, 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 "Positive Finds", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the positive finds adware, 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 "Positive Finds".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with positive finds adware 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 positive finds adware, 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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