Flying Deals Adware
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on (updated)
What is Flying Deals?
Created by SuperWeb LLC, Flying Deals is a dubious application claiming to improve the Internet browsing experience by enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and other similar features. On initial inspection, this functionality may seem legitimate and useful, however, Flying Deals is classed as adware.
This association is made due to a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional applications together with the chosen software) employed by SuperWeb LLC to install this application without users' consent.
Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, Flying Deal behaves like regular adware by generating various intrusive online advertisements including search, pop-up, interstitial, transitional, banner, coupon, and full-page ads.
These generated advertisements might redirect you to bogus websites, thereby exposing your computer to infection.
In addition, users' Internet browsing activity is continually monitored, since Flying Deals adware records various software and hardware information that may be personally identifiable. For example, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (to determine users' geolocations), unique identifier numbers, website URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries entered, etc.
Consequently, information tracking may result in serious privacy issues or even identity theft. Flying Deals is one of many applications released by SuperWeb LLC.
This company releases hundreds of identical browser plug-ins under different names to prevent detection by legitimate anti-spyware and anti-virus suites.
Blue Bulletin, Screen Boost, FlippyRoo, and Price Clip are just some examples from a long list of applications identical to Flying Deals, none of which are useful to the user - they are developed to generate revenue by the display of intrusive online advertisements and sharing collected data with third parties. You are strongly advised to eliminate Flying Deals from your system immediately.
Flying Deals is mostly distributed via small programs called 'download clients' on freeware download websites such as soft32.com, download.com, softonic.com, etc. Download clients are used to monetize these websites' free services by offering installation of third-party applications together with the chosen free software.
Although these promoted apps are described as '100% legitimate and virus-free', reckless download and installation of freeware often results in adware or malware infections. This situation can be avoided by analysing each step during the download of free software and never accepting offers to install additional apps.
Furthermore, installation of free software should be performed using the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' options - this will reveal any bundled applications listed for installation and allow you to opt-out.
If you have installed Flying Deals, and you observe 'Ads by Flying Deals' or 'Powered by Flying Deals' advertisements while surfing the Internet, read the instructions below and uninstall this potentially unwanted browser plug-in from your system.
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Quick menu:
- What is Flying Deals?
- STEP 1. Uninstall Flying Deals application using Control Panel.
- STEP 2. Remove Flying Deals adware from Internet Explorer.
- STEP 3. Remove Flying Deals ads from Google Chrome.
- STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Flying Deals' from Mozilla Firefox.
- STEP 5. Remove Flying Deals ads from Safari.
- STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.
Flying Deals 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 "Flying Deals", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".
After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Flying Deals ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.
Remove Flying Deals 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 "Flying Deals", select this entry and click "Remove".
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by flying deals, 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 "Flying Deals", select this entry and click the trash can icon.
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by flying deals, 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 "Flying Deals".
Optional method:
Computer users who have problems with ads by flying deals 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 flying deals, 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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