Magic Ball Adware

What is Magic Ball?

Magic Ball is a dubious browser plug-in described as a great tool to improve the Internet browsing experience by enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and other features. Some users may find this add-on legitimate and useful, however, it is classed as adware or a potentially unwanted program (PUP).

These negative associations are made due to a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of third party applications together with the chosen software) employed by the developers of this plug-in.

Magic Ball installs on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox and then generates intrusive online advertisements such as banner, pop-up, coupons, search, interstitial, transitional, and full-page ads. Advertisements generated by Magic Ball may redirect you to rogue websites, and therefore, expose your computer to further adware or malware infections.

As with other applications developed by SuperWeb LLC, Magic Ball tracks and collects various software and hardware information including, for instance, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries entered, unique identifier numbers, and so on.

This recorded information may be personally identifiable, and therefore, the presence of bogus applications such as Magic Ball may lead to serious privacy issues or identity theft. Information Cloud, First Color, Coupons Free, and Checked List are just some examples of rogue plug-ins developed by SuperWeb LLC.

This company releases identical plug-ins under different names to avoid detection by legitimate anti-virus and anti-spyware suites.

None of these aforementioned apps (including Magic Ball) provide any real value for the user - their aim is to generate revenue by sharing collected data with third parties and displaying intrusive online advertisements. Therefore, you are strongly advised to remove Magic Ball from your system immediately.

Since Magic Ball is a regular adware application, it is mostly distributed via small programs called 'download managers' on freeware download websites such as download.com, soft32.com, and softonic.com.

Download managers are employed by these sites to monetize their traffic and free software by offering installation of additional programs together with the chosen software - or simply by concealing them under the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' options. These applications are described as '100% legitimate and virus-free', however, most are classed as adware or malware.

Installation of PUPs can be avoided by closely observing each step during download of free software and ensuring that no additional applications are included.

Further, downloaded free software should be installed using the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' installation options - this will reveal any third party apps listed for installation and allow you to opt-out. If you have installed Magic Ball, follow the instructions below to uninstall this adware from your system.

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Quick menu:

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

Magic Ball 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 "Magic Ball", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

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

Remove Magic Ball 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 "Magic Ball", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by magic ball, 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 "Magic Ball", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by magic ball, 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 "Magic Ball".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by magic ball 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 magic ball, 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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