Interstitial Information Ads

What is Interstitial Information advertisement?

"Interstitial Information?" is a type of intrusive online advertisement that conceals visited website content. The ads are delivered by potentially unwanted adware-type programs.

By giving fake promises to enhance Internet browsing activity, adware-type applications such as InterYield are designed to give the impression of legitimate software, thereby tricking users to install. After infiltrating the system, however, these applications simply generate intrusive online ads and track users' Internet browsing activity.

Most PUPs generate more than one type of ad. These may include banner, coupon, pop-up, and search ads. Advertisements generated by adware-type programs can appear identical to regular software/apps and, therefore, many users are unaware that they do not originate from their visited websites.

They are delivered using 'virtual layer' (a tool allowing placement of third party graphical content on any site) and overlay underlying website content - thus, diminishing the Internet browsing experience. Furthermore, some redirect users to malicious sites. Clicking them risks further adware or malware infections.

Furthermore, ad-generating apps usually monitor Internet browsing activity. After recording information such as IP addresses, website URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries, geo-location, and other similar data, the developers of PUPs share the details with third party companies.

Some of this information can be personally identifiable. Therefore, if you feel that you are encountering intrusive online advertisements, uninstall all recently-installed potentially unwanted programs.

There are tens of rogue applications that generate interstitial ads including, for example, Money Viking, Bronze Aid, Web Shield, and Dealz. 

Although all claim to enhance the Internet browsing experience, none provide users with any real value. The purpose of adware-type programs is to generate revenue for the developers. Rather than enabling the functionality promised, potentially unwanted programs generate ads, continually track Internet browsing activity, and often cause unwanted browser redirects.

How did adware install on my computer?

Adware-type applications are often distributed using a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling'. Research shows that many users do not express enough caution during the software download and installation processes. For this reason, developers conceal potentially unwanted programs within the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings.

Therefore, by rushing these processes and skipping most steps, users often install bogus programs inadvertently. Revenue generated is dependent on the volume of adware distributed and, thus, developers do not properly disclose installation of rogue apps.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

The key to computer safety is caution. To prevent this situation, the download and installation processes should be rushed. Closely analyze these processes using the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings. There's a high probability that additionally-included software will be malicious and, therefore, users should decline all offers to download or install third party software.

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Quick menu:

• What is Interstitial Information ad?
• STEP 1. Uninstall potentially unwanted programs using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove bogus extensions from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove deceptive plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove rogue add-ons from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

"Interstitial Information?" ads 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 any recently-installed suspicious applications, select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

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

Remove 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 any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the interyield 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 all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, select these entries and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the interyield 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 plug-ins 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 all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with interyield 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 interyield 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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