Ads by Sale Planet
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on (updated)
What is Sale Planet?
Sale Planet is adware that falsely claims to improve the web browsing experience - "We're passionate about improving web by providing the best tools to enhance the browsing experience, from searching the web to comparing online deals to find the best prices.
We've combined all of our great ideas into the Sale Planet product suite, a FREE set of tools that work to make your browsing experience... better!" This often tricks users to install, and although Sale Planet may seem legitimate, it is classed as a potentially unwanted program (PUP).
Note that this bogus extension often infiltrates systems without users' permission, generates intrusive online advertisements, and collects personally identifiable information.
This adware generates pop-up, banner, interstitial, transitional, full-page, search, price comparison, coupon, and other similar intrusive advertisement types. None originate from users' visited websites and conceal underlying content, thereby diminishing the web browsing experience.
Another downside of these displayed ads is redirects to malicious sites containing infectious content - clicking them risks further adware or malware infections.
Furthermore, Sale Planet continually gathers various Internet browsing-related information such as search queries entered into search engines, URLs visited, pages viewed, unique identifier numbers, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (to determine geographic location), and so on.
Many users believe this information to be insignificant, however, it might contain personally identifiable details that developers of Sale Planet (SuperWeb LLC) share with third parties. Therefore, having an information-tracking app such as Sale Planet installed on your computer can lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. For these reasons, you are strongly advised to uninstall Sale Planet adware immediately.
Sale Planet Privacy Policy statement regarding data collection:
We only share or sell your non-public personal information with non-affiliated third parties when we believe doing so is permitted by you or authorized by this Privacy Policy. In addition, the Company may share your personal information with our parent, subsidiary or affiliate companies without restriction.
SuperWeb LLC has released many potentially unwanted programs identical to Sale Planet including, for example, Web Amplified, Nicer Together, and Cash Kitten. All have identical behavior - they falsely claim to enhance the web browsing experience to trick users to install.
In fact, none provide the functionality promised. Sale Planet, and other identical apps, are designed only to generate revenue for the developers. Rather than providing any value for users, Sale Planet, and other apps developed by this company, continually track web browsing activity and generate intrusive online advertisements.
How did Sale Planet install on my computer?
Sale Planet has an official download website, however, it is distributed using a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' and, thus, many users install this application inadvertently since they do not express enough caution when downloading and installing software.
Aware of this, developers intentionally conceal bundled software within the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings of these procedures. By skipping this section, users often expose their systems to risk of various infections.
How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?
There are two main steps you should take to prevent this situation. Firstly, never rush when downloading and installing software - closely analyze these procedures using the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings. Secondly, opt-out of all additionally-included programs listed for download/installation.
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Quick menu:
- What is Sale Planet?
- STEP 1. Uninstall Sale Planet application using Control Panel.
- STEP 2. Remove Sale Planet adware from Internet Explorer.
- STEP 3. Remove Sale Planet ads from Google Chrome.
- STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Sale Planet' from Mozilla Firefox.
- STEP 5. Remove Sale Planet ads from Safari.
- STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.
Sale Planet 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 "Sale Planet", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".
After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Sale Planet ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.
Remove Sale Planet 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 "Sale Planet", select this entry and click "Remove".
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the sale planet 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 "Sale Planet", select this entry and click the trash can icon.
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the sale planet 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 "Sale Planet".
Optional method:
Computer users who have problems with sale planet 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 sale planet 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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