Remove Serpens Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Serpens is a potentially unwanted adware program. It’s malicious and highly intrusive, not to mention harmful. It can prove quite hazardous to your system if you leave it be instead of deleting it, which is what should be your immediate response to seeing its presence on your PC. Yes, immediately! At once! Now! As soon as you spot the PUP’s existence, find its hiding place, and get rid of it. By removing the tool the first chance you get, you’ll save yourself a ton of troubles, you’ll otherwise be forced to endure and deal with because the application comes with a lot of baggage. Part of the ‘perks’ of having the Serpens program on your computer will most certainly put the limits of your patience to the test. For example, you’ll experience the ‘pleasure’ of having your browsing experience interrupted constantly. Every single time you try to go online, you will be intersected by a waterfall of pop-up advertisements. That disruption will, in turn, lead to frequent system crashes and a slower PC performance. How long do you think it will take you before these nuisances go from vexatious to utterly infuriating? It will hardly take long. But the hazards of the adware are merely annoying. They’re also quite harmful to both you and your system. Because of Serpens, you’ll be faced with a malware risk, as well as a security threat. Does either one of the issues mentioned lead you to believe it’s worth holding onto this program? If your answer is ‘Yes’, you need to figure out your priorities.

How did I get infected with?

Serpens is a rather appropriate name for the infection as it slithers its way into your system in a very serpent-like manner. Like a snake, it manages to sneak into your computer. It does so covertly and with the help of slyness and subtlety. More often than not, it turns to the old but gold means of invasion as they’ve proven their effectiveness over time. That includes hiding behind corrupted sites or links, hitching a ride with spam email attachments, or pretending to be a bogus update. However, its favorite, and most commonly used method is through freeware as it provides possibly the easiest access point. Why? Well, it’s rather straightforward. For reasons unknown, users consciously choose to rush through freeware installs and don’t pay nearly as enough attention as they should. They don’t even read the terms and conditions but, instead, agree to all of them. In what world would you say that it’s a good idea to give into distraction, gullibility, and haste and rely on luck? Not the one we’re currently in. Infections like Serpens prey on your carelessness and use it as a one-way ticket into your system. So, perhaps if you don’t provide it, you’ll manage to keep the infection from sneaking into PC. Just remember not to rush and not to throw caution to the wind. After all, even a little extra attention goes a long way.

Why are these ads dangerous?

After Serpens has made its way into your computer, it doesn’t begin to wreak havoc immediately. Instead, it lays low for a while. But don’t think it just stands there, doing nothing, because you’d be wrong. The application needs this time so as to get to know you better. Confused? Let’s elaborate. The tool is ad-supported, which means that to survive, it has to get you to click on its ads and, thus, produce pay-per-click revenue. To get you to press the pop-ups, it has to make sure they’re to your liking. And, how do you suppose it does that? Yes, you’ve guessed it, it spies on you. During that ‘quiet period’, when you don’t even know it’s there, it studies you. The PUP monitors your browsing and tries to grasp what your interests include, what appeals to you. And, when it does, the bombardment begins. It floods you with ‘appropriate’ ads. But no matter how enticing they may seem, ignore them! The pop-ups are highly unreliable and bundled with all kinds of malevolent tools. And, each time you click on one, you unknowingly agree to install the infections, it’s hiding. So, unless you wish to flood your system with malware, ignore the pop-ups and don’t press them! Or, you could do something even better. Find and delete the application as soon as you’re greeted by the first ad “Brought to you by Serpens.” That way, you’ll also save yourself from the security risk the tool places upon you. Oh, yes. It jeopardizes your personal and financial information as it threatens to steal it and then send it to the unknown third parties that published it. You didn’t think it just observed your online activities, did you? The program also keeps a thorough record of your every move while browsing and then sends the collected data to the strangers behind it. Don’t allow that to happen. Delete it at once! Serpens is NOT worth keeping.

How Can I Remove Serpens Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Serpens infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Uninstall Serpens from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Serpens from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Serpens from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Serpens from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Serpens program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Serpens from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on
• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Serpens Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.