Pass to Post is the name of an advertising software that counts on people being distracted to install itself in their computers.
It was created by cyber-criminals looking to make money through us. Pass to Post can infect our computers through downloading and installing free software whose install process is modified by malicious websites to quietly include additional software… mostly spying software.
These ads are shown directly on every website you visit, causing all kinds of problems and completely ruining your browsing experience and visual look of any website your browser attempts to display. Here you can see it as an unwanted plug-in in Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Ads coming from Pass to Post are usually shown labeled as Powered by Pass to Post or Pass to Post Ads, which is how most users come to realize they have been infected with a malicious software.
Pass to Post also acts like a spyware, saving data about your online activity, such as websites you visit and web searches you make. All data is analyzed to customize ads shown to you and it’s saved into commercial databases that will be sold afterwards.
To avoid this kind of issue in the future, you must check that every time you’re installing something new in your computer (specially when installing free software) nothing else is being installed at the same time.
After a little search, you can find a website posing as Pass to Post‘s official website, although the software can not be downloaded there. This website was only created as a way to publish their conditions of use so they are protected from any legal actions against them.
How to remove Pass to Post ?
Remove Pass to Post with AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner is a helpful tool developed to delete unwanted toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner will require no set up and can be ran in a instantaneous to scan your computer.
- Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop :
Download AdwCleaner - Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Windows Vista/7/8 users : right-click and select Run As Administrator).
- Click on the Scan button.
- After the scan has finished, click on the Clean button..
- Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.
Remove Pass to Post with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is an important security program for any computer user to have installed on their computer. It is light-weight, fast, and best of all, excellent at removing the latest infections like Pass to Post.
- Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection) - Double-click mbam-setup-consumer.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Pass to Post.
- When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
- Reboot your computer if prompted.
Remove Pass to Post with ZHPCleaner
ZHPCleaner is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your computer. By using ZHPCleaner you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.
- If Avast is installed on you computer you have to disable it during the process.
- You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
Download ZHPCleaner - Select ZHPCleaner.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator.
- Accept the user agreement.
- Click on the Scanner button.
- After the scan has finished, click on the Repair button.
- Reboot your computer.
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