Remove z.moatads.com

z.moatads.com is a subdomain that belongs to the company Moat. Moat is a classic and legitimate advertising company. This company takes care of commercializing all kinds of advertising spaces. First of all they need a website whose users might be tempted according to their profile to click on one of the ads they wish to broadcast. Thus a negotiation is needed between the advertiser and the website who seeks to sell its places. This is where Moat enters the picture by taking care of such negotiations.

The problem here is that some adware editors might be using Moat, making it possible to show up pop-ups coming from z.moatads.com or forcing download processes of some script files like MOATAD.JS that also come from z.moatads.com. 

Antivirus software won’t see anything wrong or dangerous from ads coming from z.moatads.com, that why you haven’t seen any alerts about it. If an adware is behind this problem, it was probably you who installed it (by not paying enough attention) along with some other program you downloaded from the net.

To stop all this annoying issues caused by z.moatads.com you’ll need the help of removal tools. We have selected the best ones to include them in the guide presented below. All these tools are 100% free and will allow you not just to remove z.moatads.com but also any other parasite that might be already present on your system.

How to remove z.moatads.com ?

Remove z.moatads.com with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a useful tool designed to eliminate undesired 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 examine your pc.

• 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 z.moatads.com 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 z.moatads.com.

• 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 z.moatads.com.
• 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 z.moatads.com with Junkware Removal Tool

Junkware Removal Tool is a security utility that searches for and removes common adware, toolbars, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) from your computer. A common tactics among freeware publishers is to offer their products for free, but bundle them with PUPs in order to earn revenue. This tool will help you remove these types of programs.

• Download Junkware Removal Tool (Official link and direct-download) :
  Download Junkware Removal Tool
• Select JRT.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator
• If User Account Control asks you to allow JRT.exe to make changes to your computer, press Yes to continue..
• Close all your browsers, save any work and then press any key to continue.
• When Junkware Removal Tool is done scanning and removing malicious items from your computer a logfile will open.

Reset your browser (if necessary)

If after following the above steps z.moatads.com is still present on your computer, you can reset your browser by following the instructions below.

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer