Remove Pubads.g.doubleclick.net

What is Pubads.g.doubleclick.net

Pubads.g.doubleclick.net is legitimate advertising service provided by Google. However, it’s often misused by adware to bombard users with ads. If you are constantly redirected and shown ads, your computer is probably infected with adware. Adware is a relatively minor computer infection that mainly wants to generate revenue. To do that it floods your screen with ads. It won’t harm your computer, though it will disrupt your regular browsing quite badly.

Adware is not considered to be dangerous by itself. However, because it shows users potentially unsafe ads and redirects to weird sites, it’s not entirety harmless. If you notice that this particular adware is inhabiting your computer, remove Pubads.g.doubleclick.net. Since it’s a pretty persistent infection, using anti-spyware software would be easiest.

If you’re confused about how adware infected your computer, you installed it yourself, although accidentally. Minor infections like adware, browser hijackers and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) come attached to free software as additional offers. Those offers are permitted to install alongside the freeware automatically, unless users prevent them from doing so. Most users don’t even notice them, let alone be able deselect them. If you want to learn how to correctly install freeware without any of those offers, continue reading.

How does adware install

Like we said above, users install adware themselves without even knowing it. Software bundling allows minor infections like adware, browser hijackers and potentially unwanted program to be attached to freeware as additional offers, and when users install said freeware, they end up installing the attached offers as well. The offers are technically optional but because they are purposely hidden, users end up not noticing them. If the offers go unnoticed, they can install alongside the program.

These unwanted offers are why it’s important to pay attention to how you install freeware. When installing any kind of program, pay attention to the process instead of clicking “Next” without reading anything. When given the option, choose Advanced (Custom) settings instead of Default (Basic). Those settings will display all extra offers, if there are any. If you do see something, you need to uncheck their boxes. After you have unchecked everything, you can continue installing the program.

Most free programs will come with these extra offers so always check whether the program has something attached to it. If you don’t, your computer will fill up with junk programs quite quickly. And they can be difficult to get rid of.

Is adware dangerous?

Like we said, Pubads.g.doubleclick.net is a legitimate advertising service that belongs to Google. However, like most advertising services, it’s misused by adware.

Adware attaches itself to popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, and starts showing users ads. The ads will come in various forms, from regular ads to pop-ups and redirects. The latter are particularly annoying because they pop up out of the blue and redirect to all kinds of questionable websites. Some adware could even lead to malicious websites that hide malware or promote scams. This is why while adware is not malicious itself, the same cannot be said about its generated ads.

Adware is often behind tech-support scam pop-ups and other virus alert redirects. If you ever encounter a pop-up that claims there is a virus on your computer and that you need to call the provided number for tech-support, know that it’s nothing more than a scam that’s shown to you by adware. Legitimate virus alerts will never appear in your browser.

Adware can also show ads that claim you have won something. These ads usually promise great prizes but in order to receive them, users are asked to provide their personal information like full name, phone number, home address, email, etc. Since those ads are scams, the information users provide would be used to further scam them, or sold on the dark net.

Because adware can show you potentially dangerous content, you should avoid interacting with any ads for the time being.

Pubads.g.doubleclick.net removal

We strongly suggest you use anti-spyware software to delete Pubads.g.doubleclick.net because the program would locate and get rid of the adware for you. If you attempt to uninstall Pubads.g.doubleclick.net manually, you could end up missing something, thus allowing the adware to recover.