Do you know what DealHut is?
If you experience annoying pop-up deals or a bar of deals at the bottom of your Google Chrome browser labeled as “brought by DealHut”, it is undoubtedly a sign that your computer has been infected with an adware program called DealHut. To be fair, we need to mention that it is also possible that you have installed this questionable browser extension yourself, but, according to our researchers, it is more likely that this adware comes in freeware bundles. And if it does, it is bad news for you as it may mean multiple system security threats. We advise you not to click on the ads displayed by this adware because it may be risky. If you want to find out more about the potential threats and how you should remove DealHut from your system, please read on.
Our researchers have found that this adware may not always show real “best” deals available on the web, but, instead, it seems to simply advertise affiliated websites, such as aliexpress.com, which may also be familiar if you happen to use torrent sites. In fact, this is one of most frequent redirections that you may encounter if you click buttons or links on unreliable file-sharing sites. We believe that this extension is only used to generate web traffic to these affiliated websites. Therefore, you should not trust its deals, which are rather annoying, by the way, as they cover a good portion of your screen and may hide important details of products you are actually checking.
DealHut screenshot
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Clicking on questionable ads and offers might result in finding yourself on websites run by criminals. The best case scenario would be to infect your machine with more malware, but you might also become a victim of an online scam. These schemers have sophisticated methods to trick people into revealing their banking details, for instance. If you do not want to experience any of this, you should not hesitate to remove DealHut.
As a matter of fact, this adware may only be a part of your problem. Although it is possible to download this unreliable tool from the Chrome web store, it is still no guarantee that it is a useful and reliable extension. What makes it even more suspicious is the fact that this adware can also be found bundled with other malware infections. If you install such a bundle and do not opt out in time, you may end up with a bunch of threats on your computer. Then, it will not be sufficient to delete DealHut alone, you will have to seek and destroy all other infections as well.
This adware has no uninstaller, which means that you cannot uninstall it through Control Panel. But do not worry for one second because it is just as easy to kill this extension through the settings menu of your Google Chrome. Please follow our instructions below if you are not confident about how to do that. Do not forget that your computer may still have other threats on-board that require your immediate attention, too. We suggest that you implement a reliable antimalware tool in order to tackle all the security-related issues and to safeguard your PC.
DealHut Removal from Browser
Google Chrome
- Tap Alt+F and pick Settings.
- Choose Extensions on the left.
- Select the extension from the list and click on the trash icon on the right.
- Click Remove to confirm.
In non-techie terms:
DealHut is a questionable Chrome extension that has been categorized as adware because it is what it is, an ad-supported free program. Unfortunately, this adware may put your virtual security at risk by showing you potentially unreliable third-party ads and deals. Its presence is rather annoying but it may not even be the only malware infection on-board. Therefore, we recommend that you remove DealHut and all the rest of the infections as well. If you do not want to fight these battles manually, we advise you to install a trustworthy malware removal application that will also protect your PC from future invasions.