How to remove Visual Deals from your Chrome Browser

How to remove Visual Deals from your Chrome Browser

A couple of days ago, I started noticing a little popup when I visited online stores.. Amazon, Craigslist, eBay.. even Google keyword searches seemed to trigger product placement ads, even though I consistently use AdBlockPlus..

So I figured I’d do a little digging and report back on how to fix this new adware/malware issue, since when I clicked on the actual link in order to try to disable the add-on, it took me on a wild-turkey chase! I had no such Chrome Extension or Add-On called “ChromeReload,” which was mentioned when you tried to disable it directly from each page…

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First of all, upon Googling this issue, I came up with this article, which stated that it was probably the “Translate selection” extension. I did not have that installed, so I had to find another reason why this damn thing was loading.

I did remember that Pinterest’sPin This Button” pinged me a couple of days ago, telling me that it was going to start advertising in-app. I guess I just assumed that if I logged into Pinterest.com it would start showing me ads… not necessarily embedding them in my searches!

Here’s how to remove the ads:

  1. Click to your settings in Chrome and then click “Extensions” on the left-hand side of your screen (that’s those three horizontal lines in the right top corner, or Window/Extensions will also get you there)
  2. Find “Pinterest button” and click on “Options”disable visual deals pinterest button
  3. A new tab/screen should pop up that says that Visual Deals product search is: enabled. Simply click that “Change” button to disable it.

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Now just confirm that it’s gone! Go to any eCommerce site and click on a product. If you don’t see that random popup trying to get you to visit a different site, then you should be good to go 🙂

Let me know if this works for you in the comments–or if there are other Chrome Extensions we should all be weary of!

How to avoid African PayPal scams on Facebook

How to avoid African PayPal scams on Facebook

So it’s a good thing I had the internet on my side on this one.  Apparently, if you send someone an invoice from PayPal, they WILL pay, you send the goods and give them tracking information.. even when they DO receive the goods, they have a chance to revoke payment.

I mentioned that I was selling a camera on Facebook Marketplace, because I figured it would reach friends and friends of friends.  Apparently, it reached some hacked or bogus users. (more…)