How to remove advertising from VKontakte Google Chrome. Advertising VKontakte virus: remove from the browser. We use the Mozilla Firefox browser
Greetings, dear readers! Today I will talk about how to remove advertising on VKontakte.
Moreover, Vkontakte has several types of advertising: official advertising from Vkontakte and advertising that is added by third-party plugins and extensions. Today I will explain which advertisements are official and which ones were added on their own. Well, naturally, we will consider all the most simple ways remove advertising on VKontakte.
Of course, VKontakte does not provide a function to remove advertising, but nevertheless, it is still possible to do this.
To do this, you need to install a special plugin or extension on the browser you use. Then it will block annoying ads. This extension is called Adblock Plus, and you can download it from the links below:
- For browser Mozilla Firefox- download .
- For browser Google Chrome - download .
- For browser Opera- download .
After the plugins are installed, re-open the VKontakte page, the advertising should disappear:
I want to please you right away that you can easily get rid of such advertising, because this time this advertising is not caused by VKontakte, but by applications and extensions installed on your computer.
To do this, just go into your browser settings and look at all the plugins and extensions installed on your computer. There should definitely be extensions that you see for the first time. In general, delete everything unnecessary and restart the browser. Advertising must disappear!
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Every user is popular social network VKontakte probably noticed annoying advertising that began to appear there relatively recently in the form of advertising blocks on the left side of the screen. Some users don’t like this and want to find a way to protect themselves from such an abundance of advertising news (in contact they test advertising in different places) and of course, they are wondering how to remove advertising in contact. In addition, if you are thinking about removing advertising from VKontakte and you have pop-up messages (some users think that these ads are from VKontakte), then this may be evidence of a virus that you have caught, which you definitely need to get rid of using antivirus programs. In this article you will find detailed information on how to do this, regardless of the source of its occurrence.
As I said earlier, ad units (especially those that pop up in various parts of the browser and block the view of the page) are the result of a virus or extension you have installed. You must understand this in order to resolve this issue completely. That’s why I started talking about this situation in this article. If you don’t have such banners and messages, it means there are no such viruses or plug-ins on your computer or laptop, and therefore you can use some of the recommendations that I give in this article to remove official advertising on the site in contact. Also in this article we will talk about checking your computer for viruses.
Types of advertisements that may be on your computer
Now let's look at what kind of advertising you may be seeing on your computer. This is what advertising looks like in VKontakte, which is a service from this social network (if you only have such advertising, it means you do not have a virus (banner) or an extension that displays advertising):
For example, you may receive messages like this (which is already considered suspicious, since Google Chrome is not associated with this social network):
If you have such messages in your contact, it means that there are unwanted messages on your computer. software that need to be removed.
Or you may be offered to earn a little money (of course, this is a scam and you don’t need to fall for such tricks):
Various banners may also appear that will offer to buy some product or cure a disease (something like this - “Drink this 2 times a day and you will be cured of all diseases”). We understand that there are different options for advertising and now we can proceed to the main part - how can you get rid of advertising?
Switch language
The first method that I decided to describe will help you get rid of advertising directly from the social network. This is done extremely simply, you need to rewind any page in the contact to the very bottom (it is best to choose a page with little information, because in the news feed or on your wall, when you scroll down the page, past news and posts will be constantly loaded, for example, you can Click on “Documents” or “Management” on the left, find the “Language” button there (located at the bottom right) and click on it. After that, click "Other Languages".
You will see a window in which you will need to change the language to “Soviet” or “Pre-revolutionary”.
Most likely this is a kind of trick from the developers of the social network, because, as you know, there was no advertising in the Soviet Union and pre-revolutionary Russia. But this method has a disadvantage - if you select one of these languages, the menu will change to the selected language. Of course, you can get used to it, since the buttons are in the same places (when you have the Russian language selected), but I believe that this method is not suitable for all users. Therefore, we move on to another option.
Disabling advertising extensions
Often, when installing programs downloaded from dubious sources, all kinds of browser extensions end up on your computer, which often install advertising modules. Ideally, it is better not to download programs at all that are posted on unknown sites, but if you have already caught such a viral advertising module, then you need to solve the problem.
Note: When you find an extension that shows ads, remove it from your browser so you don't accidentally enable it later.
In the browserGoogleChrome: Go to the “Customization and Management” menu (located at the top right), then “Settings”, then open the “Extensions” menu (located at the top left), where you will see all the extensions that are installed in this browser.
Disable them one by one (uncheck the box next to the plugin on the right) and update your VK page (for example, with the F5 button). As soon as the advertising disappears, you have disabled what you need.
In the browserMozillaFirefox: Go to the menu by clicking on the “Open menu” button, then click on “Add-ons”. Next, on the left, click “Extensions.”
Then disable all suspicious extensions that you see.
In the browserOpera: Go to the “Extensions” item, through the “Menu” button, then to “Manage extensions”, and then disable all unnecessary and dubious extensions.
And of course, in addition to all of the above, do not forget to check your PC for viruses. Because if you have such extensions, then perhaps there are viruses on your computer that will reinstall these extensions.
If you have such extensions or you suspect that there are viruses on your computer, then I recommend reading 2 articles on this site that will tell you how to get rid of annoying ads in your browser: “” and “”.
Installing the Adblock program
Installing the Adblock program is a reliable option that allows you to get rid of annoying advertising not only in VK, but throughout the Internet. It is noteworthy that this utility is distributed completely free of charge. You can download it from the official website: . Installation is extremely simple - go to the website, click on the green button:
After this, a message appears asking you to agree to the installation:
Now go to contact and see if there is advertising there. If it is displayed, then restart the browser - close and open it again.
Programs that allow you to block ads
There are many programs that can block ads on the Internet. For example, Ad Muncher, Adguard, AdwCleaner, uBlock, etc. Each program has its pros and cons. I did not review these programs because last method usually solves the problem with advertising and I hope that you will not install additional programs to get rid of advertising in contact.
It should also be noted that most of the programs are paid. If you decide to install this or that program, I can recommend Ad Muncher, which is currently free. Previously, this program was paid and therefore it was not interesting to ordinary users, but the developers decided that now they should give it away for free (perhaps this is a marketing ploy, but this one does not interest us now, because the main task is to remove advertising).
I hope my tips will help you get rid of annoying online advertising once and for all!
Who advertises on social networks?
For those who are interested in how advertising appears on a social network in the first place. Almost everyone orders it. After all, judge for yourself, VKontakte is a huge resource, the advertising potential of which is almost limitless. It is not surprising that it is so popular with various companies offering their products and services.
As a rule, advertising is displayed in a block on the left side. All of it is targeted, i.e. targeted at a specific audience. For example, if you were recently interested in a business topic, then the advertisement will be related, for example, to the topic of opening a business or where to buy machines for the production of certain products, etc.
It is also necessary to take into account that advertising is the engine of the project. If you don’t make money on a project, for example, in contact, then there will be corresponding interest in this project. Personally, I never disable advertising (unless, of course, they are viruses, which constantly pop up in the form of banners). To help the reader of this article in the future, I want to ask the question: “What method helped to remove advertising in contact?” Write in the comments.
Today, dear blog readers, we will learn how to remove side ads on the VKontakte social network. I, of course, am not a supporter of such drastic measures, because you use the social network for free, like many other sites, and all these resources earn money through advertising. Therefore, blocking advertising on sites means depriving them of income. If all users block, then webmasters will be much less willing to develop quality resources free of charge. Well, it’s up to you, if it interferes too much, then block it, what can you do?
Before moving on to setting up ad blocking for each browser, I’ll say separately that the Adguard extension is suitable for all browsers; it perfectly blocks ads not only on VKontakte, but everywhere else possible. Therefore, if you know how to install plugins for your browser, then feel free to install Adguard and don’t worry. Well, if you don’t know how, and want to learn about a few more programs for blocking VKontakte ads, then read the article further.
Disable via Google Chrome
Launch Chrome and click on the top menu in the form of three horizontal stripes. From the drop-down list, select “Additional tools - Extensions”:
We load a list of extensions installed in the browser, we go down to the very bottom of the list and click on the “More extensions” link:
In the store, in the search bar on the left side, we can enter the query “VKontakte advertising”:
In addition to the Adguard I advertised, our search returns several more. For example, I installed “Remove vk.com advertising”. If you want to try this too, click on it and install it. After restarting the browser, the ads from your page will disappear:
Removing advertising from Opera
Launch Opera and immediately click on the top menu in the left corner. From the drop-down list, select “Extensions – Load extensions”:
In the search window that opens, enter the Adguard request and install it, this is what it looks like in the results:
We use the Mozilla Firefox browser
Launch the browser and in the upper right corner click on the menu in the form of three vertical planes. From the drop-down list, click on the “Add-ons” icon:
A page opens with a search bar, in which we type in the already familiar Adguard and click on the Adguard Anti-banner result to install.
Surely, every user of the VKontakte social network has noticed that blocks of annoying advertising are displayed under the left control panel. I am sure that many people are not happy with it. And one of the users on this moment looking for travel information on how to remove advertising on VK.
I understand perfectly well that such information is needed by a huge number of users, so in today’s episode I will tell you in detail how to block advertising on VKontakte. And we begin!
What kind of advertising can you see on your computer?
These blocks are displayed on the site because the VK administration installed them for earning money. If you only see them and don’t see any other advertising (excluding search advertising and on other sites), then everything is fine, there are no advertising viruses and the extension was not installed by negligence.
Pop-up windows on VK should make you think about the security of your PC/laptop. What am I talking about now? For example, notifications in the left bottom corner(someone is already making money there, but you are not yet. messages like that). Banners selling goods or offering services (medicine and other topics) may pop up.
Ways to remove advertising on VKontakte
Switch language
The most basic way to get rid of annoying advertising is to change the VK interface language. This is very easy to do:
Changing languages to pre-revolutionary and Soviet is an original feature from the VKontakte developers. As you know, there was no advertising in the USSR and pre-revolutionary Russia. Hence the logic. By installing these languages, the advertising disappears. There is only one drawback: the interface will also completely change. Of course, it is not difficult to understand, however, this is no longer our usual Russian-speaking language.
Many, undoubtedly, will easily adapt, but some users will suffer. That is why we will move on to another method of eliminating advertising.
Disabling advertising extensions
It is not uncommon for browser extensions to be downloaded to your computer after downloading any programs from the Internet. with built-in advertising modules. Of course, it would be nice not to use unofficial Internet resources at all. but I understand that it is still not so easy to be completely safe.
In Google Chrome browser
Open your browser, click on the menu bar in the upper right corner. Click on the “Additional tools” item and select “Extensions” in the context menu. It is clearly shown in the screenshot below.
Disable all unnecessary extensions one by one. In order to disable the extension, simply uncheck the “Enabled” box next to the application.
But, if you see that the extension is completely left-handed, then feel free to delete it. This is also easy to do: opposite the previously downloaded program, click on the trash can. 
Have you removed the ad extension or not? That is the question! It’s simple to understand whether you did everything right. To do this, refresh your personal VKontakte page and see whether the annoying banner is displayed or not. If someone does not know how to refresh the page: click on the “F5” button, it is located in the top row of the keyboard.
The main thing is not to confuse browsers. If you open VKontakte in Opera, then the extensions should be removed in Opera.
In the Opera browser
Open the Opera browser. At the top left is the main menu, select “Extensions” in the list, and again click on the “Extensions” item in the context menu. You can also get to the application section of the browser using the key combination: Ctrl+Shift+E. 
You can disable the extension using the “Disable” button, and to remove it, click on the cross in the upper right corner. 
In other browsers, proceed similarly to the examples above.
Installing the Adblock program
Adblock Plus is the most popular extension for Firefox browser. According to official data from Mozilla Firefox: more than 13 million active users (of which 9% are Russian-speaking), and the plugin has been downloaded over 450 million times.
It is also very convenient that Adblock Plus can be installed on Android as a separate application.
With all this, the utility is completely free.
How to install Adblock Plus?
Follow it and click on the big green download button. It looks a little different in each browser. 
After you click on “Install for...” you will be taken to the extensions section.
Click "Add to Opera" or any other browser.
In Opera, the program icon is displayed like this:
If you click on the icon, you will see something like this:
The only thing left is to check if the plugin works. Go to contact and watch the advertisement to see whether it appears or not. I remind you that you need to refresh the page!
" From it you will learn how to remove advertising on the Internet, games and programs (and it is possible to do this without root rights), but this way you will not be able to get rid of advertising offers in the VKontakte mobile application. In this instruction, we will supplement the previous article with information on how to disable VKontakte advertising on Android.
All you need is to carry out simple manipulations in the application and use a special one to enable additional VKontakte settings.
Useful articles on the site on the topic:
Removing VKontakte advertising on Android
1. Open the VK application on Android and go to settings.
2. Select “About the program”, after which information about the application version and a picture with a dog will appear. Click on this picture 3 times (nothing should happen). This action must be performed to activate the ability to disable advertising!
3. After that, open your dialer and enter the code: *#*#856682583#*#*
If you have a tablet and don’t have a dialer, just enter the query “Dialer” in Google Play and install any dialing application.
4. “VK - debugging” will open. Scroll down and you will see the “Disable Ads” option. Activate it by checking the box next to it.
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