2013-12-23

Remove Arcade Parlor Pop-up Ads Virus (Step-by-Step Removal Instructions)

Various sorts of ads pop up on your screen when surf the internet? All the ads are found come from Arcade Parlor Pop-up Ads? What is Arcade Parlor Pop-up Ads? How to remove it? This post will give you the instruction of removing the Arcade Parlor Pop-up Ads. 

What is Arcade Parlor Pop-up Ads?


Arcade Parlor is a classified as a malicious adware program that will infiltrate user’s computer along with the freeware, updated program and email attachment. This adware will attach on all the browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Once infected, your browser setting will be changed. Once you open your browser, Arcade Parlor will display a lot of ads, banners, sponsor links and coupons on the webpage you visit.


The ads from Arcade Parlor seem to be very attractive, but do remember this is a trick created by the cyber criminals to collect money. You can never get the right products by paying for them. Arcade Parlor will keep track of your online activities, thus your personal information will be stolen and send to the hackers. By clicking to the malicious websites, you may get other infections such as Trojan horse, spyware and ransomware. Those infections can help the hackers get into your computer and control your computer remotely.

In order to protect your important information and your computer, you should remove this adware as soon as possible.Two ways are available to delete it. Specific details are as follows.

Remove Arcade Parlor with manual steps


Step 1- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections from Arcade Parlor 

For Windows Xp: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the Run box -> click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Arcade Parlor.

For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated from Arcade Parlor .


Step 2- Uninstall Arcade Parlor from your computer



Step 3- Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.

( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)


Step 4- Show all hidden files

Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.



Step 5- Remove these associated Files on your hard drive such as:

%AppData%\ Arcade Parlor
%Temp%\Arcade Parlor

Step 6- Open the Registry Editor and delete the following entries:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK)



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Arcade Parlor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random]

Remove Arcade Parlor with SpyHunter, an useful anti-malware tool

Step 1- Press the following icon to download SpyHunter.


Step 2- Get it saved in your computer and click the Run choice to install it step by step. 



Step 3- Click Finish then you can use it to scan your computer to find out potential threats by pressing Start New Scan.


Step 4- Tick Select All and then Remove to delete all reported threat.

Video tutorials for your reference




NOTE: If you have little knowledge of computer, please don’t remove it manually at a venture. Because you may delete some very basic operated applications of your computer. We suggest you download SpyHunter to help you. It can scan all suspicions threats for you and keep your computer away from viruses’ invasions. Link is below.


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