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How to Remove Securepubads.g.doubleclick.net

Without consent and sometimes unknown to device users, securepubads.g.doubleclick.net attaches to browsers which could affect the performance of your system. This type of virus often shows different contents with different positive claims such as deals and coupons. Do not get fooled by it as they are often fake and very misleading. Hence, it is important for you to avoid these types of misleading deals. The good news is, there is a way for you to remove securepubads.g.doubleclick.net and through this article, we shall provide you a guide on how to do this.

How does a system get infected by ad.doubleclick.net?

Securepubads.g.doubleclick.net is often included in free software programs and is circulated by Adware and PUP. You will often experience this type of virus when you visit unreliable third party websites. Unfortunately, this type of virus silently gets installed without you even noticing it.

What does ad.doubleclick.net do to a system?

Securepubads.g.doubleclick.net could affect your system in a negative way. It could change your browser settings such as DNS settings and redirections. This type of virus is often used by developers for them to get more traffic for their websites. Another way this virus affects your system is that it could embed with JavaScript which could mean that all of your browsers could be infected heavily by this virus. Hence, you will surely get bothered by a lot of annoying advertising and phishing popups and if clicked, your personal information could be at risked.

Few ways which securepubads.g.doubleclick.net could affect your system:

Virus could branch out to other windows.
Hackers could get hold of your personal information
Your browser’s tab and homepage could be altered.
You will get across different type of alerts and pop-ups.

How to remove ad.doubleclick.net

From the system

Open your windows task manager by pressing ctrl + shift + esc
Once the task manager is already open, search for processes related to securepubads.g.doubleclick.net virus.
Terminate all processes by selecting doubleclick.net and click end process.
Go to windows control panel – windows + R then type control panel
Search for securepubads.g.doubleclick.net on your list of installed programs.
Remove the program permanently by right clicking on securepubads.g.doubleclick.net and select uninstall.

From the browsers

Google Chrome

Launch your chrome browser
Click on the gear icon
Click more tools from drop down menu and select extensions
Search from doubleclick.net in the list of extensions and select trash icon
Go to settings and click on show advanced settings and click reset settings and confirm reset to complete the process.

Mozilla Firefox

Open your Firefox browser
Go to the top right corner and select add-ons
Go to extension
Search for securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
Select extension and click remove
Reset your browser and click on wrench bar icon
Select help and click on troubleshooting information
Click refresh Firefox

Internet Explorer

Open your internet explorer and click on tools
Go to and click on manage add-ons
Navigate to left panel
Select doubleclick.net
Select all the extensions related to securepubads
Click on disable button. This will remove the extensions permanently
Go to internet options under tools menu
Click on the advanced tab
Click on reset
On the reset popup window, check the delete personal settings option and click reset

Using third party programs

If you wish to use third party tools, we highly recommend spyhunter which is a very effective anti-malware program which is designed to deal with securepubads.g.doubleclick.net.