HOWTO: Remove Pushow or AdvertMen Adware From Windows Machines

The adware program known as "Pushow" or "AdvertMen" is easily removed from your Windows computer by deleting the files. Follow the instructions provided below. It only takes a moment to free yourself of the annoying pop-up ads and the underlying tracking and reporting. If you're comfortable with the Command Line, it's only three lines of typing!

NOTE:  The files you see in the screenshots are fake. We created them as examples, so the file sizes and parts of the names will definitely be different. If the filename starts with the word "pushow," remove it.

EASIEST METHOD
1. Make notes or open a different browser to this page.
2. Close Firefox.
3. Open Windows Explorer
3. Navigate to the system directory, in bold below.
         c:\windows\system32
4. Look for any files with a name beginning with pushow. You should see something like this.

5. Delete those files permanently or move them to your trash bin and then empty it.
6. That's it! You're done.


EASY METHOD
1. Make notes or open a different browser to this page.
2. Close Firefox.
3. Open a Command Prompt window.
4. Type the following commands.
          cd c:\windows\system32
          dir pushow*
          del pushow*
          dir pushow*
5. Your window should look very much like this.

6. That's it! You're done.