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How to remove ads on your CAT S60
We will see in this tutorial how to remove ads from your CAT S60. If the process may seem complicated the first time, you will see that it is actually quite simple once you get started.
First we will see how to remove ads or publicity natively on your CAT S60 using the 'hosts' file. Then we will approach the specific case of applications as 'Adblocker Browser' allowing you to remove and delete ads on your CAT S60. Finally, we will conclude on cleaning your CAT S60 with applications as 'Ccleaner' or simply by making a factory reboot of your CAT S60.
Remove ads with your hosts file on your CAT S60
The advantage of this method is that it allows you to get rid of advertisements on the internet, applications and any other program of your CAT S60. the 'hosts' file of your CAT S60 allows you to translate domain names to IP addresses. So when an ad loads, it calls the domain name of the ad's host. Your new 'hosts' file simply tells your CAT S60 not to load this domain name.
Advertising is no longer displayed on your CAT S60! You can download a 'hosts' file with ad blocking settings from this MVPS hosts file. The easiest way is to download it to your computer first.
Then, to block ads on your CAT S60, all you have to do is copy it to the “/ system / etc / hosts”, “/ system / etc” or “/ etc” file of your smartphone.
This transfer can be done via a simple USB cable from your computer.
Restart your CAT S60 and you are there: ads have been blocked!
Removing ads with a third-party application on your CAT S60
Some applications like 'Brave' or even 'Adblocker Browser' for internet surfing, allow you to get rid of advertisements on your CAT S60. If you search for 'Adblock', 'ABP' or 'Ad blocker' in the Play Store of your CAT S60, you will usually only find Internet browsers, which do not allow you to block ads in applications or in browsers. the most famous. If you want a simple and effective solution, however, we recommend that you go through this type of browser.
Indeed, companies in advertising deriving a great source of their profit from the mobile advertising, they are in no rush to promote such blockers on the Play Store.
So you have to manually install such an ad blocker on your CAT S60. Here's how to do it below.
Prepare your CAT S60 to install an advertising blocker
By default, your CAT S60 does not allow you to install applications outside the Google Play Store.
However, you can configure it to be able to install your ad blocker.
To do this, simply click on 'Settings' on the main screen of your CAT S60. Then go to the 'security' submenu. Then, you will have to check 'unknown sources' to authorize your CAT S60 to install an application outside the Play Store.
Once validated, you can go to the second step below.
Install the ad blocker on your CAT S60
To install the ad blocker, simply go to your application search engine preferred with your web browser from your CAT S60. Once there you can type 'ad block' : You will have access to a choice of applications and download links. You will then need to download a 'apk' file, corresponding to the desired application.
We invite you to carefully read the elements on each of the download pages. The previous step have allowed you to install 'apk' files on your CAT S60. You just need to go to the folder where the file was downloaded and follow the instructions.
Once the steps have been validated, you will normally have blocked and removed ads on your CAT S60.
Clean up your CAT S60 to avoid malware and intrusive ads
In many cases, intrusive advertisements on your CAT S60 come from malware or 'malware' installed on your phone.
These software can be included in games or any other application. In this case, we advise you to use an application to clean your CAT S60, such as 'Ccleaner' or by typing 'remove malware' in the Play Store search bar of your CAT S60. Be sure to check the ratings and comments of these apps before installing them.
We do not detail in this tutorial how each of these applications works, but you will be able to surf more freely once this cleaning is done.
The last, more brutal solution is to perform a restart with factory settings of your CAT S60. Called in English 'factory reset' or 'hard reset', this will allow you to get rid of any malware installed on your phone.
We invite you to refer to our section on factory restart to perform this operation safely. In particular, you will have to make a backup of your data under penalty of losing all your personal data with this factory restart.
We hope this tutorial for remove ads on your CAT S60 will have allowed you to block intrusive advertisements.
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