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1. How To Get Rid Of Congratulations You Won On Facebook Account
2. How To Get Rid Of Congratulations You Won On Facebook
3. How To Get Rid Of Congratulations You Won On Facebook Messenger
4. How To Get Rid Of Congratulations You Won On Facebook Permanently

Byline: Sophie Curtis

If you keep getting pop-ups on your iPhone or iPad telling you that you have been 'selected as a winner' for an Amazon gift card or a free phone, it's because you've got a virus on your device.

Apr 07, 2019 No, you haven't won a gift card. Yes, you do have a virus. How to get rid of the 'Congratulations' pop-up virus on your iPhone or iPad. Open the Facebook app, tap the three horizontal. If you continue to have problems with removal of the 'congratulations, you have won' virus, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default. Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset. Use this menu to clean your device from the congratulations you won browser redirect (s). The easiest and most comprehensive approach to remove the congratulations you won redirect and the associated malware is using the malware removal tools. However, we do offer manual malware removal instructions for our visitors.

This type of virus, known as adware, has been doing the rounds for years, and unfortunately it can be very hard to know where you picked it up.

While it may seem like the pop-ups are coming from the website you are visiting, they are actually triggered by data stored on your mobile device and the browser you are using.

So even if you close down the web page and relaunch your browser, the same pop-up may appear again a few minutes - or hours - later, while you are browsing a totally different site.

The good news is that the adware is usually fairly easy to get rid of.

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What you should NOT do though, is click on the 'close' button at the bottom of the pop up, as this could trigger an infection or redirect you to a scam website.

Instead, you should close your browser immediately, and clear the browser history on your device.

If you're using Safari, open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad, Scroll down and tap on 'Safari', then scroll down and tap on 'Clear History and Website Data'.

If you're using the Chrome browser, open the Chrome app on your iPhone or iPad and tap the three vertical dots to the right of the address bar.

Then tap 'History' followed by 'Clear Browsing Data' in the lower left-hand corner of the menu that appears.

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You'll be shown a menu with five types of browsing data you can delete. Make sure the 'Browsing History' option is ticked and then and hit the 'Clear Browsing Data' button.

If you continue to see popup ads, you may need to clear your browsing history in theFacebookapp as well, as this uses its own web browser.

To do this, open the Facebook app, tap the three horizontal lines in the bottom right corner of the screen, scroll down to the bottom and tap 'Settings & Privacy'.

Within the menu that opens up, tap 'Settings', and then scroll down to the bottom. Within the 'Media and contacts' section, tap 'Browser', and then 'Clear browsing data'.

With any luck this should do the trick. But if you continue to see advertising or other unwanted programs on your Mac, contact Apple.

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How To Get Rid Of Congratulations You Won On Facebook Account

• You won't be able to reactivate your account.
• Your profile, photos, posts, videos, and everything else you've added will be permanently deleted. You won't be able to retrieve anything you've added.
• You'll no longer be able to use Facebook Messenger.
• You won't be able to use Facebook Login for other apps you may have signed up for with your Facebook account, like Spotify or Pinterest. You may need to contact the apps and websites to recover those accounts.
• Some information, like messages you sent to friends, may still be visible to them after you delete your account. Copies of messages you have sent are stored in your friends' inboxes.
• If you use your Facebook account to log in to Oculus, deleting your Facebook account will also delete your Oculus information. This includes your app purchases and your achievements. You will no longer be able to return any apps and will lose any existing store credits.

You can take a break from Facebook and temporarily deactivate your account. When you temporarily deactivate your account:

How To Get Rid Of Congratulations You Won On Facebook

• People won't be able to see or go to your Facebook profile.
• Your photos, posts and videos won't be deleted.
• You can still use Facebook Messenger. Your profile picture will still be visible in your conversations and people will still be able to search for you by name to send you a message. You will continue to appear to friends on Facebook in places where they can message you.
• You can still use Facebook Login for your other apps, like Spotify, Pinterest or Games.
• You will not be able to use your Facebook account to access Oculus Products or your Oculus information.
• You can choose to come back whenever you want.

Before deleting your account, you may want to log in and download a copy of your information (like your photos and posts) from Facebook, and a copy of your Oculus information if you use your Facebook account to log in to Oculus. After your account has been deleted, you won't be able to retrieve anything you've added.

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To permanently delete your account, log into your account and click here to review your options and start the deletion process.

If it's been less than 30 days since you initiated the deletion, you can cancel your account deletion. After 30 days, your account and all your information will be permanently deleted, and you won't be able to retrieve your information.

It may take up to 90 days from the beginning of the deletion process to delete all the things you've posted. While we're deleting this information, it's not accessible to other people using Facebook.

Copies of your information may remain after the 90 days in backup storage that we use to recover in the event of a disaster, software error, or other data loss event. We may also keep your information for things like legal issues, terms violations, or harm prevention efforts. Learn more about our Data Policy.

To cancel your account deletion:

How To Get Rid Of Congratulations You Won On Facebook Permanently

1. Log into your Facebook account within 30 days of deleting your account.
2. Click Cancel Deletion.