How to Remove Kissanime Pop-up Virus

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There are certain websites you don’t want to ever come across. That’s the case with Kissanime.ru. If you get redirected to this page, it is a sign your machine has been infected with a parasite. Luckily, we’re talking about one relatively easy to tackle sort of virus. You are having an adware-type parasite or a PUP (potentially unwanted program) on board. Hence, you should know this pest is more annoying than it is harmful. Adware and PUPs are famous for messing with the victim’s default browser settings. In other words, the parasite takes over your favorite browsers and injects them with ads. For starers, you’ll notice a brand new browser extension was installed. The problem with this plugin is that it is malicious. You have no reason to trust anything brought to you by a nasty PC infection. That means you have no reason to keep the parasite on board either. As soon as you locate the intruder, you have to take adequate measures. Tackle the adware/PUP and regain control over your browsing experience. Apart from the browser extension, you might spot some additional toolbars and other modifications. None of them require any permission or consent. After all, you’ve fallen victim to a virus. It is messing with your browser settings completely behind your back ignoring all your preferences. Due to the parasite’s trickery, you now get redirected. Constantly. What’s even more worrisome is that the pages you land on don’t necessarily have to be harmless. Quite the opposite – these pages are often filled with malware. You might accidentally download more viruses without even knowing it. To protect your security, be careful. Stay away from all web links generated by the virus and do not let it redirect you. Not only does the infection disrespect your opinions but it also floods your PC screen with unwanted ads. Do you know why you’re now bombarded with commercials all the time? Because the infamous kissanime pop-ups are sponsored. They allow cyber crooks to gain profit online entirely at your expense. As mentioned, you are left unable to find anything you search for online. In addition, you get redirected to kissanime.ru and other questionable websites. The kissanime commercials make browsing the Web even more problematic. Do the right thing here and get rid of the adware/PUP right away.

How did I get infected with?

Cyber parasites rarely rely on your authorization. They have plenty of perfectly stealthy techniques to choose from instead. The number one method is called freeware/shareware bundling. Do you tend to download such programs off of the Internet? Then you should always make sure no infections use the bundle as an infiltration tactic. If you opt for the Advanced or Custom option in the Setup Wizard, you’ll be able to spot any potential virus. Keep in mind that infections pretend to be some program “bonuses” that wait for your distraction. Therefore, watch out for potentially undesirable intruders. If a certain bonus parasite manages to get installed, you’re the one who will have to deal with the consequences. Prevention is a lot easier than having to delete infections. Check out the Terms and Conditions of what you agree to download too. The same piece of advice goes for the EULA (End User License Agreement). Unless you make a thorough check of the programs in the bundle, you may compromise your own safety. Don’t rush the installation or skip important steps. Be cautious and know it will pay off in the long run. We would also recommend that you stay away from unverified program bundles as well as illegitimate pages. Last but not least, avoid opening suspicious-looking spam messages or email-attachments.

Why is this dangerous?

The kissanime pop-ups are impossible not to notice. As mentioned already, these ads are caused by a sneaky browser extension. All your once trusty browsers get modified and now serve hackers’ purposes. By clicking any of the kissanime advertisements, you help crooks gain revenue. That’s how simple the pay-per-click mechanism is. However, not many PC users are actively trying to support the malicious business of cyber criminals. Do not reward greedy hackers for altering your preferred browser settings. Get rid of their infection for good instead. You get redirected and your machine underperforms. Also, the computer may start crashing and/or freezing and the Internet connection might become unstable all of a sudden. Even your privacy ends up jeopardized as the virus might collect some personal details. To delete this nuisance manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove Kissanime virus

The Kissanime infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Kissanime infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Kissanime in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Kissanime startup location

STEP 3: Delete Kissanime traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Kissanime in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Kissanime startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Kissanime virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Kissanime traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Kissanime by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Kissanime

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Kissanime, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Kissanime argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Kissanime Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.