Fastplayz “Virus” Removal

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The Fastplayz.com pop-ups are beyond annoying. They are also stubborn, obnoxious and utterly useless. To get rid of these ads, you need to tackle an infection. Such commercials appear after your PC system gets infected. Thus, you have a cyber pest to deal with. Locate the intruder and get rid of it as soon as possible. If you hesitate, you may unwillingly allow the virus to get out of hand. Eventually, this parasite could cause you serious damage. There is a silver lining here, though. We’re talking about an adware-type parasite or a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). You could have installed some much more aggressive kind of virus. The Internet is full of browser hijackers, Trojan horses and ransomware. What you’re stuck with is a relatively easy to tackle virus. However, that doesn’t give you the privilege to keep the infection on board. No virus is to be underestimated so don’t be naive. This seemingly harmless parasite is more than capable of causing harm. To prevent it, take action right away. How does the infection work? First of all, it makes modifications in your default browser settings. Of course, these changes have nothing to do with your permission or consent. They have a lot to do with hackers’ malicious purposes, though. As soon as your computer gets infected, crooks take over in order to gain profit. Their parasite makes stealthy modifications in all your favorite browsers. The adware adds a certain extension or a plugin which, of course, happens behind your back. You may also notice some additional toolbars or other modifications. As a result of these changes, the Fastplayz pop-ups appear. These advertisements have already caught your attention, haven’t they? It’s impossible to ignore an endless parade of various commercials in various shapes. To say the least, the Fastplayz pop-ups are irritating. Make sure you stay away from all these advertisements because they are also unsafe. There is no such thing is a pop-up generated by a virus that is reliable. Unless you want to test out the limits of your luck for some reason, you will avoid the ads. Put your safety first and remember – these commercials aren’t trustworthy. They cover your PC screen solely so hackers could generate web traffic. Thus, it’s all about their questionable profit.

How did I get infected with?

Most PC users tend to download bundled software. The problem is, they don’t pay enough attention to what they end up installing. In the future, know that freeware and shareware bundling is the most commonly used virus distribution method. It provides all kinds of infections an extremely efficient way to compromise your safety. All you have to do is rush through the installation process. If hackers have attached certain bonuses to this bundle, you might give green light to the parasite too. Crooks take advantage of the fact many people tend to skip steps. Chances are, that’s how you got infected as well. We recommend that you take your time during the installation process. Rushing and skipping steps could expose you to cyber threats. And it is definitely more time-consuming to delete malware than it is to prevent infiltration. Do yourself a favor; such infections shouldn’t be allowed to get installed. You’re the one who will have to deal with the intruders later on so be careful. Opt for the Custom option in the Setup Wizard. Also, go through the Terms and Conditions of what you download. This is the key to your security so make an effort to protect your PC.

Why is this dangerous?

The ads include all sorts of deals and offers you could think of. That includes discounts, coupons, best prices, price comparison, etc. You name it, the infection generates it. Such invasive commercials can’t possibly enhance your online experience. On the other hand, they pretty much destroy it. Surfing the Web is neither enjoyable nor safe anymore. Every single page you visit is covered with random, highly questionable pop-ups. Some of them lead you to dangerous pages so keep that in mind. Clicking any of these ads open exposes you to malware. In addition, the virus causes your browsers to redirect you. That’s why the Fastplayz website is now a constant sight on your PC screen. This domain is just one of many unreliable pages you may get redirected to. Do the right thing and uninstall the parasite for good. You will find our detailed manual removal guide down below.

How to Remove Fastplayz virus

The Fastplayz 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 Fastplayz 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.

STEP 1: Track down Fastplayz in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Fastplayz startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Fastplayz 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 Fastplayz 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 Fastplayz 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 Fastplayz traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Fastplayz 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 Fastplayz

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 Fastplayz, 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 Fastplayz 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 Fastplayz 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.