Remove Ovenad.com Pop-up Virus (“Add Extension” Scam)

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If you spot the Ovenad.com pop-ups, you’re in trouble. These various alerts only mean one thing – you have a virus on board. Luckily, we’re talking about an adware-type parasite which is rather easy to get rid of. Adware also can’t cause you harm directly. That is why it relies on its pop-ups to trick you into installing malicious extensions. The virus you’re stuck with constantly lies to your face. It firstly takes over your browsers and modifies them. You might notice some additional toolbars added by the infection too. All modifications that this program makes are completely unauthorized. That means your permission and opinions about your own online experience aren’t relevant anymore. Hackers are in charge now. They won’t think twice before exposing you to malware in order to achieve their goals. It goes without saying that the one thing crooks are interested in is gaining profit. That is the sole reason adware programs get developed in the first place. Such infections boost web traffic to some particular websites. As a result, hackers use the pay-per-click mechanism and make money. Simple as that. The problem is that their revenue comes at your expense because your machine is now infected. Your favorite browser settings get altered and the virus brings along ads. Sponsored, irritating, utterly worthless ads. Their presence overall destroys your online activities. Every single time you attempt to surf the Internet, these commercial appear. They come in all shapes and colors you could think of. The Ovenad.com pop-ups include coupons, discounts, deals and offers. There may be some “best prices” or price comparisons on your PC screen too. What all these advertisements have in common is the fact they are unsafe. No commercial generated by a cyber infection could be considered safe. Keep in mind that hackers provide these ads so you could click them open. Crooks gain profit that way but you might get redirected to dangerous pages. Many of the ads lead straight to malware and there’s no telling which pop-up is corrupted. If you’re unlucky, you’ll worsen your already pretty bad position. Don’t let cyber criminals harass you and don’t become their sponsor. Instead, stay away from the endless commercials this nuisance displays. Tackle the adware as soon as possible.

How did I get infected with?

There are a couple of exceptionally popular infiltration methods. Number one technique is called freeware or shareware bundling. It allows all sorts of viruses to travel the Web in silence. Therefore, you may compromise your safety and remain oblivious to the parasite’s presence. Having a cyber virus on your computer system without knowing about it is immensely dangerous. The infection could get out of control at any point and cause you irreversible damage. Bear in mind it only takes one wrong more online to download malware. Dealing with the virus afterwards, though, usually takes much more. Be careful what you give green light to because the Internet is filled with infections. When installing freeware or shareware bundles, take your time. Opt for the Custom or Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. This is a step most PC users prefer to skip. However, that is how they fall victims to some vicious cyber parasites. To protect your device, you have to pay attention. Deselect any “bonus” virus you may locate in the bundles you download. This could save you quite the headache later on.

Why is this dangerous?

The Ovenad.com pop-ups may claim to be legitimate product deals and offers. However, some of those also try to scam you. The adware could generate fake security alerts and bogus messages. They demand that you “add an extension to leave”. Do you see the fraud already? Instead of installing a legitimate, useful plugin, you will install a harmful one. Hackers have no reason whatsoever to take care of your security. As mentioned, they are focused on scamming you and gaining profit. The very last thing you should do is trust the pop-ups and download what hackers want you to. Make sure you don’t fall right into the trap. This is a dangerous fraud that could result in further damage. Last but not least, the adware may collect some of your personal information and send it to hackers. If they sell your details, things will go from bad to catastrophic in the blink of an eye. Please follow our detailed manual removal guide down below.

How to Remove Ovenad.com virus

The Ovenad.com 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 Ovenad.com 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 Ovenad.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Ovenad.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Ovenad.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Ovenad.com 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 Ovenad.com 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 Ovenad.com 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 Ovenad.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Ovenad.com 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 Ovenad.com

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 Ovenad.com, 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 Ovenad.com 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 Ovenad.com 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.