How to Remove Wrotector.com Adware

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The appearance of the Wrotector.com website is a clear sign that your computer is no-longer infection-free. Somewhere on your system, the Wrotector.com adware is lurking. This parasite is not a full-fledged virus, but a malicious application. It is programmed to generate revenue through a pay-per-click system. Basically, when you click on an advert provided by the adware, its owners get paid. They get even more money for every sponsored website you get redirected to. And so, they programmed the adware to do exactly this. To bombard you with advertisements. There is a catch, however. It doesn’t matter how aggressive the adware is, you will not click on just any advert, will you? To grab your attention, the crooks must display appealing adverts. To do so, they have instructed the adware to collect information about you. Yes, that is right. The Wrotector.com adware spies on you. It collects information about your online habits and uses the data to target you with customized marketing campaigns. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the adware will display ads for sports shoes. Do not trust the ads. The furtive adware has no verifying mechanism. All sorts of crooks use it to reach potential victims. They spread misleading and false ads. The Wrotector.com adware is turning you into an easy target. This application is too hazardous to be kept on board. Remove it before it causes serious problems.

How did I get infected with?

To reach its victims, the Wrotector.com adware uses the classic strategies. Software bundles, spam emails, torrents, fake updates, etc. The key to its successful distribution is not the methods it uses, but the users’ negligence. If you were just a bit more careful, you wouldn’t have to deal with this infection. The adware cannot get installed without your (the user’s) approval. No approval, no installation. As simple as that. Yet, you may not remember installing this parasite. No one said that the adware asks openly. The parasite uses a lot of trickery. It asks in the sneakiest way possible. It usually hitches a ride with other programs. When you start the installation of an application, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. If it is available, select it. Software developers often attach additional programs to the payload files of their apps. Only under the Advanced installation, will you be able to deselect all unwanted programs. If you select the Standard setup option, all extra will be installed automatically. Don’t be negligent. The Internet is too dangerous. Always do your due diligence.

Why is this dangerous?

The Wrotector.com adware is very annoying. It is interfering with every aspect of your daily web browsing. Every time you as much as touch your browser, the adware covers your screen in advertisements. Unfortunately, all these ads are not to be trusted. The adware has no security mechanism. It doesn’t verify the ads, nor the advertisers behind them. All sorts of crooks take advantage. They use the utility and its resources to target potential victims. The crooks spread misleading and false ads. They lure victims into online scams. With the adware on board, you are very likely to be redirected to phony and even infected websites. One click on the wrong advert is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. Don’t underestimate the crooks. They are targeting your wallet. They are ready to do anything to get your money. They know what to say in order to lure you into impulsive actions. Do not risk your security. Remove the Wrotector.com adware before it is too late. We have prepared a manual removal guide below this article. You can also use a trustworthy anti-malware program. You have options. Choose your removal method and act. The sooner you clean your computer, the better!

How to Remove Wrotector.com virus

The Wrotector.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 Wrotector.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 Wrotector.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Wrotector.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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