Remove Campaign Notifier “Malware” (Chrome/FF/IE)

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Campaign Notifier is not a program you should keep on your computer. This intruder is actually an intrusive, ad-generating parasite. It sneaks into your computer unnoticed and wreaks havoc. Security experts have categorized it as adware. It is programmed to take control of your web browsers and to turn them into ad-displaying tools. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Edge, there is no immune browser. If you have more than one installed, be sure that they are all affected. Or, to be precise, they are infected. The nasty adware uses them to turn you into an easy target. It is programmed to monitor your browser-related data and to use it for ad targeting. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the adware will display ads for sports shoes. It sounds great on paper. In practice, however, you only get flooded with dozens of unverified ads. The Campaign Notifier adware has no security mechanism. It is paid when you click on its ads and when you visit a sponsored web page. Neither your comfort nor security is part of the deal. Anyone willing to pay can use the parasite as an advertising platform. Numerous crooks do. They use the collected data to prepare customized marking campaigns. They show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. With the adware on board, you are more likely to end up on bogus websites than on legitimate ones. Do not risk your security. Remove the Campaign Notifier adware as soon as possible!

How did I get infected with?

The Campaign Notifier adware cannot enter your OS without invitation. It needs your permission to get on board. What it doesn’t need is to ask openly. This sneaky trickster knows how to lure you into installing it unintentionally. It lurks behind software bundles, fake updates, and corrupted links. One second of carelessness is all it needs to succeed. Do not make its job easier. Do not be careless and negligent. Your caution can prevent infections. Keep your guard up. Especially when you are about to install a program. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” installation strategy. If available, select the Advanced/Custom option. And do not even think about skipping the terms and conditions. If you don’t have the time to read the whole document, use an online EULA analyzer to scan it. If you detect anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. This is your computer. It is up to you to keep it virus-free. Don’t let parasites like the Campaign Notifier adware trick you ever again! Always do your due diligence! Even a little extra caution goes a long, long way!

Why is this dangerous?

The Campaign Notifier adware is extremely intrusive. It interferes with every aspect of your day to day browsing. The parasite injects dozens and dozens of advertisements on every website you open. It redirects your web traffic to sponsored pages and even dares to pause your online videos for commercial breaks. This intruder ruins your browsing experience. It is annoying and meddlesome. And most importantly, it is dangerous. Do not underestimate the adware. If it was safe, it wouldn’t have to use trickery to infect your PC. The parasite exposes your device to numerous online threats. As we’ve mentioned, this parasite does not verify its ads. Anyone can promote anything. The crooks use deceptive language and misleading visuals to trick you into clicking on their adverts. An unverified advert may arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, it will redirect you to scam and phishing websites. If you are extremely unlucky, you may also end up on an infected website. The nasty adware may not corrupt your entire system, but it surely can lure you into unwanted actions. It may trick you into revealing financial and personally identifiable information; or, it may lure you into subscribing to unneeded services. The parasite may even convince you to buy rogue software. Numerous online scams are run through this parasite. Do not risk falling into an online trap. Remove the Campaign Notifier adware before it’s too late!

How to Remove Campaign Notifier virus

The Campaign Notifier 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 Campaign Notifier 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 Campaign Notifier in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Campaign Notifier startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Campaign Notifier 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 Campaign Notifier

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 Campaign Notifier, 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 Campaign Notifier 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 Campaign Notifier 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.