Remove Sharepal Malware

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Sharepal is a deceptive application. It is a nasty adware parasite. Once it gets on your system, hell raises. The adware corrupts all installed browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, there is no immune program. The adware turns them into ad-displaying tools. This parasite follows orders to ruin your browsing experience with adverts. It injects various banner and in-text ads on every web page you load. It also covers your screen with pop-ups every time you load your browser. And to top it all off, it pauses your videos for commercial breaks. This adware gets paid when you click on its advertisements. Thus, it doesn’t limit their number. The more you see, the bigger the chance you click. And so, it drowns you in a sea of coupons, “great deals,” and discounts. If you, however, refuse to click, the adware starts browser redirection. It loads third-party websites directly in your browser. The parasite opens them in new tabs and windows. It forces these unknown pages on you. Sharepal is like a pain in the neck: the more you tolerate it, the worse your situation becomes. This adware gets more and more aggressive with each passing day. It tends to get out of control. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove Sharepal the first chance you get. The sooner this adware is gone, the better!

How did I get infected with?

Sharepal is a sneaky parasite. It uses trickery to get on your system unnoticed. The parasite uses torrents, fake updates, software bundles, and corrupted links. All it needs to succeed is one moment of carelessness. The thing about this adware is that it cannot get installed without your approval. Its distribution strategies deliver it to your OS. That’s all they can do. Only you can install the parasite. It’s not that simple, of course. The parasite uses camouflage. It lurks in the shadows and waits for you to let your guard down. Sharepal preys on your naivety. It also relies on your recklessness. Do not make its job easier. Choose caution over carelessness. One keeps the parasites away, the other – invites them in. Download your software from reliable sources only. When installing an app, pay close attention to the fine print. More often than not, the apps we download off the web come bundled with bonus programs. The extras are often parasites like Sharepal. If you rush through the installation process, you might install unwanted programs. Make sure you know what you are giving your approval to. If available, use the advanced/custom setup option. And don’t skip the terms and conditions. If you cannot spare enough time to read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Abort the installation process if you notice anything suspicious.

Why is this dangerous?

Sharepal is more than a mere annoyance. This parasite is quite dangerous. It jeopardizes both your security and privacy. The adware follows you around the web, records your online habits and uses the collected data as a base for ad targeting. This parasite records and catalogs your every online activity. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. The adware knows everything. And when it deems it has enough data, it sends it to a remote server. Anyone willing to pay can access it there. Numerous crooks do. They use the collected information to create irresistible adverts. They would then use the adware to push them on you. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The Sharepal parasite turns its victims into easy targets. This nasty parasite gets paid to promote not to guarantee your security. Do not risk falling into an online trap. Remove this invader ASAP!

How to Remove Sharepal virus

The Sharepal 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 Sharepal 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 Sharepal in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Sharepal startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Sharepal, 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 Sharepal 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 Sharepal 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.