Notification Browser Virus Removal

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If your browser keeps displaying pop-ups about updates, viruses, and missing extensions, brace yourself. You are in for trouble! Your poor browser harbors a parasite. The nasty Notification Browser adware has managed to infect it and is now causing havoc. The invader sneaks into your system and corrupts all installed web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, there is no immune program. The adware alters their settings and turns them into ad-displaying slaves. This parasite injects adverts on every website you load. It covers your screen with pop-ups every time you as much as touch your browser. The adware is so aggressive that it’s often referred to as a “virus.” The good news is that it’s not a real virus. It’s a tricky utility which takes over your browsing experience. Do not underestimate the situation, though. The adware might not be a virus, but can infect your system with one. This parasite gets paid to promote, not to guarantee your security. Many crooks take advantage of it. They use the parasite to redirect traffic to phony, phishing, and corrupted web pages. The fake browser notifications you see are created by crooks with agendas. These people want your usernames, passwords, and financial details. And they know how to steal that information. Do not fall for their tricks. Do not click on the pop-ups. You won’t like the outcome. You risk getting redirected to infected pages, the ads may also start an unwanted download. Do not risk it! Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the parasite that opens the fake browser notifications.

How did I get infected with?

The adware behind the fake browser notifications is not a virus. It cannot hack your system. This invader is a simple application. To get installed, it needs your (the user’s) approval. No permission, no admission. There is a catch, of course. The parasite asks in the sneakiest way possible. It lurks in the shadows and waits for you to make a mistake. Do not let your guard down. You can never know where an infection might strike from. Parasites like the Notification Browser Virus usually hide in software bundles, fake updates, and torrents. These distribution methods deliver the parasites to your system. That’s all they do. They cannot install the parasites. Only you can do that! If you, however, don’t pay attention to the fine print, you might install them unintentionally. Bear in mind that no anti-virus app can protect you if you act recklessly. The key to a secure and infection-free device is caution. Always take the time to do your due diligence. Download software from reliable platforms only. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. And, of course, don’t skip the terms and conditions. If you notice anything suspicious, abort the setup process immediately!

Why is this dangerous?

The so-called “Notification Browser virus” is a complete and utter menace. It is a nasty adware parasite which sneaks into your system and wrecks everything. It throws you into a whirlwind of issues. You cannot get a simple task done without encountering an issue of some sort. The parasite floods your browser with countless unverified ads, redirects your traffic to suspicious websites, and displays fake messages. The bad news is that these issues barely scratch the tip of the iceberg. This nasty adware jeopardizes both your privacy and security. This invader spies on you. It monitors your every online action. The adware knows your every online activity. What’s worse, it knows how to use that data against you. The adware stores the data to a remote server and sells access to it. Anyone willing to pay can use the information against you. The crooks use it to set up phishing websites. They would then instruct the adware to redirect your browser to these pages. The crooks also create deceptive adverts and push them to your browser. These people show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. These people are after your personal and financial details. Do not put up with this situation. The Notification Browser Virus turns you into an easy target. This nasty invader has no place on your system. Remove it before it gets a chance to cause you harm!

How to Remove Notification Browser virus

The Notification Browser 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 Notification Browser 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 Notification Browser in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Notification Browser startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Notification Browser 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 Notification Browser

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 Notification Browser, 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 Notification Browser 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 Notification Browser 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.