How to Remove “Ads by TS” Pop-ups

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If you see “Ads by TS” splattered on your screen, be wary. An adware application has infiltrated your system. And, you’re now suffering the consequences of its stay. Banner, in-text, and pop-up ads pop up to interfere with your activities, non-stop. And, each one is “Brought to you by TS,” “Powered by TS” or, of course, “Ads by TS.” The advertisements appear every time, you so much as touch your browser. That’s not only an immense annoyance, but it’s also consequential. The incessant interruption affects your system. And, it begins to crash all the time. Your computer’s performance also slows down to a crawl. Lagging becomes a daily occurrence. Going online turns into quite the nightmarish experience. But your predicament escalates beyond inconvenience and annoyance. The adware menace doesn’t stop at only interference. It also takes aim at your security. Given enough time on your PC, it will manage to steal data from you. And, then, expose it. To whom? Well, to strangers with malicious intentions. Don’t allow that! Protect yourself from the hazardous adware. Get rid of it as soon as you get the opportunity. Once that first “Ads by TS” pops up, act. Find and delete the threat.

How did I get infected with?

Adware programs are deceptive. They use slyness and subtlety, and sneak into your system undetected. That’s right. Undetected. To manage that, they turn to an array of tricks. More often than not, they use freeware. That’s because, it offers, perhaps, the easiest way into your system. How come? Well, most users are pretty careless during freeware installs. Instead of taking their time, and doing due diligence, they rush. They skip reading terms and conditions, and agree to everything in blind faith. They leave their fate to chance, and hope for the best. That’s a horrendous strategy, with horrible consequences. Don’t make it! If you wish to keep an infection-free PC, always choose caution over carelessness. Other common methods of invasion, include the following. Hiding behind corrupted links, sites, or torrents. Posing as bogus system or program updates. And, of course, the use of spam email attachments as a way in. Don’t give into gullibility, haste, and distraction. Always take the time to be vigilant. Even a little extra attention goes a long way.

Why is this dangerous?

The adware, behind “Ads by TS,” spies on you. It follows instructions to do so once it invades. So, its espionage begins, following its admission into your system. The tool starts to keep track of your online activities. And, it records them. It keeps a record of everything you do, while browsing. That includes pages you visit, links you click, passwords, logins. Not to mention, credit card and bank account data. The adware gets a hold of all that. And, when it deems it has collected enough details, proceeds to send what it stole. It exposes it to the cyber criminals, behind it. Unknown individuals with malicious agendas. Not people, you can trust with your sensitive information. Don’t allow the infection to fulfill its thieving agenda. Do your best to locate its exact hiding place. Then, once you do, remove it! The faster it leaves your system, the better.

How to Remove “Ads by TS” virus

The “Ads by TS” 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 “Ads by TS” 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 “Ads by TS” in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate “Ads by TS” startup location

STEP 3: Delete “Ads by TS” traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down “Ads by TS” 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 “Ads by TS” 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 “Ads by TS” 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 “Ads by TS” traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the “Ads by TS” 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 “Ads by TS”

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 “Ads by TS”, 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 “Ads by TS” 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 “Ads by TS” 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.