Neat Dude Cool “Virus” Removal

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If “Ads by Neat Dude Cool” flood your web browser, you are in for trouble! An adware parasite forces these annoying adverts on you. Somewhere in the shadows of your OS, an adware intruder lurks. Brace yourself! The parasite is an utter menace. It follows programming to throw you into a whirlwind of ads. The adware inserts various banners on every website you visit. It also opens dozens of notifications. And as if that’s not bad enough, but it dares pause your videos for commercial breaks, as well as turns random website-text into hyperlinks. No ad-blocking app is powerful enough to stop the ad invasion. “Powered by Neat Dude Cool” pop-ups appear every time you so much as touch your browser. Click nothing! The “Brought to you by Neat Dude Cool” ads are unreliable. A parasite displays these ads. This menace has no filters nor security mechanisms. It often spreads deceptive and corrupted content. Its ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they redirect traffic to dangerous websites. Do not put yourself through this torture! Heed the experts’ advice: as soon as you become aware of the infection, take action. Find where the adware lurks and delete it upon detection. The sooner you remove the parasite, the better!

How did I get infected with?

Spam messages, fake updates, corrupted links. There are myriads of adware distribution tricks. Neat Dude Cool, however, tends to use software bundles. This parasite is an app that you get as a bonus to third-party software. No one, of course, would install adware intentionally. Thus, the adware doesn’t disclose its functions. You may not even notice it. The parasite hides in the fine print. It gets installed when you “forget” to deselect it. Do not make that mistake. Most of the apps we download off the Web come bundled with bonus software. If you don’t pay attention to the red flags, you are very likely to install a malicious extra. Neat Dude Cool is just one of many parasites. Let this infection be a lesson. Don’t ever let your guard down! No anti-virus app can protect you if you throw caution to the wind. Only your vigilance can keep your PC free of infections. Don’t visit questionable websites. Download software and updates from reputable (preferably official) sources only. And forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” setup strategy. When available, use the advanced/custom installation option. Make sure you know what you install. Go through the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you can’t read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Even a little extra attention can spare you an avalanche of issues. Opt out of the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

Neat Dude Cool is a nightmare. It sneaks into your PC and wrecks everything. The adware inserts various ads on every website you visit, opens notifications, and plays commercials. It even loads third-party websites in new tabs. Its numerous adverts burden your browser and make it prone to malfunctions. You face a plethora of errors and crashes. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. You can notice the full extent of the corruption only if you take a closer look at the ads. They are related to your recent online activities, aren’t they? That’s not a coincidence. The adware studies your online habits and bases its ad selection on the collected data. Do you think that ends well? Neat Dude Cool spies on you from day one. This parasite knows your every online step. Which links you follow, what videos you watch, which websites you visit. The Incognito mode can’t hide you. The parasite knows everything! And if you are not careful, some pieces of data, your search queries, for example, may leak personal and financial details. Don’t take unnecessary risks! Remove the adware the first chance you get!

How to Remove Neat Dude Cool virus

The Neat Dude Cool 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 Neat Dude Cool 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 Neat Dude Cool in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Neat Dude Cool startup location

STEP 3: Delete Neat Dude Cool traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Neat Dude Cool 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 Neat Dude Cool 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 Neat Dude Cool 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 Neat Dude Cool traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Neat Dude Cool 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 Neat Dude Cool

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 Neat Dude Cool, 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 Neat Dude Cool 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 Neat Dude Cool 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.