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An adware application infiltrated your PC. It does so undetected, via cunning and finesse. And, then reveals its presence with the C.traffic-media.co page. To see it on your screen, is to know you’re in trouble. Heed experts’ advice, and take immediate action against the threat. The sooner you accept its stay, the faster you can cut it short. Otherwise, you’re in for quite the unpleasant ordeal. The infection wreaks havoc, and makes a mess of everything. It turns your browsing experience into a hellish one. No matter what you do, your screen gets flooded with ads. You get redirected, and suffer lagging, crashes and screen freezes. It’s quite the unpleasantness. What’s worse, the infection even jeopardizes your privacy. Yes, if you allow it to remain, you risk getting your sensitive data stolen and exposed. Do yourself a favor, and avoid that. Protect yourself, and your PC. Get rid of the atrocious adware at once.

How did I get infected with?

Adware applications need your permission on their admission. The tool, behind C.traffic-media.co, is no exception. It has to inquire whether you, the user, agree to install it. If you deny it, no access. So, that’s why, it does its best to avoid denial. Yes, it does follow the rules to ask for your approval. But having to ask, doesn’t mean having to do it outright. After all, if it were straightforward, it leaves too much to chance. It risks rejection. So, instead, the infection turns to sneakiness. It employs the help of the old but gold invasive methods. And, preys on your carelessness. The cyber menace needs you to give into gullibility and distraction. To rush, and leave your fate to chance. To skip doing any due diligence, and rely on luck. That eases its infiltration. Why would you oblige? Do yourself a favor, and choose caution over the lack thereof. It helps you to spot infections attempting invasion. It lets you catch them in the act, and deny them entry. Know that even a little extra attention can save you a ton of troubles. Always make sure to be thorough. Choose caution over carelessness. It’s for the best.

Why is this dangerous?

C.traffic-media.co becomes the bane of your browsing. The adware seizes every chance it gets, to force it on you. So much so, that C.traffic-media.co turns into your online shadow. Open a new tab, and it’s there to greet you. Search the web, and it’s among the results. Do anything, while browsing, and you see ‘Waiting for C.traffic-media.co.’ Furthermore, your screen gets swarmed with ‘Ads by C.traffic-media.co.’ You get stuck with banner, in-text and pop-up ads. And, each one reads ‘Brought to you by C.traffic-media.co.’ All that intrusion is incessant, and it doesn’t go without repercussions. The constant online disruption causes your system to suffer frequent crashes. As well as, slows down your computer’s performance to a crawl. But these are minor inconveniences. They seem trivial, in comparison to the security hazard, you face. As mentioned, the adware threatens your privacy. It has instructions to spy on you, and it follows them. The infection’s espionage begins once it invades. It starts to track your every move, and keep a record of it. Links and ads you click, sites you visit, data you input. Then, once it deems it has collected enough information, it sends it. It hands over the data to the unknown individuals behind it. Strangers, who can then use it as they see fit. Don’t allow that to happen. Don’t let the infection fulfill its thieving agenda. Ensure your system’s safety, and keep your privacy private. Get rid of the atrocious infection at once.

How to Remove C.traffic-media.co virus

The C.traffic-media.co 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 C.traffic-media.co 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 C.traffic-media.co in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate C.traffic-media.co startup location

STEP 3: Delete C.traffic-media.co traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down C.traffic-media.co 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 C.traffic-media.co 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 C.traffic-media.co 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 C.traffic-media.co traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the C.traffic-media.co 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 C.traffic-media.co

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 C.traffic-media.co, 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 C.traffic-media.co 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 C.traffic-media.co 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.