Bar-cube.com Adware Removal

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Bar-cube.com is a shady website. It is associated with a nasty adware parasite. If your browser gets redirected to this web page, or if you see ads provided by it, be sure. Your computer is infected. The Bar-cube.com adware lurks somewhere in the corners of your OS and causes troubles. This piece of malicious software is programmed to generate revenue through a pay-per-click scheme. Basically, it owners get paid for every advert you click on. And so, the adware floods its victims with advertisements. It injects various ads on every website you visit. It also redirects your web traffic to sponsored pages. The adware even dares to pause your online videos for commercial breaks. This parasite interferes with your every online action. You cannot get a simple task done without being interrupted. The adware can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. Yet, you should not focus on the inconveniences. The things the adware does behind your back should be your main concern. This parasite does not display random ads. No! The adware monitors your browsing data and uses the collected information to target you with relevant ads. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the parasite will display ads for sports shoes. It looks great on paper. In reality, however, the things are not so simple. The adware sells access to the information. It’s the advertiser are the ones that choose how to use it. And here’s the catch. The Bar-cube.com adware does not verify its advertisers. Anyone willing to pay can use it to promote. Numerous crooks do. They use the parasite to target potential victims. With this parasite on board, you are more likely to be redirected to bogus websites than to legitimate ones.

How did I get infected with?

The Bar-cube.com adware did not install itself. This parasite is not that advanced. No, it received help. Your help! Confused? Let’s explain. The adware is a simple application. As any other app, it needs your permission to get on board. No permission, no admission. As simple, as that. What this intruder doesn’t need is straightforwardness. It asked for your permission in the sneakiest way possible. The parasite usually gets installed as an extra to many free programs. It lurks behind Advanced/Custom installation windows. Only if you select the advanced installation, will you be able to prevent the parasite from installing. So, forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” strategy. Make sure you know what you are giving your permission to. Read the Terms and Conditions/End User License Agreement. If you don’t have the time to do so, use an online EULA analyzer to scan the document. If you detect anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. Other adware distribution methods include torrents, spam emails, and fake updates. All these methods will fail if you do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Bar-cube.com adware is not harmless, do not underestimate it. This parasite has no security mechanism. It cannot protect you from online scams. Quite the opposite, it turns you into a target. The adware collects information about you. It uses the data to target you with adverts which are not verified. An unverified advert may arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, it may redirect you to scam and potentially infected websites. There are countless dodgy websites that are promoted through the Bar-cube.com adware. Some are harmless, others can drain your bank account. Numerous crooks use the adware to run their schemes. These people are not to be underestimated either. They know how to manipulate their victims. Don’t put yourself through this. The adware cannot benefit your browsing experience. You have no reason to keep this malicious app. Get back in control of your browser, get rid of the intruder. The sooner you remove the Bar-cube.com adware, the better!

How to Remove Bar-cube.com virus

The Bar-cube.com 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 Bar-cube.com 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 Bar-cube.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Bar-cube.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Bar-cube.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Bar-cube.com 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 Bar-cube.com 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 Bar-cube.com 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 Bar-cube.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Bar-cube.com 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 Bar-cube.com

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 Bar-cube.com, 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 Bar-cube.com 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 Bar-cube.com 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.