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Defpush.com is a page that’s a sign of trouble. Its appearance means that your system harbors an adware. The faster you accept that as fact, the better! These infections are dangerous and damaging. As soon as they find a way into your PC, they begin to wreak havoc. The same applies for the tool, using Defpush.com as a front. As soon as it settles, corruption ensues. The adware throws your system into complete disarray. You face incessant online interference, lagging, crashes and screen freezes. Not to mention, the tool also jeopardizes your privacy. Do yourself a favor, and avoid the myriad of grievances that will, otherwise, plague you. As soon as you spot Defpush.com on your screen, act! Acknowledge the infection’s using it as a way to reveal its presence. Find where its exact hiding place is on your PC. Then, delete it on discovery. The sooner you remove the cyber menace, the more issues you’ll avoid. So, delete the threat at once. Thus, ensuring your system’s safety, and earning the gratitude of your future self.

How did I get infected with?

Defpush.com appears on your screen, because of adware. The infection forces it on you, at every turn. But what about said infection? How did it end up on your computer? Well, it’s quite simple. You’re the culprit, responsible for its presence. It may seem confusing, so let’s explain. Here’s the thing. Adware tools can’t enter a system, without the user’s consent. The tool has to ask if you approve its install. If you don’t, no access. That’s why, the application does its best to get it, and to avoid rejection. How? Well, it resorts to all manner of slyness and subtlety. You see, having to ask for approval, doesn’t mean having to do it outright. So, the tool doesn’t. Instead, it inquires for permission in the sneakiest way it can. It lurks behind fake updates, corrupted links, freeware, spam emails. It has quite a few tricks to choose from. Its success, however, rests on you. Think about it. If you’re thorough, you can catch it in the act, regardless of how sneaky it is. Vigilance helps you to spot it, attempting to invade, and keep it out. Don’t discard the importance of due diligence. It’s imperative if you wish to have an infection-free PC. Take the time to be attentive, and don’t choose carelessness over caution. One keeps threats out, and the other invites them in.

Why is this dangerous?

After the adware settles on your system, prepare for trouble. The tool wastes no time to spread its corruption. You first suffer the effects of its stay, when you browse. Every time, you go online, you get stuck with Defpush.com. The page pops up to intrude all you do. Open a new tab? Defpush.com is there. Search the web? It’s among the suggested results. Do anything at all, and you get stuck with ‘Connecting to Defpush.com.’ Also, don’t forget about the multitude of ads that flood your screen, on a daily basis. Banner, in-text and pop-up ones ‘Powered by Defpush.com.’ Yes, the infection swarms you with countless ‘Ads by Defpush.com.‘ After all, it’s called ‘adware’ for a reason. But neither of these issues even compares to the security risk, you encounter. As stated, the adware jeopardizes your privacy. After it invades, it starts to spy on your activities. It observes what you do, and keeps a thorough record of it. Then, after it deems it has stolen enough data, proceeds to expose it. To whom? Well, to the cyber criminals that unleashed it onto the web. In other words, malicious strangers with questionable intentions. Not people, you can or should trust with such sensitive data. Keep your personal and financial details out of their hands. Get rid of the adware ASAP. It’s the best course if action, you can take. So, take it now.

How to Remove Defpush.com virus

The Defpush.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 Defpush.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 Defpush.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Defpush.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Defpush.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Defpush.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 Defpush.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 Defpush.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 Defpush.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Defpush.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 Defpush.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 Defpush.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 Defpush.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 Defpush.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.