DreamCompress Adware Removal

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The DreamCompress app is not a program you should keep. This utility is categorized as adware. It is a nasty ad-generating program. Upon installation, the adware corrupts all installed browsers. That is right. If you have more than one installed, be sure, the adware got all of them. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, there is no immune browser. The adware can infect them all. This nasty parasite is programmed to generate revenue through a pay-per-click scheme. Basically, when you click on advert provided by the adware, its owners get paid. And so, their tool injects various ads on every web page you open. Banners, in-texts, sliding panels, hyperlinks, video commercials pop-ups, etc. You must have noised that previously ad-free websites are now heavy on ads. Thank the adware for that. This aggressive marketing, however, has a hidden price. You pay with your privacy. The DreamCompress adware is not displaying random adverts. No! It monitors your browsing related data and bases the ads on the collected information. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the adware will display adverts for sports shoes. It sounds good on paper. You are presented with adverts for items that you actually need. In practice, however, the adware displays deceptive and false ads. This utility has no verifying mechanism. All sorts of crooks use it. They exploit the adware and its resources to target potential victims. The DreamCompress adware is turning you into a target! Do not allow this to continue a minute longer! Protect yourself. Remove this intruder ASAP!

How did I get infected with?

The DreamCompress adware is not an ingenious virus. It cannot install itself. Neither can it hack your machine. To enter your device, it needs your permission. At some point, you’ve allowed this parasite on board. Confused? Let’s explain. The adware uses software bundles. Software developers attach it as an extra to the payload files of many third-party apps. When you start the installation process of these bundles, you will be urged to select the Standard/Fast setup option. This process is not recommended. It is completely automatic. Once started, you lose control over it. The setup wizard installs the attached programs alongside the app you’ve downloaded. To prevent this, select the Advanced/Custom installation. Under it, you will be presented with a list of all extras. Deselect all unwanted programs. You can deselect all of them and still install the app you originally planned to set up. Also, read the Terms and Conditions/End User License Agreement (EULA). If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. It is up to you to keep your device virus-free. Do not be lazy, always do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The DreamCompress adware is like a pain in the neck. The more you tolerate it, the worse it becomes. As time passes, the nasty adware gets more and more aggressive. It will drown in you in a sea of advertisements. Every web page you load, every link you follow, every video you watch, every search inquiry you make, there will be ads everywhere. You will hate the experience. Unfortunately, this aggressive behavior takes a toll on your browser. Your poor browser will start to freeze and crash frequently. Your Internet connection would also seem slower than usual. Can you imagine getting any work done in such conditions? You won’t be able to finish a simple task without being interrupted. Unfortunately, your comfort is not the biggest problem here. Every advert provided by the adware is a potential threat. As we already explained, the DreamCompress adware has no verifying mechanism. The crooks take advantage of the parasite. They use it to redirect web traffic to infected and scam websites. One click on the wrong advert is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. Do not put up with this situation. Do not risk your cybersecurity. Remove the adware now! The sooner it is gone, the better!

How to Remove DreamCompress virus

The DreamCompress 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 DreamCompress 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 DreamCompress in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate DreamCompress startup location

STEP 3: Delete DreamCompress traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down DreamCompress 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 DreamCompress 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 DreamCompress 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 DreamCompress traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the DreamCompress 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 DreamCompress

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 DreamCompress, 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 DreamCompress 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 DreamCompress 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.