Greatene.com Pop-up Ads Removal

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The appearance of the Greatene.com website is your clue. Your computer is no longer infection-free. A nasty adware parasite lurks in the corners of your OS. The intruder sneaks into your system unnoticed and wreaks utter havoc. Once on board, it wastes no time and corrupts your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, there is no immune program. The adware infects them in seconds and takes over your browsing experience. The Greatene.com adware injects adverts on every website you load. It redirects your web traffic to sponsored platforms and opens pop-ups. The parasite generates revenue when you click on its ads. So, it doesn’t limit their number. Quite the contrary, it floods your browser with advertisements. The adware is behind the numerous coupons and discounts. It is the reason why you see “great deals” on websites that used to be ad-free. The Greatene.com adware knows no boundaries. It even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. Unfortunately, this aggressive advertising takes a toll on your device. You face system underperformance and browser crashes. Your Internet connection, too, seems slower than before. Do not put up with this situation. Act against the adware, or it might get out of control. Do what’s best for you and your system. Remove it the first chance you get! The sooner, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Greatene.com adware cannot hack your computer. This parasite is not that advanced. It uses trickery to enter your OS undetected. The parasite uses torrents, software bundles, and fake updates. All it needs to succeed is one second of carelessness. Do not make its job easier. Your caution can prevent it from succeeding. Don’t visit shady websites. Download your software from reputable sources only. Do not rush through any installation process. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Many software developers attach bonus apps to the payload files of their program. The extra apps, more often than not, are parasites like the Greatene.com adware. If you use the standard setup option, you may install the extras unintentionally. Under the advanced alternative, on the other hand, you would be able to deselect them. Make sure you know what you are giving your approval to. The Greatene.com adware tricked you once. Don’t let other parasites do the same! Read the terms and conditions/end user license agreement. You can, of course, speed up this step by using an online EULA analyzer. If you detect anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. The key to a secure and infection-free PC is caution. Don’t be lazy. Always do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Greatene.com adware interferes with your every online action. It alters your settings and prevents you from restoring your preferences. You cannot use your device normally because of this intruder. Every time you as much as touch your browser, numerous pop-ups cover your screen. Adverts and browser redirection disturb your browsing sessions. The adware is like a pain in the neck that is hard to be tolerated. And it shouldn’t! The parasite is not a mere annoyance you can ignore. It is quite dangerous. The Greatene.com adware jeopardizes your privacy. This parasite threatens to steal your personal and financial details. Confused? Don’t be. The situation is very simple. The adware spies on you. It monitors your browsing-related data. Even the Incognito mode of your browser is no obstacle. The adware knows everything. It studies your online behavior and uses the collected data against you. Don’t underestimate the situation! The collected data may not strike as too dangerous, yet, a capable advertiser needs very little to target you. What if this advertiser has bad intentions? Numerous crooks use the adware and its resources. They prepare customized ads and force them on you. They show you what you want to see. But when you click, bad things happen. You risk ending up on phishing, infected, and scam web pages. The Greatene.com menace opens your browser to numerous threats. Don’t risk falling into an online trap. Remove the adware immediately!

How to Remove Greatene.com virus

The Greatene.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 Greatene.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 Greatene.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Greatene.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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