Hbpix “Virus” File Removal (Chrome/FF/IE)

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You must be sick and tired of being constantly redirected to questionable websites. All sorts of pop-up and pop-unders disturb your normal browsing sessions, don’t they? We have bad news. Things will get worse. Unfortunately, your computer is infected. You have the Hbpix “virus” on board. Do not panic. You are somewhat lucky today. You are not dealing with a full-fledged virus. The Hbpix “Virus” is, in fact, a malicious ad-generating program (adware). This piece of software is designed with one purpose — to generate ad revenue for its owners. To do so, it bombards its victims’ with various advertisements. Upon installation, Hbpix adds its extension to all installed browsers. If you have more than one, be absolutely sure, all of them are affected by the adware. Or, to be precise, they are infected. You have noticed the increased number of ad banners and in-text adverts, haven’t you? Hbpix has forced these commercials on you. The malicious app can inject advertisements on every website you visit. It can also redirect your browser to sponsored pages. What is worse, it can pause your online videos for commercial breaks. The Hbpix adware is a menace. With every passing day, it will get more and more aggressive. Eventually, it will cause your browser to freeze and crash frequently. Luckily, we can help you. To remove this parasite manually, please, follow our detailed guide. If you prefer automated solutions, download a trustworthy anti-virus program. Do not waste your time. The sooner you clean your PC, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Hbpix adware did not appear by itself. This program was distributed to your computer via freeware bundling, spam email attachments or torrents. If you were a bit more careful, you could have prevented these techniques from succeeding. Let’s take the bundling method. This technique relies on your carelessness. Whenever you are installing a program, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. It can be a button or tab. Only under it will you be presented with a list of all programs that are about to be installed. Developers often attach extra apps to the installation files of many free programs. These additional tools are often malicious. So, be careful what you allow on your computer. Take your time to read the Terms and Conditions/EULA. You can also research the extras online. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. The Internet is bursting with dangerous viruses. These parasites wait for you to make a mistake. Don’t let your guard down. You can never know where an infection might strike from. So, keep your anti-virus app up to date.

Why is this dangerous?

The Hbpix adware is a menace that should not be tolerated. Given enough time, this parasite will drown you in a sea of commercials. Banners, in-text ads, and pop-ups blink in all imaginable colors. These advertisements are intrusive and extremely frustrating. Yet, they can also be quite dangerous. Unfortunately, the adware does not check what is being promoted via its services. Hackers and people with questionable interests often take advantage of adware applications. If you have the misfortune to click on a corrupted ad, you may download a virus directly on your computer. There, of course, is no way to tell which ads are corrupted and which are not. You cannot avoid the commercials either. Hbpix is designed to trick its victims into clicking. The furtive app will open pop-ups right under the cursor of your mouse. Eventually, you will click unintentionally. All these aside, Hbpix can redirect your browser directly to sponsored pages. Do not waste your time on these websites. They are not verified and are likely to arouse unwarranted expectations. The Hbpix adware cannot be beneficial to you. Your best course of action is the removal of the “virus.”

How to Remove Hbpix virus

The Hbpix 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 Hbpix 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 Hbpix in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Hbpix startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Hbpix, 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 Hbpix 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 Hbpix 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.