How to Remove Vexacion.com Redirects

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If your browser keeps getting redirected to Vexacion.com, you are in for trouble. This unusual browser behavior is triggered by adware. Somewhere in the corners of your OS, a parasite lurks. Brace yourself! The sneaky intruder is a nightmare. It wreaks advertising havoc. The parasite follows programming to bombard you with ads. It inserts banners on every website you open. The parasite also turns random website text in hyperlinks, opens pop-ups, and loads notifications. That’s the nature of the adware. It uses every opportunity to interrupt you with an ad of some kind. The parasite even dares pause your videos for commercial breaks. And as if that’s not bad enough, but the parasite also loads questionable websites in new tabs. Click nothing! These great coupons and discounts are unreliable. Everything “Powered by Vexacion.com” is potentially dangerous. Do not underestimate the situation. The adware is not a harmless annoyance. This invader has no filters or security mechanisms. Its ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they redirect traffic to dangerous websites. Heed the experts’ advice: as soon as you become aware of the adware’s presence, take action. Find where this intruder lurks and delete it upon detection. Clean your operating system the first chance you get!

How did I get infected with?

Freeware, fake updates, corrupted links, spam messages. There are myriads of adware distribution methods. And the parasite behind the Vexacion.com redirects uses all known tricks. This sneaky pest lurks in the shadows and waits for you to let your guard down. Do not make that mistake. No anti-virus app can protect you if you throw caution to the wind. Only your vigilance can keep your computer secure and virus-free. Even a little extra attention can spare you an avalanche of problems. So, don’t be lazy. Always take the time to do your due diligence! Don’t visit questionable websites. Download software and updates from reliable sources only. And don’t skip installation steps. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” setup strategy. More often than not, the freeware we download off the Web come bundled with bonus software. If you rush through the installation process, if you don’t pay attention to the fine print, you are likely to install unwanted and dangerous extras. Don’t give into naivety! Choose caution over carelessness. If available, select the advanced/custom installation option. Make sure you know what you install. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you cannot go through the whole document, you can at least scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Opt out of the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

The Vexacion.com redirects are just the beginning. The adware behind them is an utter menace. As soon as it invades your OS, ad-invasion follows. The parasite injects dozens and dozens of ads on every website you visit. No ad-blocking tool is powerful enough to stop the parasite. It covers your screen with pop-ups every time you so much as touch your browser. The numerous ads, of course, take a toll on your system. They make your OS slow and unresponsive. Your browser gets prone to freezing and crashes. You face an avalanche of errors. And as if that’s not bad enough, but the adware tops this madness with annoying redirects to questionable websites. Do not underestimate the situation! The adware has no filters nor security mechanisms. It is likely to load inappropriate and deceptive web pages. Do not test your luck! Don’t give the invader a chance to lure you into an online trap. Take immediate action! Remove the adware ASAP!

How to Remove Vexacion.com virus

The Vexacion.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 Vexacion.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 Vexacion.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Vexacion.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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