Meganotify “Virus” Removal

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Meganotify is not a program you should keep on your computer. This intruder is an intrusive ad-generating parasite. Security experts have classified it as adware. Do not panic! It sounds more dangerous than it actually is. The adware is not a real virus. It cannot corrupt your entire system. The parasite limits its influence to your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Edge, there is no immune browser. The adware adds its malicious extension to them and takes control of your browsing experience. This intruder is programmed to inject various ads on every website you open; to redirect your web traffic to sponsored pages; and to pause your online videos for commercial breaks. What this intruder is not programmed to is to verify its ads. Anyone willing to pay can promote anything. So, it is no surprise that numerous crooks use this parasite to reach potential victims. They spread misleading and false ads to lure their victims into online scams. With the Meganotify adware on board, you are more likely to end up on bogus websites than on legitimate ones. Not only does the adware ruin your browsing experience, it’s also jeopardizing your security and privacy. Do not tolerate it! Get back in control of your own browser. Stop the adware before it lures you into an online trap. Remove it the first chance you get! The sooner you delete the Meganotify adware, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Meganotify adware did not hack your computer. It cannot install itself. It received help to enter your machine. It was you the one who installed it. This is not a bad joke, you approved its installation. Unintentionally, of course. You either clicked on a corrupted link, downloaded a malicious software bundle, or installed a fake update. The good old spam emails may also be behind the infection. The thing is, all these methods would have failed if you were just a bit less negligent. Your caution could have prevented the infection. Learn your lesson. The Internet is too dangerous to be that reckless. Pay attention to the fine print. Especially when you are about to install a new program. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” installation strategy. If available, always select the Advanced/Custom setup. Many software developers attach extra programs to the payload files of their apps. These extras, more often than not, are malicious programs like the Meganotify adware. Under the Advanced installation, you will be given the opportunity to prevent them from installing. Also, read the terms and conditions. If you cannot spare enough time to read the whole document, use an online EULA analyzer to scan it. If you detect anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. The key to a secure and infection-free computer is caution. So, don’t be lazy. Always do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Meganotify adware is extremely intrusive. It turns your browsing experience into a nightmare. Every time you as much as touch your browser, dozens and dozens of pop-ups cover your screen. You cannot get a simple task done without being interrupted by an advert of some kind. And it seems that your conditions worsen with each passing day. Unfortunately, you are not imagining it. As time passes, the adware gets more aggressive. It will eventually get out of control, but don’t worry about that. Your main concern should not be your comfort. If you must worry, worry about your privacy and security. The Meganotify adware jeopardizes them both. This parasite spies on you and threatens to reveal the collected information to the public. It monitors your browsing activities. Which websites you visit, what videos you watch, what links you follow. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. Your every online step is recorded and analyzed. As for the collected data, it is used against you. The adware sells access to it. Anyone who uses the parasite as an adverting platform can access and use the data. The crooks use the adware and its resources to prepare customized adverts and to force them on you. Their ads are irresistible, yet, when you click, bad things happen. You are more likely to get redirected to phishing and potentially infected websites than to legitimate ones. Don’t risk it! Protect yourself. Remove the Meganotify adware before it lures you into an online trap!

How to Remove Meganotify virus

The Meganotify 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 Meganotify 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 Meganotify in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Meganotify startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Meganotify, 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 Meganotify 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 Meganotify 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.