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You must be tired of advertisements signed by ScreenUp. “Sponsored by ScreenUp” here, “Ads by ScreenUp” there. They are simply everywhere. And the worst part is, your ad-blocking application seems to be useless. Unfortunately, we must confirm your fears. You have an infection on board. The ScreenUp adware is the reason you are exposed to so many advertisements recently. The longer this parasite remains on your PC, the more aggressive the ads will become. Every website you visit will be heavy on ad banners. Blinking coupons, discounts and great deals will pop up at the most unexpected times. You will drown in a sea of ads. Your computer will perform unusually. The ScreenUp adware is, after all, a program that is running on your CPU. It is also using a lot of RAM. Basically, the more ads you see, the slower your computer is. Dealing with this tool, you will notice that all advertisements have something to do with your interests or needs. This is not a coincidence. The adware selected these advertisements for you. It knows you better than you think. To find the information it needs, the ScreenUp adware will monitor your online activities. In other words, it is spying on you. However, the collected data is not used for marketing purposes only. It is also sold to third parties. And there are many potential buyers. You won’t be so surprised once we tell you why this is so. When we said that the hijacker monitors your online activities, we meant all of them. Thus, it knows where you are logging into, as well as, the usernames and passwords you use. What will happen if a hacker buys your data? Can you imagine the consequences? You may lose money or even become a victim of identity theft. There are numerous possibilities. Yet, you can prevent this. Remove the adware immediately.

How did I get infected with?

To operate on your device, the ScreenUp adware needs your permission. And you provided it. Do you remember installing programs recently? What installation process did you use? The standard or the advanced one? If you prefer the standard method, you must change your habits. Developers tend to attach extra software to the installation files of many free programs. If you use the standard installation, those extras will be automatically installed. You will not even realize that they were attached. The problem is, those third-party attachments are often more dangerous than useful. To prevent the installation of such extras, use the advanced installation wizard. This process is not complicated. Under it, you will be presented with a list of all additional programs that are about to be installed. Deselect them, you don’t need so many tools. If you did, you would have downloaded them by yourself. Other malware distribution methods are spam emails and fake software updates. If you are vigilant, you can prevent many future troubles. And don’t forget about your anti-virus software. Keep it up to date.

Why is this dangerous?

The ScreenUp adware is spying on you. It sells the collected data to third parties and, as if this is not enough, it is exposing you to numerous advertisements. These ads are not your friends either. To ensure that you will click on its adverts, the hijacker will block all ads from its competitors. The malicious tool is limiting your sources of information. It is turning you into an easy target. Furthermore, the ads it is exposing you to can be corrupted. Hackers often use adware applications to spread malicious ads. If you click on a corrupted ad, a virus may be downloaded directly on your PC. There is no way to tell which ads are corrupted and which are not. Avoid all adverts while the malicious app is running on your computer. Fortunately, you don’t need to put up with this. Follow our guide and get rid of the ScreenUp adware for good!

How to Remove ScreenUp virus

The ScreenUp 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 ScreenUp 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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down ScreenUp in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate ScreenUp startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 ScreenUp, 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 ScreenUp 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 ScreenUp 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.