How to Remove Advisurf Adware

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Advisurf.com is not a legitimate search engine. This website is a front. It is the face of a nasty adware parasite. If it pops up on your screen, if you see adverts provided by it, or if your browser gets redirected to it; brace yourself. You are in for trouble. In the corners of your OS, the nasty Advisurf adware lurks. This parasite corrupts your web browsers and turns them into ad-displaying tools. The adware is an ad-generating invader. It uses aggressive marketing strategies to turn you into an easy target. This parasite studies your browsing habits and uses the gathered data for ad targeting. In other words: it spies on you and uses the collected data against you. On paper, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the adware would display ads for sports shoes. You, however, should not expect the parasite to display legitimate adverts. In practice, the parasite floods your browser with countless relevant, but unreliable advertisements. The adware doesn’t miss a chance to interrupt your browsing activities. It floods every website with banner and in-text adverts. The parasite even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. If you use its search engine, you would also notice that most of the search results are sponsored entries. The parasite interferes with your every online action. If you, however, refuse to click, it starts browser redirection. It opens sponsored web pages in new tabs and windows. Do you feel safe knowing that Advisurf can load any website out there? Do not tolerate this parasite. The more time Advisurf spends on your OS, the worse your situation becomes. Remove the adware before it gets a chance to get out of control. The sooner it’s gone, the better!

How did I get infected with?

Advisurf is not an ingenious virus. It cannot hack your computer. This parasite needs your approval to get installed. No, this is not a bad joke. No permission, no admission. That’s the rule. As you can imagine, though, there is a catch. The adware asks in the sneakiest way possible. This tricky adware lurks in the shadows and waits for you to let your guard down. All it needs is one moment of carelessness. The parasite preys on your naivety. It hides in software bundles, fake updates, and torrents. This parasite gets installed alongside third-party apps. You approve its installation when you don’t pay attention to the fine print. Don’t make its job easier. Advisurf is not the only parasite which relies on these distribution methods. Change your habits. This time an adware parasite tricked you, yet, there will be a next time, and you may not be that lucky. Don’t test your luck. Don’t throw caution to the wind. Always take the time to do your due diligence. Download software from reliable platforms only. When installing an app, opt for the advanced/custom installation option. More often than not, the programs we download off the web come bundled with bonus programs. These extras get installed automatically when you use the standard/fast setup. Under the advanced option, you can control which programs get access to your system. Don’t rush. Un-check all suspicious programs. Also, don’t skip the terms and conditions. If you cannot spare enough time to read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Abort the installation process if you notice anything suspicious.

Why is this dangerous?

Advisurf adware opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. This parasite knows your every online action. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. The adware knows everything. And when it deems it has enough data, it sends it to a remote server. Anyone willing can access the data there. Numerous crooks are more than happy to open their wallets. These criminals use the collected data to create customized adverts. They would then push the ads to you through the adware. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. Bear this in mind the next time you see an irresistible online offer. Advisurf works for its advertisers, not for you. This invader makes your web browser vulnerable to numerous online threats. It also threatens to lure you into an online trap! The adware is very likely to redirect you to a phony, phishing, and potentially infected pages. Do not risk it! Do not put up with this parasite and its intrusive advertising. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove the nasty parasite ASAP.

How to Remove Advisurf virus

The Advisurf 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 Advisurf 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 Advisurf in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Advisurf startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Advisurf, 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 Advisurf 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 Advisurf 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.