Remove Agefeed.com Hijacker (Chrome/FF/IE)

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The appearance of the Agefeed.com website is bad news. It is a warning that your computer harbors an infection. Somewhere in the corners of your OS, a nasty browser hijacker lurks. The intruder is a dangerous advertising utility. Its main goal is to turn you into an easy target. Do not underestimate the hijacker. It is not a full-fledged virus. But it surely can harm you. The Agefeed.com hijacker is a trickster. It opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. Following a successful infiltration, the hijacker takes control of your web browser. It monitors your every online step. Which websites you visit, what search inquiries you make, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode cannot hide you. Everything you do is recorded and analyzed. As for the collected data — it is used against you. On paper, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, you get ads for sports shoes. In practice, however, you only get flooded with unreliable adverts. Every advertisement displayed by the Agefeed.com hijacker is not to be trusted. It is to be avoided. The parasite has no security mechanism. It cannot protect you against online frauds. Quite the contrary. It is more likely to redirect you to scam pages than to legitimate ones. Act against the invader as soon as possible. Postponing leads to regret. Remove the Agefeed.com hijacker the first chance you get!

How did I get infected with?

The Agefeed.com hijacker did not hack your computer. No, it is not that advanced. This intruder managed to enter your computer only because you allowed it to. To enter your OS, the hijacker needs to have your approval. No permission, no admission. That’s the rule. Of course, the crooks found a way around it. They know how to lure you into approving the hijacker unintentionally. The scheme is quite simple actually. They attach the parasite as an extra to the payload files of third-party applications. That’s all they do. Everything else is up to you. If you rush through the installation of these bundled apps, you are very likely to install the parasite. If you pay close attention to the fine print, however, you can prevent the infection. All you should do is to select the Advanced/Custom/Manual installation option. You can deselect all unwanted extras under the advanced setup. Make sure you install trustworthy programs only. Read the terms and conditions (of course, you can also scan the document with an online EULA analyzer). If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. Other malware distribution methods you should keep an eye out for are the good old spam emails, torrents, and fake updates. Your caution can prevent these techniques from succeeding. Do not be negligent. Even a little extra caution goes a long, long way. Do not let parasites like the Agefeed.com hijacker trick you ever again!

Why is this dangerous?

The Agefeed.com hijacker has no place on your computer. This parasite jeopardizes both your security and privacy. In order to target you with relevant ads, this intruder spies on you. It is just a matter of time before it manages to steal sensitive information. Unfortunately, the lack of privacy is not even the worst part of the story. The Agefeed.com hijacker is somewhat limited in its spying attempts. Yet, this nasty parasite may help other parasites enter your device. Spyware, worms, Trojans, even ransomware may enter your OS. The hijacker is also very likely to redirect you to phishing and infected websites. Be very careful what you do online. Do not disclose sensitive information. Or better yet, remove the hijacker immediately. This intruder is too hazardous to be kept on board. Not to mention how annoying it is. The pest injects various adverts on every website you load. It redirects your web traffic to sponsored pages. It even dares to pause your online videos for commercial breaks. The parasite prevents you from using your computer normally. Do not put up with it. Remove this intruder immediately. The sooner it’s gone, the better!

How to Remove Agefeed.com virus

The Agefeed.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 Agefeed.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 Agefeed.com related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Agefeed.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Agefeed.com related processes 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 Agefeed.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 Agefeed.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 Agefeed.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Agefeed.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 Agefeed.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 Agefeed.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 Agefeed.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 Agefeed.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network 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.