How to Remove Any Search Manager Adware

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Any Search Manager is an irritating ad-supported program (adware). Needless to say, it is an infection that must be dealt with quickly. The adware is a creation of cyber criminals. It has no place on your system. The more time you grant it on board, the more harmful it becomes. Following a successful installation, the Any Search Manager adware takes full control of your web browsers. That is right. Browsers. If you have more than one installed, be absolutely sure. The adware got them all. This nasty parasite adds its malicious extension to them and initiates an aggressive ad bombardment. The parasite is programmed to turn you from a visitor into a customer. It uses aggressive and misleading strategies that can ruin your browsing experience, as well as jeopardize your privacy. The adware injects various adverts on every website you open. But not just any kind of ads — it displays appealing advertisements. Confused? Let’s explain. You won’t click on just any random advert. To push relevant advertisements, the adware spies on you. It monitors your browsing-related data and uses the collected data as a base for better ad-targeting. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the adware will display ads for sports shoes. It doesn’t sound too bad, does it? You are presented with ads for items that you actually need. Well, no one said that these adverts are legitimate. The Any Search Manager adware has no security mechanism. All sorts of crooks use it to lure victims into online scams. They display what you want to see, yet, once you click on the offers, you get redirected to questionable-looking websites. Numerous online scams are promoted through the adware. With this utility on board, you are more likely to be redirected to a bogus website than to a legitimate one. Spare yourself many future headaches. Clean your computer now!

How did I get infected with?

The Any Search Manager adware tricked you into installing it. The thing about the adware is that it cannot install itself. It is a malicious application, not a virus. Like any other app, the adware needs your invitation. Yet, you may not remember installing it. That is because the adware knows how to hide. It hitches a ride with other software. One second of carelessness is all this parasite needs to get installed. Be very careful what you are giving your permission to. If you are offered an Advanced installation option, by all means, select it. Under it, you will be presented with a list of all additional programs that are about to be installed alongside the program you’ve downloaded. Be careful with these third-party apps. More often than not, they are malicious. Deselect all suspicious apps. Bear in mind that you can deselect all extras and still install the program you originally planned to set up. If a description states otherwise, there is something shady going on. Read the Terms and Conditions/End User License Agreement (EULA). 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. To succeed, all these methods rely on your carelessness. Be vigilant instead! Even a little extra caution goes a long, long way!

Why is this dangerous?

The Any Search Manager adware is not a tool you should keep. It has no practical value. On the contrary — it prevents you from using your browsers normally. The parasite injects numerous ads on every web page you open. Websites that used to be ad-free are now heavy on advertisements. Blinking pop-ups interrupt your browsing sessions. Your poor browser can barely load the numerous ads correctly. It freezes and crashes frequently. On top of that, your online videos get paused for long, long commercial breaks. You cannot get any task done without being irritated by an advertisement of some sort. Do not focus on these issues, though. Something much darker is going on behind your back. As we already mentioned, the adware spies on you. It collects information about your online habits. At first glance, the collected data doesn’t strike as top secret. Yet, it’s quite sensitive. A capable advertiser needs very little to successfully target you with customized marketing campaigns. Now, what if this advertiser is a criminal? Various crooks use the Any Search Manager adware and its resources to reach potential victims. These people target your wallet. One way or another, they will get your money. Do not risk your security! Remove the adware before it lures you into an online scheme! The sooner you get rid of this intruder, the better!

How to Remove Any Search Manager virus

The Any Search Manager 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 Any Search Manager 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 Any Search Manager in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Any Search Manager startup location

STEP 3: Delete Any Search Manager traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Any Search Manager 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 Any Search Manager 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 Any Search Manager 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 Any Search Manager traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Any Search Manager 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 Any Search Manager

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 Any Search Manager, 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 Any Search Manager 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 Any Search Manager 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.