How to Remove Ati.exe Adware from Windows (Removal Guide)

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If you have the Ati.exe process running on your computer, we have bad news for you. You have an adware infection. The Ati.exe adware is a typical member of its family. This parasite uses trickery to sneak into its victims’ computers. It has only one purpose: to generate revenue for its owners. To do so, it uses a pay-per-click marketing. The scheme is simple. For every ad you click on, the owners of the adware will be paid. It doesn’t sound too bad, does it? Yet, there is a catch. A lot of catches actually. The adware blocks its competitors’ ads and replaces them with its own. Thus, it is limiting your sources of information. One other issue is the fact that this app uses personal information to target adverts. The Ati.exe is designed to monitor your browser related data. Every ad you click on, every website you visit, every search inquiry you make, everything is recorded. There is nothing private any longer. The adware threatens to expose this information to the public. Oh, yes. The Ati.exe app is selling every bit of collected data. Hackers and marketing agents can buy your data pack. Meanwhile, the malicious tool will drown you in a sea of commercials. It injects all sorts of adverts on all opened websites. Keep in mind that you are dealing with a program that is installed on your machine. It can control your web browsers. Not just your default one, all installed browsers are affected by this tool. You can’t hide. Luckily, we can help. Follow our guide and remove this infection for good!

How did I get infected with?

There are many ways for a malware to travel the Internet. The Ati.exe adware uses more than one to reach its victims. Torrents, freeware bundling, and fake software updates are the most commonly used ones. All these techniques have something in common. They rely on your carelessness. Be vigilant instead. When installing a program, opt for advanced installation option. It can be a tab or button. Under the custom installation, you will be able to see all extra apps that are about to be installed. You can deselect them. These third party apps are recommended but they are not obligatory. More often than not, these extras are malicious tools. Stay on the safe side. Install only the program you originally intended to set up. If you select the standard setup wizard, however, all additional apps will be installed without further ado. This is your computer. Be careful what you are agreeing to. Read the terms and condition/EULA. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. One can never be too careful.

Why is this dangerous?

The Ati.exe adware is annoying and hazardous. This tool ruins your browsing experience and jeopardizes your privacy. It monitors your online activities and sells the collected data to third parties. Your usernames, passwords and email addresses can be part of that data. Can you imagine the consequences if a hacker buys this information? The Ati.exe app can never be beneficial to you. Therefore, we recommend its immediate removal. If you neglect the problem, hell will rise. We don’t want to scare you, but you must know the risks. This utility has no verifying mechanism. Anyone willing to pay can use it to promote. Hackers often get an advantage of this situation. They use adware applications to spread malicious content. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded on your PC. There is no way to tell which adverts are corrupted and which are not. You can try to avoid all commercials, yet, eventually, you will fail. The adware is designed to trick its victims into clicking on ads unintentionally. It will open pop-up windows right under the cursor of your mouse. It will also turn random website text into hyperlinks. Remove this parasite before it is too late. The sooner you get rid of Ati.exe, the better!

How to Remove Ati.exe virus

The Ati.exe 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 Ati.exe 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 Ati.exe in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Ati.exe startup location

STEP 3: Delete Ati.exe traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Ati.exe 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 Ati.exe 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 Ati.exe 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 Ati.exe traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Ati.exe 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 Ati.exe

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 Ati.exe, 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 Ati.exe 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 Ati.exe 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.