How to Remove Baby Setup “Virus”

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A new adware parasite, dubbed Baby Setup “virus,” roams the Internet. The pest sneaks into your computer unnoticed and wreaks utter havoc. It takes over your web browser and turns it into an ad-displaying tool. The Baby Setup adware is an ad-generating utility. It’s not a full-fledged virus. It’s not a virus at all. The adware cannot corrupt your system. It limits its influence to your web browsers only. Yet, it is not safe. Do not underestimate the parasite. It is so aggressive that is often referred to as a “virus.” And, yes, it’s quite capable of causing damage. The adware jeopardizes both your security and privacy. This intruder spies on you and uses the collected information against you. Everything you do online is analyzed. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. The adware monitors your every online step. When it deems it has enough data, it launches an aggressive ad bombardment on you. In theory, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the adware would display ads for sports shoes. And it does it. Baby Setup injects various ads on every website you load. Pages that used to be ad-free are now covered in coupons and discounts. “Great deals” pop up every time you touch your browser. Shopping websites load automatically. The ads are overwhelming. They are everywhere. You cannot get a simple task done without being interrupted by an ad. The adware ruins your browsing experience. You can barely tolerate it. Well, you shouldn’t. There is, of course, a catch. The ads are not safe. Every ad displayed by the adware is a potential threat. The parasite has no security mechanism. It is more likely to redirect you to scam and phishing websites than to legitimate ones. Do not risk it! Protect yourself. Remove the Baby Setup adware for good!

How did I get infected with?

The Baby Setup adware does not target individual victims. No, it uses mass-distribution techniques to reach numerous potential victims. The adware hides in software bundles, torrents, and spam emails. The parasite also uses fake updates and rogue software. These techniques deliver the virus to your doorstep. It’s up to you whether it will enter your system or not. To proceed with installation, the parasite needs your, the user’s, permission. The adware relies on your carelessness. It slips into your system if you overlook it. To prevent it from succeeding, pay attention to the fine print. When available, select the advanced/custom installation option. Under it, you would be able to deselect all unwanted apps. Make sure you know what you are giving your approval to. Read the terms and conditions (you can speed up this step by using an online EULA analyzer). If you detect anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. The key to a secure and infection-free computer is caution. Only you can prevent infections. Bear in mind that no anti-virus program can protect you if you are reckless. Stay away from shady websites. The Baby Setup adware tricked you one. Don’t let other parasites do the same! Always do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Baby Setup adware has no place on your computer. It’s intrusive and annoying. It is a pain in the neck that is hard to be tolerated. And it shouldn’t. The more time this intruder spends on your device, the more aggressive it becomes. The adware tends to get out of control. It drowns its victims into a sea of unreliable ads. The adware does not verify its ads. Neither does it check their publishers. Anyone willing to pay can use the parasite and its resources. Numerous crooks do. They prepare customized ad campaigns and push them on you. The crooks show you what you want to see. Yet, when you click, bad things happen. The nasty adware is very likely to redirect you infected websites, as well as to fake online stores and phishing pages. The adware runs numerous scams. This parasite is very hazardous. It opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. It’s just a matter of time before the parasite discovers sensitive information. You wouldn’t like its publishers to know your secrets, would you? The adware turns you into an easy target. Do not put up with this situation. Get back in control of your browser. Remove the Baby Setup adware ASAP!

How to Remove Baby Setup virus

The Baby Setup 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 Baby Setup 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 Baby Setup in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Baby Setup startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Baby Setup 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 Baby Setup

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 Baby Setup, 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 Baby Setup 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 Baby Setup 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.