How to Remove BetterWorld Adware

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The BetterWorld parasite falls under the adware unrelated. This intruder slips into your computer unnoticed and wreaks total havoc. The BetterWorld adware is an advertising platform which takes control of your web browser. The good news is that it’s not a full-fledged virus. It cannot corrupt your entire system. The pest limits its influence to your web browsers only. This being said, keep in mind that if you have more than one browser installed, the adware got them all. This intruder adds its malicious extension to your programs and takes over your browsing experience. The BetterWorld adware injects numerous adverts on every website you open. It redirects your web traffic to sponsored ages. It even pauses your online videos for long commercial breaks. The parasite can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. You cannot get a simple task done without being interrupted by an advert of some sort. The bad news is that this intruder gets more aggressive with each passing day. It tends to get out of control. Do not wait for this scenario to unfold. You will not like the consequences. Don’t waste your time! Act against the intruder now. The sooner you clean your device, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The BetterWorld adware did not hack your computer. This intruder “hacked” you. It ricked you into installing. No, this is not a bad joke. You infected your computer. You either clicked on a corrupted link, downloaded a malicious software bundle, or installed a fake update. Your naivety and negligence got you in this trouble. Learn your lesson. This time you were lucky. The adware is relatively easy to tackle type of infection. Yet, if you don’t change your habits, there will be a next time. And you may not be that lucky. Download your software from reputable sources only. When you start an installation process, pay close attention to the fine print. Don’t rush. Take your time to read the terms and conditions. Of course, you can use an online EULA analyzer to speed up the reading. If available, always use the Advanced/Custom/Manual setup option. Under it, you’ll be presented with a list of all changes that are about to be made to your OS. If additional apps are about to be installed, deselect them. You don’t need this software. If you truly wanted or needed it, you would have downloaded it by yourself. This is your computer, you decide what to be installed on it. Don’t let others make this decision for you. Besides, these third-party tools, more often than not, are parasites like the BetterWorld adware. Make sure you install trustworthy programs only!

Why is this dangerous?

The BetterWorld adware is not just annoying. It is quite dangerous. Every advert displayed by the parasite is a potential threat. Every single commercial may redirect your browser to infected pages. Be very careful what you do online. With the adware on board, you are more likely to end up on bogus pages than on legitimate ones. Unfortunately, that’s not the end of the story. The BetterWorld adware hides many potential threats. This parasite jeopardizes both your security and privacy. To target you with relevant ads, the adware actually spies on you. It collects information about your online habits. The pest monitors your browsing related data and uses the collected information to turn you into an easy target. In theory, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, you will get ads for sports shoes. In practice, however, you get flooded with countless unreliable adverts. Anyone willing to pay can use the parasite as an advertising platform. Numerous crooks do. They use the adware and its resources to create irresistible adverts and to push them on you. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The adverts may arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worse, they’ll redirect to phishing and scam websites. The crooks want to lure you into revealing personal and financial information. These people are criminals who target your wallet. They are ready to do anything to get your money. Do not let the adware turn you into their target! Protect yourself. Remove the BetterWorld parasite ASAP!

How to Remove BetterWorld virus

The BetterWorld 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 BetterWorld 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 BetterWorld in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate BetterWorld startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 BetterWorld, 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 BetterWorld 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 BetterWorld 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.