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Ceesty.com is an adware-related website. If it shows up on screen, you’re in trouble. The page’s display is a warning sign that your PC harbors a threat. You best heed the warning, and act on it. These tools wreak havoc and make a mess of everything. The more time they spend on your PC, the more their influence grows. Hence, the bigger the mess they make. That’s why, you have to act against the adware menace the first chance you get. And, protect yourself from its hazardous influences. The infection’s immediate removal ensures the well-being of your system. Not to mention, protects your privacy. Yes, alongside the barrage of daily troubles, you also face a security threat. The adware aims to steal your personal and financial data. And, to then expose it to the people behind it. In other words, cyber criminals with malicious intentions. Are you willing to trust them with your sensitive information? Or, would you rather, ensure your private data remains private? Do yourself a favor, and pick the latter.

How did I get infected with?

Ceesty.com pops up because of your carelessness. Yes, you got careless at a most inopportune moment. And, the page is a direct consequence of that. Let’s elaborate. The adware can’t enter your PC without consent. It has to inquire whether you agree to allow it in, and can continue, only if you do. So, it does its best to get you to give it the green light. How? Well, it resorts to every known trick in the book. As well as, the old but gold invasive methods. That means, it pretends to be a fake system or program update. Like, Java or Adobe Flash Player. It hides behind corrupted torrents, links or sites. It uses spam email messages and freeware as a way in. The list is extensive, but here’s the thing. Neither method can prove successful if you’re careful. If you take the time to be thorough, you can catch the threat in the act of attempting invasion. You can spot it, and deny it entry. If not, you end up with an infection, and splattered on your screen. Remember that caution is crucial, if you wish to keep an infection-free PC. Always do your due diligence. Don’t rush, and don’t give into gullibility. Even a little extra attention can save you countless issues. Don’t forget that.

Why is this dangerous?

Adware applications are ad-supported. That means, if they’re to proceed with their operations, they have to make money. They have to generate web traffic and pay-per-click revenue for the people behind them. Otherwise, they get taken down, and fall into oblivion. To avoid that, these tools do their best to prove profitable. The same goes for the one, using Ceesty.com as a face. It tries to get you to click on as many links and ads as possible. It bombards you with all manner of content. And, don’t think it’s random. Nothing you see is random. The application selects content for you, and you alone. And, how do you suppose it makes that distinction? Well, it spies on you. Before it starts its online intrusion, it tracks your activities. It studies your browsing habits. What you click on, the sites you frequent, everything! It does its best to get to learn your interests. When it does find out what appeals to you, it picks the right ads to throw at you, and pages to redirect you to. No matter how enticing they may seem, press nothing! Clicks only further your grievances. They may result in more unwanted malware slithering into your system. So, be careful, and press nothing, the adware throws at you. Or, better yet, prevent it from forcing anything on you, at all. Get rid of the nasty infection the first chance you get, as soon as you spot the page pop up. Ceesty.com is a sign. It urges you into action. Don’t discard it, but act on it. Try to locate the exact hiding place of the threat, and when you do, delete it. It’s the best course of action you can take, so take it.

How to Remove Ceesty.com virus

The Ceesty.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 Ceesty.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 Ceesty.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Ceesty.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Ceesty.com 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 Ceesty.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 Ceesty.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 Ceesty.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Ceesty.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 Ceesty.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 Ceesty.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 Ceesty.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 Ceesty.com 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.