How to Remove Coostero.com Adware

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The appearance of the Coostero.com website is a symptom of infection. The page is the face of an adware parasite. If it pops up on your screen, prepare for trouble. Your computer is no longer infection-free. The Coostero.com adware lurks somewhere in the corners of your OS. Once on board, the parasite wastes no time and corrupts all installed web browsers. Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, there is no immune program. The adware turns your favorite browsers into ad-displaying tools. The parasite injects dozens and dozens of ads on every website you visit. It covers your screen with pop-ups every time you as much as touch your browser. The more ads you see, the bigger the chance you click. And when you click, the adware gets paid. Thus, the parasite floods you with advertisements. If you, however, resist the urge to click, the parasite changes its strategy. It intensifies the ad-bombardment, as well as starts browser redirection. The Coostero.com adware opens sponsored websites in new tabs and windows. This parasite knows no boundaries. It even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. Do not wait for the adware to get out of control. Spare yourself numerous future headaches. Remove the parasite now! The sooner it’s gone, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Coostero.com adware doesn’t target individual victims. It uses mass-distribution strategies to reach a broad spectrum of potential victims. The parasite uses torrents, spam emails, software bundles, and fake updates. It lurks in the shadows and waits for you to make a mistake. The adware preys on your carelessness and naivety. The thing is, this pest cannot get installed without your permission. If you act recklessly, however, you are very likely to approve its installation unintentionally. No anti-virus app can protect you if you act recklessly. The key to a secure and infection-free computer is caution. Don’t visit shady websites. Download your software from reputable sources only. And use the advanced/custom setup option when it’s available. Most of the apps we download off the web come bundled with bonus programs. The extras, more often than not, are parasites like the Coostero.com adware. You can prevent the unwanted apps from installing only under the advanced setup wizard. Make sure you know what you install. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you cannot spare enough time to read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Abort the installation if you detect anything suspicious.

Why is this dangerous?

The Coostero.com adware is very intrusive. It doesn’t miss a chance to interfere with your browsing activities. It doesn’t matter whether you type a search query or watch a video, the adware is always there to annoy you. This parasite displays adverts, redirects your browser, and even pauses your videos. It ruins your browsing experience. You cannot get a simple task done without an advert interrupting you. Its aggressive behavior, unfortunately, is not harmless. It takes a toll on your device. The Coostero.com adware causes system underperformance, browser crashes, and Internet connection instability. Do not worry about these issues, though. Compared to the things that happen behind your back, these can be categorized as insignificant. The adware jeopardizes your privacy. It spies on you from the moment it invades. The parasite monitors your browsing-related data. It knows your every online step. It’s just a matter of time before it discovers something sensitive. Even if it doesn’t, the collected data can still be used against you. The adware uses it as a base for ad-targeting, as well as sell access to it. Anyone willing to pay can use the adware and its resources. Numerous crooks do! They prepare irresistible adverts and force them on you. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The Coostero.com adware is very likely to redirect you to scam and infected websites. Do not risk it! Remove the parasite before it gets a chance you lure you into a trap!

How to Remove Coostero.com virus

The Coostero.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 Coostero.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 Coostero.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Coostero.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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