How to Remove Daily.foundation Adware

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If your browser is flooded with “Ads by Daily.foundation,” you are in for trouble. These annoying pop-ups, banners, and commercials indicate that your computer is no longer free of infections. Adware lurks in the shadows of your OS and wreaks advertising havoc. Brace yourself! The intruder is a complete and utter menace. It follows programming to interfere with your every online activity. It inserts various banners on every website you visit, opens countless pop-ups, plays long video commercials. And it doesn’t stop here! This parasite also loads sponsored websites in new tabs, as well as turns random text into hyperlinks. No ad-blocking tool is powerful enough to protect you from its ads. Whether you watch a video or browse your favorite website, the adware is always there to annoy you. Its numerous “Powered by Daily.foundation” ads, of course, overload your browser. The adware burdens your poor app and makes it prone to freezing and crashes. You face an avalanche of errors and malfunctions! Do yourself a huge favor and remove the adware before it gets out of hand. Take action as soon as the Daily.foundation URL pops up. Find where the parasite hides and delete it upon detection!

How did I get infected with?

Adware displays the Daily.foundation ads. This parasite sneaks into your computer and throws you into a whirlwind of coupons “Powered by Daily.foundation.” It is so intrusive and meddling that many users jump to the wrong conclusion that they are dealing with a virus. That’s not the case. The adware is a simple app. As such, it can’t get installed without your, the user’s, approval. No permission, no admission! The adware is bound to seek your consent. Note, however, that having to ask is not the same as having to do so outright. The parasite is a deceiver that seals your approval in the sneakiest way possible. It hides in the fine print and infects your computer when you let your guard down. Do not make that mistake! No anti-virus app can protect you if you throw caution to the wind! Only your diligence can prevent infections. The good news is that even a little extra attention can spare you an avalanche of problems. So, don’t be lazy. Make the right decision – choose caution over carelessness. Don’t visit shady websites. Download software and updates from reputable (preferably official) sources only. And don’t skip installation steps. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” setup strategy! When available, use the advanced/custom installation option. Deselect the unwanted bonuses and go through the terms and conditions. Don’t hesitate to abort the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

Problems follow as soon as the Daily.foundation website pops up. Ads flood your browser and burden your PC. Your computer becomes slow, your browser crashes out of the blue, your activities get interrupted by unblockable ads. You can’t get any work done! The adware makes your every task harder. If you have nerves of steel, you might manage to endure the ad bombardment. That, however, is not advisable. The “Brought to you by Daily.foundation” ads are annoying and irritating. They, however, are also dangerous. Adware displays these banners, pop-ups, and hyperlinks. This parasite is not safe, much less trustworthy. Its ads often redirect web traffic to scam and deceptive websites. The ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they lure people into online traps. That’s the nature of the adware. It not only ruins your browsing experience but also threatens to cause you harm. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Just take a close look at its ads and you realize that you are in serious trouble. The ads are not random but targeted at you, aren’t they? That’s because, on top of everything else, you are under surveillance! The adware spies on you and studies your browsing habits. It bases its ads on the websites you visit, the links you follow, the search queries you make. The parasite knows your every online step! And when it deems it has enough data, it wastes no time and sells everything! Do you feel comfortable knowing that every crook out there can buy your information? What if some pieces of data, your search queries, for example, leak confidential details? Do not take unnecessary risks! Remove the adware ASAP!

How to Remove Daily.foundation virus

The Daily.foundation 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 Daily.foundation 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 Daily.foundation in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Daily.foundation startup location

STEP 3: Delete Daily.foundation traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Daily.foundation 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 Daily.foundation 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 Daily.foundation 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 Daily.foundation traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Daily.foundation, 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 Daily.foundation 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 Daily.foundation 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.