How to Remove Deepteep Malware (Hijacker)

Can’t Remove Deepteep hijacker virus? This page includes detailed Deepteep Removal instructions!

Deepteep is a nasty parasite. It falls under the Browser Hijacker umbrella. The parasite uses tricks to sneak into your system. Once in, it wastes no time and corrupts everything. The hijacker targets your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, there is no immune program. The parasite corrupts them and turns them into ad-displaying tools. The hijacker, then, initiates an aggressive ad-bombardment. It displays dozens of ads on every website you load. Every time you click on an ad, it gets paid. And so, Deepteep floods your browser with banner, in-text, and pop-ups add. If you refuse to click, it increases their number. You would notice that even pages that use to be ad-free are now heavy on coupons and discounts. That’s right! It’s the hijacker. This ad invasion, however, is not good enough for the parasite. The hijacker also replaces your homepage. Why? So it can display fake search results, of course. The hijacker has its own search engine, which does not mark the sponsored links as ads. Deepteep injects dozens of promoted links among the search results. You can never be sure which entries are organic and which – adverts. Do you think that ends well for you? There are numerous dodgy websites that pay for their links to be displayed at the top. Do not put up with this situation. The hijacker turns you into a target. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove the parasite before it lures you into an online trap! The sooner you clean your system, the better!

How did I get infected with?

Deepteep cannot hack your system. This parasite is not that advanced. It needs your permission to get installed. To get it, it uses trickery. Torrents, fake updates, bundles, and corrupted messages deliver the parasite your computer. They don’t install it, though. They still need your approval to do so. Yet, if you let your guard down, you might give them what they need. Don’t throw caution to the wind. You can never know where an infection might strike from. No anti-virus app can protect you if you act recklessly. Only your caution can protect you and your system. Always take the time to do your due diligence. Even a little extra attention goes a long, long way. Don’t visit shady websites. Download software from reputable sources only. And don’t skip installation steps. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Un-check all suspicious “bonus” programs. More often than not, the apps we download off the web come bundled with extra apps. The extras might be parasites. Make sure you install trustworthy apps only. If you notice anything suspicious, abort the installation immediately!

Why is this dangerous?

Deepteep is a complete and utter menace. This parasite interferes with your every online activity. It doesn’t matter whether you type a search query or browse your favorite website, the hijacker is always there to annoy you. It knows no boundaries. The parasite even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. Its aggressive nature, unfortunately, is not a harmless annoyance. It is quite dangerous. Deepteep jeopardizes both your security and privacy. The hijacker opens your browser to surveillance and corrupted adverts. This parasite monitors your browsing related data. It spies on you and reports to its owners. When the hijacker deems it has enough data, it sends it to a remote server. Anyone can access it there. Numerous crooks use the hijacker and its resources to target potential victims. They use the data to create irresistible ads that redirect to dangerous websites. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. Deepteep hijacker is very likely to redirect you to phishing, scam, and phony websites. Do not risk it! Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the parasite. The sooner it’s gone, the better!

How to Remove Deepteep virus

The Deepteep 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 Deepteep 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 Deepteep related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Deepteep startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Deepteep related processes 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 Deepteep 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 Deepteep 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 Deepteep traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Deepteep, 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 Deepteep 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 Deepteep Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network 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.