How to Remove Diskwmpower Malware

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Diskwmpower Malware is a nasty ad-generating parasite which falls under the Adware category. It uses trickery to sneak into your system and to wreck your web browsing. Diskwmpower is a complete and utter menace. As soon as it invades, corruption ensues. This adware detects and infects all installed browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge. There is no immune program. The parasite opens your browsers to surveillance and targeted ads. And if you are not sure, that’s bad news. The adware records and analyzes your every online move. It knows which websites you visit, what search queries you make, what links you follow, what videos you watch. Do you think that ends well? Diskwmpower uses every bit of information to turn you into an easy target. The parasite studies your habits and uses your weaknesses against you. The adware displays dozens and dozens of relevant ads. Once you click on them, though, bad things happen. The sneaky invader follows instructions to advertise, not to guarantee your well-being. It has no filters nor security mechanisms. Its ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they redirect your browser to dangerous websites. Do not risk ending up in online traps. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove Diskwmpower right now! Find where this menace lurks and delete it upon detection!

How did I get infected with?

Diskwmpower preys on your carelessness. This parasite infects your browsers when you let your guard down. Confused? Well, the news is not great. You installed the parasite. You either clicked on a corrupted link, downloaded a malicious file/torrent, or installed a fake update. Do not be harsh on yourself, though. The adware is a master trickster. It lurks in the shadows and strikes when you least expect it. Learn your lesson. No anti-virus app can protect you if you toss caution to the wind. Only your vigilance can keep your device secure and infection-free. Do not visit shady websites. Download software from reliable sources only. Do not rush through installation processes. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Under it, you would be able to see what changes are about to be performed. If bonus apps are about to get installed alongside the program you’ve downloaded, consider deselecting them. These unknown, third-party apps, more often than not, are parasites. Make sure you know what you install. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you cannot spare enough time to go through the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Even a little extra caution can spare you an avalanche of problems.

Why is this dangerous?

Whether you watch a video or browse your favorite website, Diskwmpower always finds a way to annoy you. It injects dozens and dozens of ads on every website you visit. Pop-ups and notification cover your screen every time you so much as touch your browser. Even your videos get paused for commercial breaks. That’s the nature of the adware. This parasite uses every opportunity to interrupt you with an ad of some kind. Its constant intrusions are irritating and annoying. But they are also dangerous. Diskwmpower threatens to redirect you to dangerous websites. Anyone willing to spend some money can use this malware and its resources. Numerous crooks are more than happy to open their wallets. They employ the adware to spread deceptive ads. The crooks flood you with irresistible offers. They show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The adware redirects traffic to hundreds of suspicious websites with deceptive content. It loads scam and phishing pop-ups. It urges you to allow notifications, to subscribe, to agree. Don’t fall for its tricks. If you do, you’ll regret it! Don’t worsen your predicament. Do what’s best for you and your system’s well-being. Remove the sneaky adware before it lures you into a trap! Delete the parasite ASAP!

How to Remove Diskwmpower virus

The Diskwmpower 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 Diskwmpower 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 Diskwmpower in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Diskwmpower startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Diskwmpower, 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 Diskwmpower 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 Diskwmpower 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.