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Donation-tools.org is a malicious website. Do you get redirected to it? Then it’s safe to say your computer is no longer infection-free. You’ve fallen victim to an adware-type PUP. The abbreviation stands for a “potentially unwanted program”. Are you willing to test the limits of this parasite’s potential? Don’t. Adware is probably one of the least dangerous types of infections online. However, it’s no threat to be taken lightly. Thanks to the virus, you’re now redirected to Donation-tools.org and other random websites. Whether you’re interested in seeing them or not is irrelevant. What matters here is the illegitimate profit hackers gain out of redirecting you. How does the scheme work? Once the parasite lands on your PC, it starts modifying your browsers. You will notice a brand new extension that you never agreed to add. That is because the virus serves its developers’ purposes. Crooks have a very simple reason to inject your browsers with the donation-tools.org pop-ups. Ah, the pop-ups. They have already caught your attention, haven’t they? Such commercials aren’t subtle. Your PC screen is covered with sponsored, irritating pop-up ads. Apart from the fact they are useless, they also pose a threat to your safety. A sponsored advertisement could lead you to all sorts of pages. As a result, you might easily compromise your machine further. Some of the commercials are perfectly safe, though. The only way to tell which is which is by clicking. Does clicking really sound like a good idea? Keep in mind that the donation-tools.org are all generated by a virus. By a nasty, tricky and troublesome infection. Their one purpose is to help hackers gain profit online. Adware allows its creators to use the pay-per-click mechanism. The problem is, hackers’ revenue would come directly at your expense. You’re becoming a sponsor of their illegal business just be keeping the virus on board. In addition, you’re jeopardizing both your safety and privacy. This program spies on your personal information. That mainly includes browsing history and other browsing-related data. The virus might go one step further. If you’re particularly unlucky, even your bank account information could get stolen. Do you feel safe knowing hackers may get to such sensitive data? No? Then tackle this nasty intruder ASAP. If you hesitate for too long, you will inevitably regret it.

How did I get infected with?

Did you install the parasite voluntarily? No? This comes as a great surprise to nobody. Adware doesn’t usually need your permission to get spread. It relies on various tricks instead. The most popular technique involves freeware and shareware bundles. Hackers take advantage of the fact most people download unverified programs. All they need to do is add the virus to the bundle. Voila. You do the rest by rushing the process. Skipping steps may seem like a decent idea right now. In the long run, though, it’s a mistake. Next time you download questionable program bundles, be cautious. Make sure you pay attention to what you end up installing. There might be a vicious bonus attached to the bundle. There might be a whole bunch of parasites so be cautious. Unless you opt for the Custom/Advanced option, you will compromise your own device. We assume that’s not what you’re aiming for. Hence, make sure you prevent malware installation before it’s too late. Another effective method involves spam messages and email-attachments. Crooks might send parasites to your inbox. Delete what you don’t trust instead of letting some parasite loose.

Why is this dangerous?

There’s nothing safe about keeping a virus on your machine. All your once trustworthy browsers now display various unsafe commercials. Yes, that includes Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. You also get redirected every time you attempt to surf the Internet. A never-ending pile of pop-up ads is constantly present on your PC screen. Make sure you stay away from these dubious advertisements. The donation-tools.org commercials come in a huge variety of shapes. Coupons, discounts, product deals and offers, price comparisons, best prices… At the least, you will have to waste your time dealing with these links. They are all sponsored so make no mistake. You should know better than to click open some potentially corrupted pop-up. To top it all, this program monitors every single move you make online. It poses a direct threat to your privacy. Identity theft and financial scams must be avoided at all cost. To delete the parasite manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove Donation-tools.org virus

The Donation-tools.org 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 Donation-tools.org 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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Donation-tools.org in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Donation-tools.org startup location

STEP 3: Delete Donation-tools.org traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Donation-tools.org 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 Donation-tools.org 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 Donation-tools.org 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 Donation-tools.org traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Donation-tools.org 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 Donation-tools.org

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 Donation-tools.org, 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 Donation-tools.org 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 Donation-tools.org 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.