Remove Foreground.me Adware

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Foreground.me is not a legitimate website. This page is the face of an aggressive adware parasite. If your browser gets redirected to this page, or if ads “Powered by Foreground.me” flood your screen, the news is bad. Your computer is no longer infection-free. An adware menace lurks in the shadows of your OS and causes issues. Brace yourself! The intruder is a nightmare. It inserts dozens and dozens of ads on every website you visit. Even web pages that used to be ad-free are heavy on coupons and discounts. Pop-ups and notifications appear every time you so much as touch your browser. Random website text turns into hyperlinks. Commercials pause your videos. Questionable websites load in new tabs and windows. That’s the nature of the adware. This parasite uses every opportunity to interrupt you with ads. Do not put yourself through this torture. The parasite cannot help you find good offers. Quite contrary. The adware is more likely to lure you in online traps. The parasite exists to generate revenue for its publishers. These people are inclined to accept questionable offers. They allow crooks to spread deceptive and corrupted content. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove the adware before it gets you in serious trouble.

How did I get infected with?

The Foreground.me website pops up by courtesy of adware. As for the parasite, it sneaks into your computer through deception. Don’t imagine ingenious scams, though. No, the adware uses classic tricks. It lurks behind freeware, fake updates, spam messages, and malvertising. These methods camouflage the adware and trick you into approving its installation. They prey on your carelessness and naivety. Do not make their job easier. Pay attention to the fine print. Only your caution can keep your computer virus-free. Always take the time to do your due diligence. Don’t visit questionable websites. Download software and updates from reliable sources only. And don’t skip setup steps. More often than not, the apps we download off the Web come bundled with bonus software. If you rush, you might install malicious extras. Do not rely on luck. No anti-virus app can protect you if you give into naivety. Choose caution over carelessness! If available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Under it, you will be able to deselect all unwanted bonuses. Make sure you know what you install. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you cannot go through the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Opt out of the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

The adware is a complete and utter menace. It meddles non-stop. It doesn’t matter whether you watch a video or type a search query, the parasite always finds a way to annoy you. It follows you around the Web and throws hundreds and hundreds of ads at you. Click nothing! Everything “Brought to you by Foreground.me” is unreliable. The adware behind these “great offers” has no filters nor security mechanisms. Its ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they promote dangerous content. You risk ending up on deceptive, phishing, and even corrupted websites. The sneaky adware is not a mere annoyance. This parasite lures its victims into online traps. And that’s not only the tip of the iceberg. The adware also jeopardizes your privacy. The parasite spies on you from day one. It monitors your online activities and sells the collected information for additional profit. If you are not careful, some pieces of data (your search queries, for example) may contain personal and financial details. Can you imagine what may happen if this data falls into the wrong hands? Do not take unnecessary risks. Protect yourself and your privacy. As soon as Foreground.me pops up on your screen, take action. Find where the adware lurks and remove it upon detection!

How to Remove Foreground.me virus

The Foreground.me 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 Foreground.me 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 Foreground.me in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Foreground.me startup location

STEP 3: Delete Foreground.me traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Foreground.me 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 Foreground.me 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 Foreground.me 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 Foreground.me traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Foreground.me, 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 Foreground.me 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 Foreground.me 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.