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The Fountilcompare.com website is a harbinger of bad news. The appearance of the website is a symptom of an infection. Somewhere in the corners of your system, the sneaky Fountilcompare.com adware lurks. Do not panic! This parasite does not corrupt your entire system. It targets your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera; there is no immune program. The adware alters their settings and takes control of your user experience. The Fountilcompare.com adware follows programming to flood you with advertisements. It injects various in-text and banner ads on every website you visit. It also opens pop-ups and pushes notifications. Every time you click on an ad, the adware gets paid. And thus, it never stops the ad-bombardment. Quite the contrary, the adware constantly increases the number of its adverts. The Fountilcompare.com adware knows no boundaries. It even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. And it doesn’t stop here. If you refuse to click on its content, the adware starts browser redirection. This menace loads third-party websites directly in new tabs and windows. Do you feel comfortable knowing that any web page out there may pop up on your screen? The adware has no filters. It displays inappropriate pages, as well as loads deceptive and phishing websites. Do not put up with this situation. The Fountilcompare.com adware has no place on your system. Remove it before it gets a chance to lure you into an online trap!

How did I get infected with?

The Fountilcompare.com adware is not a virus. It cannot hack your system. No, this parasite follows the standard installation rules. It needs your (the user’s) permission. Only you can install it. Of course, if you act recklessly, if you don’t pay attention to the fine print, you are very likely to do it unintentionally. The Fountilcompare.com adware lurks in the shadows and waits for you to let your guard down. All it needs is one moment of carelessness. Do not give into naivety. There are myriads of ways for the parasite to reach you. Torrents, fake updates, corrupted links, bundles; you can never know where a parasite might strike from. No anti-virus app can protect you if you act carelessly. Only your caution is powerful enough to keep your device secure and virus-free. Don’t visit shady websites. Download software from reliable sources only. And forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” installation strategy. Take your time to do your due diligence. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Bear in mind that most of the apps we download off the Web come bundled with bonus programs. These extras, more often than not, are parasites like the Fountilcompare.com adware. Under the advanced setup, you would be able to deselect all unwanted extras. 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. Stop the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

The Fountilcompare.com adware is a complete and utter menace. It follows you around the Web and throws ads at you. It displays ads, opens pop-ups, and pushes notifications. The adware doesn’t miss a chance to interrupt you with an advert of some kind. Its aggressive advertising, however, is not a harmless annoyance. The parasite causes various issues which vary from browser crashes and system underperformance to security and privacy breaches. No, that’s not a mistake. The Fountilcompare.com adware jeopardizes your security and privacy. This invader spies on you and uses the collected data to lure you into online traps. The adware studies your every online activity. It monitors and analyzes your browsing-related data. When it gathers enough information, it uploads it to a remote server. Anyone willing to pay can access and use the data there. Numerous crooks are more than happy to open their wallets. They use the adware and its resources to target potential victims. The crooks use the information to create customized ads. They would then push their irresistible ads to you through the adware. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The Fountilcompare.com adware may redirect you to dangerous websites. Do not test your luck. Your best course of action is the immediate removal of this menace! The sooner you delete it, the better!

How to Remove Fountilcompare.com virus

The Fountilcompare.com 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 Fountilcompare.com 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 Fountilcompare.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Fountilcompare.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Fountilcompare.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Fountilcompare.com 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 Fountilcompare.com 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 Fountilcompare.com 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 Fountilcompare.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Fountilcompare.com 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 Fountilcompare.com

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 Fountilcompare.com, 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 Fountilcompare.com 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 Fountilcompare.com 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.