Remove Fundonald Extension by Weloack.com Virus

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Today’s article is all about the Fundonald extension (by Weloack.com). If you come across this nasty plugin, know you’re dealing with a virus. Such extensions get added by adware-type infections or PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). Hence, that’s what you have to tackle. The sooner you locate the intruder and uninstall it, the better. Know there is no reason to be tolerating a malicious program. Instead of allowing the situation to get completely out of hand, remove this pest. The adware/PUP doesn’t need your permission to drop its Fundonald extension. Why not? Because PC infections have nothing to do with your preferences. These programs only get developed to serve hackers’ purposes. It goes without saying hackers’ purposes greatly mismatch your own. Keeping their program on board actually helps cyber crooks gain profit. One thing you need to remember – the parasite generates pop-up ads. And you have to stay away from every single one of them in order to prevent further damage. As long as your machine is infected, you will remain a click away from malware. That means you might accidentally download more parasites on your already infected PC. Yes, things could become a lot worse. Immediately after the adware/PUP gets downloaded, its plugin appears. This program relies on the fact you wouldn’t even realize it is on board. Not only does your safety end up compromised but you also remain oblivious to the installation. The infection will use that time to make modifications and to cause you damage. Apart from the Fundonald plugin, you may get to witness some additional toolbars or other changes. Not a single one of them involves your consent or authorization. Hence, it’s safe to say you’re no longer in control of your browsers. Crooks are. They take advantage of your PC system to gain revenue which can’t possibly end well for you. For one thing, your default browser settings keep on changing behind your back. Secondly, the Fundonald plugin injects your browsers with irritating, useless pop-up ads. Thanks to the virus, you’re now bombarded with various advertisements in various shapes. That includes pop-up ads, pop-under ads, banner ads, interstitial ads, video ads. There is no getting rid of commercials unless you delete the adware/PUP. Are you willing to procrastinate? The more time this nuisance manages to spend on board, the more harmful it becomes. The parasite spies on your browsing-related information and constantly redirects you. It also causes a poor PC performance so your machine freezes and crashes on a daily basis. Long story short, this pest has to go.

How did I get infected with?

The most plausible scenario involves freeware or shareware bundles. Hackers are perfectly aware that many PC users rush the installation process. That’s how many people end up agreeing to download some “bonus” infection hiding in the bundle. Unless you check out the software in advance, you might compromise your own security. Stay away from unverified bundles as the programs in there could be malicious. You only need one moment of negligence to give green light to an infection. The adware/PUP was probably attached to some software bundle that you didn’t pay enough attention to. Don’t make the same mistake twice and always opt for the Custom option in the Setup Wizard. That will guarantee you no additional programs will sneak onto your machine. Be careful and you could be more than positive it will pay off. Avoid skipping the Terms and Conditions as well as the EULA (End User License Agreement). Make an effort to prevent virus infiltration because it’s your job to keep your computer virus-free. Otherwise, it would also be your responsibility to deal with the pesky parasite that gets installed.

Why is this dangerous?

Now that the Fundonald extension is present, you’re unable to surf the Web. This tricky add-on generates a huge parade of sponsored pop-up ads. As mentioned already, the commercials are only part of your life to help hackers gain profit. Your online activities as well as your safety remain out of the picture. Take no chances with these commercials because many of them could turn out to be corrupted. If you open the wrong ad, you will get redirected to some unreliable pages filled with malware. Instead of testing out the limits of your luck, avoid the pop-up ads displayed by the adware/PUP. Please follow our detailed manual removal guide down below.

How to Remove Fundonald virus

The Fundonald 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 Fundonald 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 Fundonald in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Fundonald startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Fundonald, 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 Fundonald 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 Fundonald 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.