How to Remove Grave Setup Malware

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If you’ve discovered the Grave Setup process running on your system, prepare for trouble. Your device is no longer infection-free. An ad-generating parasite has managed to enter your OS and is now wreaking havoc. Grave Setup falls under the Adware umbrella. This parasite uses trickery to corrupt your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, there is no immune program. The invader turns them into ad-displaying tools. Once the adware calls your browsers “home,” hell rises. You get thrown into a whirlwind of troubles. The parasite injects various adverts on every website you visit. It gets paid when you click on the ads. Thus, the adware has no intentions of limiting their number. The more you see, the bigger the chance you click. Grave Setup drowns its victims in a sea of advertisements. Banner, pop-up, and in-text ads cover your screen every time you as much as touch your browser. Coupons and discounts cover every web page you visit. The more time the adware has, the bigger the mess it makes. The parasite knows no boundaries. It gets more and more aggressive with each passing day. It even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. Spare yourself many future headaches. The adware has no place on your computer. It is intrusive and menacing. Its countless advertisements prevent you from using your device normally. They annoy you, as well as slow your system down. Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the parasite. The sooner Grave Setup is gone, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Grave Setup adware cannot hack your computer. This parasite is a simple application. As with any other app, it needs your, the user’s, permission to get installed. As you can imagine, though, the parasite knows how to trick you. It lurks in the shadows and waits for an opportunity to strike. The adware preys on your carelessness. It hides in software bundles, torrents, spam emails, and fake updates. All it needs to succeed is one second of carelessness. Don’t make its job easier. Choose caution over carelessness. One keeps the parasites away, the other — invites them in. Stay away from shady websites. Download your software from reputable sources only. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. And, of course, pay attention to all installation processes. Most of the free apps we download off the web come bundled with bonus programs. The extras are often parasites like the Grave Setup adware. If you rush through the installation, you might install the extras. The advanced/custom setup option prevents this scenario from unfolding. Make sure you know what you install. Always take the time to do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

Grave Setup has no place on your computer. This parasite interferes with every aspect of your day to day web browsing. It floods you with various adverts. You cannot get a simple task done without an ad interrupting you. The adware never stops. Its aggressive advertising strategies, unfortunately, take a toll on your computer. You face system underperformance, browser crashes, and even Internet connection instability. These issues, however, should not be in the center of your attention. Grave Setup adware threatens your privacy and security. To provide you with relevant ads, this parasite dares spy on you. It monitors your browsing-related data. It knows what websites you visit, what search queries you make, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. The adware analyzes your every online action. The problem is that the collected data can be used against you. Numerous crooks use the adware as an advertising platform. They use the collected data to create customized ads. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The Grave Setup adware is very likely to redirect you to dangerous websites. Do not risk it! Remove the parasite before it gets a chance to lure you into an online trap!

How to Remove Grave Setup virus

The Grave Setup 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 Grave Setup 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 Grave Setup in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Grave Setup startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Grave Setup 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 Grave Setup

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 Grave Setup, 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 Grave Setup 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 Grave Setup 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.