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The appearance of the Journal-good.net website indicates trouble. The page is a harbinger of bad news. Somewhere in the corners of your OS, an adware parasite lurks. Prepare for trouble! The invader is a complete and utter menace. It alters your browser settings and takes control of your online experience. The adware follows instructions to flood you with adverts. It displays banner and in-text advertisements on every web page you visit. No ad-blocking tool can stop the invader. It displays coupons and discounts even on web pages that are otherwise ad-free. It opens pop-ups, plays video commercials, turns random text into hyperlinks. The adware knows no boundaries. It always finds new ways to surprise you. When you get used to the ads, the adware increases their number, as well as starts browser redirection. The journal-good.net website is just the beginning. The adware loads third-party websites in new tabs and windows. Do you feel comfortable knowing that any web page out there may pop up on your screen? Do not test your luck. The parasite loads inappropriate and deceptive pages. It threatens to get you in serious trouble. Remove the intruder the first chance you get. The sooner, the better!

How did I get infected with?

An adware parasite forces journal-good.net on you. The parasite sneaks into your computer through trickery and throws you into a whirlwind of changes. But don’t be mistaken. The intruder is not an ingenious virus. It doesn’t “hack” your PC. No, the parasite lures you (the user) into installing it. It uses hundreds of tricks to trick you into approving its installation. Your vigilance, however, can prevent infections. The adware preys on your naivety and negligence. Do not make its job easier. Choose caution over carelessness. Even a little extra attention can spare you an avalanche of problems. Don’t visit questionable websites. Download software and updates from reliable sources only. And don’t skip installation steps. If available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Under it, you will be able to deselect all unwanted bonus apps that are about to get installed alongside the program you’ve downloaded. Make sure you know what you approve. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you cannot spare enough time to 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 behind the journal-good.net page is a complete and utter menace. As soon as it invades, corruption follows. Your browser gets flooded with countless adverts. Questionable websites pop up on your screen. Even your videos get paused for commercial breaks. The adware uses every opportunity to interrupt you with adverts. Do not discard the parasite as a mere annoyance, though. This intruder has no filters nor security mechanisms. Its sole purpose of existence is to generate ad revenue for its publishers. As you can imagine, these people are inclined to accept questionable offers. As long as they get their fees, their adware displays deceptive and false ads. Click nothing! Everything “Powered by journal-good.net” is unreliable. These ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. And worst, they redirect traffic to dangerous websites. Don’t risk ending up in online traps. As soon as the journal-good.net website pops up, take action. Find where the adware lurks and delete it upon detection!

How to Remove Journal-good.net virus

The Journal-good.net 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 Journal-good.net 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 Journal-good.net in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Journal-good.net startup location

STEP 3: Delete Journal-good.net traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Journal-good.net 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 Journal-good.net 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 Journal-good.net 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 Journal-good.net traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Journal-good.net 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 Journal-good.net

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 Journal-good.net, 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 Journal-good.net 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 Journal-good.net 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.