Remove Locate Your Package Adware

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The Locate Your Package utility is supposed to be a useful application that allows its users to track parcels delivered by various companies. It sounds good in theory. Unfortunately, in practice, this application is nothing but a trouble. It is programmed to modify its users’ browsers settings. Upon installation, Locate Your Package will replace your browser’s homepage. It will also change your default search engine. If you try to restore your preferable homepage, you will face great difficulties. On top, of that, Locate Your Package will start to bombard you with tons of commercials. This ad-generating application is classified as adware. The Locate Your Package aware has only one purpose, to generate revenue for its owners. To do so, it injects ad-banners and in-text ads on every website you visit. Do not expect an advert or two. No, the adware will cover your screen with commercials. Previously ad-free websites are now heavy on coupons, discounts, and great deals. Your browser will struggle to display any page correctly. It may start to freeze and crash frequently. With the time passing, the adware will get more and more aggressive. It will start to redirect your browser to sponsored pages. Pop-up and pop-unders will appear at the most unexpected times. Your online videos will also get paused for commercial breaks. You will hate the experience. Luckily, there is no need to put up with this application. The Locate Your Package adware is completely removable. You can delete it either manually or automatically. The choice is yours.

How did I get infected with?

Many PC users installed the Locate Your Package app intentionally. They were misled by false promises. However, a great percentage of the users infected with the Locate Your Package adware have no idea how has the furtive app managed to enter their machines. The answer is surprisingly simple. The adware uses trickery. It hides in freeware/shareware bundles, torrents, spam emails, and fake software updates. As cunning as these techniques are, they can be prevented from succeeding. All you should do is to be vigilant and doubting. Whenever you are installing a program, opt for an advanced installation option in the setup wizard. Only under the advanced setup will you be presented with a list of all programs that are about to be installed. Nowadays, developers often attach extra programs to the installation files of free programs. If you are not careful, you may install these extras unintentionally. Usually, the standard installation option is the recommended one. This process, however, is completely automatic. Once you start it, you lose control over it. It will install all extras that have arrived in the bundle. That’s why we recommend you the advanced setup. Do not hesitate to select it. There is nothing complicated in the advanced method. It is a simple step-by step setup wizard. Under it, you will be presented with a list of extras that have hitched a ride with the program you downloaded. Examine the list carefully and deselect all unwanted programs. You should also read the terms and conditions. As annoying as this step is, it is a good way to spot breaches. If you think that something looks suspicious, there probably is a good reason for that. Abort the installation ASAP. This is your computer. You are responsible for its security.

Why is this dangerous?

The Locate Your Package adware is intrusive and obnoxious. It is not a direct danger to your computer. Yet, if you let it remain on your PC for too long, it may cause some irreversible damage. The adware exposes you to numerous adverts. However, every single ad is a potential danger. The adware has no verifying system. Anyone willing to spend some money can use the tool to promote. Hackers and people with questionable interests included. If you have the misfortune to click on a corrupted advert, you may download malware or viruses on your device. Even if you dodge this bullet, there are more dangers hidden behind the ads. An unverified commercial may lure you into paying for services and items that you don’t need. Prepare to be introduced to numerous PC performance boosters, financial software and adult games. Do not waste your time on these pages. They are not verified and are likely to arouse unwarranted expectations. Furthermore, they may be partaking in scams. Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the Locate Your Package adware.

How to Remove Locate Your Package virus

The Locate Your Package 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 Locate Your Package 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 Locate Your Package in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Locate Your Package startup location

STEP 3: Delete Locate Your Package traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Locate Your Package 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 Locate Your Package 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 Locate Your Package 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 Locate Your Package traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Locate Your Package 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 Locate Your Package

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 Locate Your Package, 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 Locate Your Package 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 Locate Your Package 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.