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Are you bombarded with the Milimili ads? Do you now come across pop-ups, pop-unders, interstitials and banners all the time? Then it’s safe to say your computer is in trouble. Despite being relatively easy to tackle, adware is no threat to be taken lightly. No type of infection should be underestimated because that’s exactly what hackers rely on. The more time Milimili spends on your device, the more dangerous it becomes. Before you know it, this pest will completely get out of hand. Make sure you uninstall the intruder for good. You don’t have any reasons to procrastinate. Milimili is an irritating adware-type infection. It has also been classified as a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Once your computer gets invaded, the parasite adds a browser extension. It’s aiming at your preferred browsers and messes with their settings. By adding its plugin to your browsers,  Milimili injects them with ads. That’s how the parasite brings along its never-ending pile of pop-ups. Note that these advertisements are sponsored. They get displayed by a nasty cyber infection so there’s no plausible scenario in which the ads are safe. Instead of helping you shop online, the ads help hackers gain profit. Adware parasites help crooks make money via the pay-per-click mechanism. All that hackers need to gain revenue is cover your PC screen with sponsored ads. The more commercials Milimili displays, the better for crooks. Do you see why its commercials are so incredibly obnoxious and invasive? By clicking any of them, you become a sponsor of the parasite’s creators. Most PC users aren’t actively trying to support the business of cyber criminals. Crooks will use every cent they gain to develop more malware. Eventually, more and more people will fall victims to pesky PC infections. In addition, clicking the Milimili ads exposes you to threats. Being sponsored, these commercials could lead you straight to malicious websites. There is no doubt that some of the pop-ups are fake and immensely unreliable. The problem is that you can’t tell which ad is real and which one is bogus. You have to click in order to find out and, risk to install malware. You already have a parasite on your computer, though. Do not gamble with your safety and do yourself a favor. Avoid the Milimili pop-ups.

How did I get infected with?

Such tricky programs usually travel the Web in bundles. That provides viruses a quick and easy way to get spread online. All sorts of infections apply the technique of bundled freeware and shareware. Thus, next time you download program bundles, it’s definitely worth it to pay attention. You may compromise your own machine if you rush the installation. That is why we recommend opting for the Custom option instead of the Basic one. Check out all programs you’re about to give green light to one by one. If you do notice some unwanted “bonus” intruder, don’t hesitate to deselect it. You may save yourself quite the hassle that way. You do not need to install a bonus virus. They why skip installation steps? Rushing the installation may seem like a good idea at the time. However, the Internet is filled with dangerous infections that wait for your haste. To protect your computer system from malware, be cautious. It will pay off in the long run. Another popular method involves spam emails and/or messages in social media. Those could turn out to be corrupted and full of viruses. Having to delete infections is more time-consuming and nerve-wracking than prevention is.

Why is this dangerous?

Thanks to the virus, your browser settings get altered. Milimili doesn’t bother to require any permission beforehand. It adds a plugin to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. All your once trustworthy browsers now redirect you and generate sponsored pop-ups. As mentioned already, the Milimili ads are deceptive, misleading and very dangerous. If you click open the wrong commercials, you automatically worsen your cyber situation. We assume you aren’t trying to download more infections. Stay away from the parasite’s numerous advertisements and don’t let it fool you. Milimili could even cause some privacy issues by collecting browsing-related data. The virus spies on all your usernames, passwords, IP addresses and other details. It spies on your browsing history as well. Unless you take measures right away, your information may get sent to third parties with unclear intentions. To delete Milimili manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove Milimili virus

The Milimili 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 Milimili 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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Milimili in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Milimili startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 Milimili, 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 Milimili 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 Milimili 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.