Remove Movie.exe Malware

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Movie.exe is not a legitimate system process. If you notice it running in the background, prepare for trouble. Your computer is no longer free of infections. Adware lurks in the shadows of your OS. You are stuck with a complete and utter menace. The intruder follows instructions to flood you with advertisements. The adware doesn’t miss a chance to interrupt your activities. Whether you watch a video or browse your favorite website, it always finds a way to annoy you. This parasite displays banners, opens pop-ups, loads notifications, and plays commercials. No ad-blocking tool is powerful enough to stop it! Dozens and dozens of ads flood you on a daily basis. The numerous ads, of course, take a toll on your device. They overload your browser and cause freezing and crashes. You face an avalanche of errors. Don’t put yourself through this torture! These “great deals” can’t benefit your user experience. They are unreliable. Movie.exe displays them. You can expect this menace to be safe, much less trustworthy. Its ads arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they redirect traffic to scam and malicious websites. That’s the nature of the adware. It not only ruins your browsing experience but threatens to lure you into online traps. Don’t test your luck! As soon as you notice the Movie.exe process, take action. Remove the intruder for good!

How did I get infected with?

Adware starts the Movie.exe process. This parasite sneaks into your computer undetected and throws you into a whirlwind of problems. The intruder is so aggressive that users often mistake it for a virus. Luckily, that’s not the case. The adware can’t hack your computer. It slithers into your system through deception. This parasite preys on your naivety. It infects your OS when you throw caution to the wind. This menace lurks behind bundles, fake updates, corrupted links, spam messages, and pirated software. It hides in the fine print and gets installed when you “forget” to deny it access. Don’t make that mistake! No anti-virus app can protect you if you rely on luck. Only your actions can keep your PC infection-free. Always take the time to do your due diligence! Don’t visit questionable websites. Download software and updates from reliable sources only. And don’t rush through the installation processes. More often than not, the apps we download off the Web come bundled with bonus software. If you don’t pay attention to the red flags, you risk infecting your computer with malicious extras like Movie.exe. Choose caution over carelessness. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” setup strategy. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Deselect all unwanted bonuses. And before you hit that “Accept” button, go through the terms and condition. If you can’t read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Even a little extra attention can spare you an avalanche of problems. Opt out of the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

There is no such thing as safe adware. These parasites open your browser to numerous online threats. That’s exactly the case with the adware that runs the Movie.exe process. This intruder jeopardizes your online security. It displays misleading ads, as well as redirects your browser to dodgy websites. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! You can notice the full extent of the corruption only if you take a closer look at the ads. They are related to your recent online activities, aren’t they? That’s because you are under surveillance! The adware monitors your browsing habits and uses the collected data to turn you into an easy target. It bases its ads on the websites you visit, the links you follow, the videos you watch. Don’t rely on the Incognito mode. It can’t hide you! The adware knows your every online action. And if you are not sure, that’s dangerous. Some pieces of data, your search queries, for example, may leak personal and financial details. Do you think that ends well? The adware sells every bit of information to third parties. Don’t put up with this situation! Protect yourself and your privacy. Remove the adware before it gets a chance to cause you harm.

How to Remove Movie.exe virus

The Movie.exe 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 Movie.exe 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 Movie.exe in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Movie.exe startup location

STEP 3: Delete Movie.exe traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Movie.exe 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 Movie.exe 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 Movie.exe 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 Movie.exe traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Movie.exe 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 Movie.exe

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 Movie.exe, 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 Movie.exe 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 Movie.exe 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.