Remove Performanceonclick.com Adware

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The appearance of the Performanceonclick.com website is a warning that your system is no longer infection-free. Somewhere in the corners of your OS, the Performanceonclick.com adware lurks. This parasite uses trickery to infect your computer unnoticed. The parasite sneaks into your system and corrupts your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, there is no immune program. The adware infects them and turns them into ad-displaying tools. This parasite displays adverts and gets paid when you click on them. Thus, it has no intentions of limiting their number. Quite the contrary. The adware drowns its victims in a sea of advertisements. It injects dozens of ads on every website you visit. Coupons, discounts, and “great offers” meet you are every web page you load. If you, however, manage to resist the urge to click, the adware changes its strategy. The parasite starts browser redirection. It opens sponsored websites in new tabs and windows. It covers your screen with pop-ups and messages every time you touch your browser. The Performanceonclick.com adware knows no boundaries. It even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. This aggressive behavior, unfortunately, takes a toll on your computer. The adware causes system underperformance, browser crashes, and Internet connection instability. The parasite prevents you from using your computer normally. Do not put up with this. The adware has no place on your OS. Track its lurking spot and hit that delete button. Remove the Performanceonclick.com adware for good!

How did I get infected with?

The Performanceonclick.com adware cannot hack your device. To get installed, this parasite needs your permission. No permission, no admission. Yet, as you can imagine, there is a catch. The parasite knows how to lure you into approving its installation unintentionally. The parasite lurks in the shadows and waits for you to make a mistake. It usually hides in software bundles, spam emails, torrents, and fake updates. All it needs to succeed is one second of carelessness. Do not make its job easier. No anti-virus app can protect you if you are reckless. Take the time to do your due diligence. Only your caution can keep your device secure and virus-free. Don’t visit shady websites. Pay attention to the fine print. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. Of course, you can use an online EULA analyzer to speed up this step. And forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” installation strategy. When available, use the advanced/custom setup wizard.

Why is this dangerous?

At first glance, the Performanceonclick.com adware seems like a mere annoyance. If you look at the whole picture, however, you would notice that this parasite is quite dangerous. It opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. The parasite spies on you from the moment it invades. The adware monitors your browsing-related data. It knows every website you visit, what links you follow, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. The Performanceonclick.com adware knows everything. And when it deems it has enough data, it proceeds to send it. To whom? To its owners, of course. To the unknown individuals who published the parasite. Do not underestimate these crooks. They use the collected data against you. They use it as a base for ad targeting, as well as sell access to it. Anyone willing to spend some money can use the adware and its resources. Various criminals do! They create customized ads based on the collected information. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The adware is very likely to redirect you to scam, phishing, and infected websites. Do not test your luck. Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the Performanceonclick.com adware. The sooner this parasite is gone, the better!

How to Remove Performanceonclick.com virus

The Performanceonclick.com 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 Performanceonclick.com 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 Performanceonclick.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Performanceonclick.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Performanceonclick.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Performanceonclick.com 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 Performanceonclick.com 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 Performanceonclick.com 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 Performanceonclick.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Performanceonclick.com 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 Performanceonclick.com

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 Performanceonclick.com, 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 Performanceonclick.com 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 Performanceonclick.com 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.