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Pluto TV is a potentially unwanted adware virus. If you thought it was one useful tool, you thought wrong. This program is just as dangerous as it is annoying. And it’s impressively annoying so you do the math. Pluto TV promises to provide 100+ channels you could watch straight from your desktop. As you could imagine, that’s a lie. This program was actually developed to serve hackers’ malicious purposes. For starters, it messes with your default browser settings. The parasite adds an extension and injects your browsers with ads. Useless, obsessive, obnoxious ads. You’re now seeing these commercials on every single website you attempt to visit. Coupons, discounts, product deals, product offers, video ads, banners, interstitials. Pluto TV bombards you with its never-ending pile of advertisements and causes a mess. You can no longer surf the Web at peace. Your computer underperforms and your browsers crash and freeze on occasions. Even your Internet connection may become unstable all of a sudden. Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of Pluto TV ‘s trickery. This infection brings along sponsored ads. By doing so, it allows hackers to gain revenue through the pay-per-click mechanism. The problem is that you end up exposed to malware. There are some perfectly safe commercials displayed by the virus. There are also some corrupted ones. How can you tell which is which? You have to click it open. As you can clearly see, though, clicking is quite an unwarranted risk. If you come across the wrong commercial, you’ll automatically install malware. Is that what you’re aiming for online? Stay away from the parasite’s misleading web links. Same thing goes for the software updates it might generate. Don’t even for a second forget there’s a parasite behind all these links. You might end up causing your own device great damage in the blink of an eye. To prevent it, restrain yourself from clicking. The Pluto TV ads are a complete and utter pest. They flood your PC screen and test the limits of your patience. Also, this program is famous for spying on your private information. It steals browsing history, search queries, passwords, usernames, IP addresses, email addresses. However, the virus could get to some personally identifiable data as well. Your bank account data, for example. Crooks would never miss such a golden opportunity to cause you irreversible privacy harm. Tackle their pesky parasite before it’s too late.

How did I get infected with?

Did you download Pluto TV voluntarily? Chances are, you didn’t. Adware usually doesn’t need your permission as it travels the Web via stealth. The most common infiltration technique is called freeware/shareware bundling. It is also incredibly effective. If you wish to prevent infiltration (which you probably do), take your time. Pay close attention to the programs you end up installing. For instance, opt for the custom or advanced option in the Setup Wizard. This will let you take control over the installation process. No potential intruder will be able to get installed. On the other hand, skipping steps leaves your device vulnerable to viruses. Many people end up compromising their computers simply because they rush. Don’t be one of them. Your caution will pay off in the long run so don’t be gullible. The Web is infested with nasty infections and hackers are full of ideas. Make sure you always outwit crooks and save yourself the headache. You definitely won’t regret it.

Why is this dangerous?

This program’s browser plugin gets out of hand very quickly. It is compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome as well as Internet Explorer.  Eventually, Pluto TV leaves you with untrustworthy and unsafe browsers. The virus redirects you to random pages and generates pop-up ads. It might even serve as a back door to more infections. As mentioned, the Pluto TV ads must be avoided. These various commercials are all sponsored. Hackers’ very last concern was to improve your online experience. That means these pop-ups will not help you save time and/or money. As if that wasn’t enough, Pluto TV poses a threat to your privacy. It collects about as much personal data as it possibly could. Therefore, crooks might involve you in identity theft or financial scams. Pluto TV brings to you so many unpleasantries that it’s key for your safety to take action now. To delete it manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove Pluto TV virus

The Pluto TV 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 Pluto TV 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 Pluto TV in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Pluto TV startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Pluto TV 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 Pluto TV

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 Pluto TV, 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 Pluto TV 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 Pluto TV 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.