Remove Pqiera.net Adware from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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The Pqiera.net website cannot be trusted. This suspicious-looking page is, in fact, the face of a parasite. If it pops up on your screen for no apparent reason or if you see adverts signed by it, be sure. Your computer is infected. The Pqiera.net adware has managed to enter your OS unnoticed and is now wreaking havoc. This intruder is a malicious ad-generating parasite. It can infect all known web browsers. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, there is no immune browser. And guess what?! If you have more than one installed, they are all infected. The Pqiera.net adware scans your computer for installed browsers and adds its malicious extension to them. Once settled, it initiates an aggressive ad bombardment. The parasite injects various ads on every website you open. You will notice that previously ad-free pages are now covered in coupons and discounts. There are so many ads that your browser barely displays them. As annoying as the adware is now, it will become even worse. This parasite becomes more and more aggressive with each passing day. It will drown you in a sea of ads if you don’t take action against it. Every website you load, every video you watch every link you follow, everything will be covered in advertisements. You will hate the experience. Don’t put yourself through this. Remove the Pqiera.net adware now. The sooner it’s gone, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Pqiera.net adware did not materialize by magic. You might think that it appeared out of the blue, but you approved its installation. That is right, you did it. You infected your computer. Not intentionally, of course. The adware tricked you. It lured you into installing it unintentionally. The parasite lurks behind torrents, software bundles, and fake updates. All it needs to succeed is one second of carelessness. Your caution, however, can prevent such infections. Learn your lesson! Don’t let other parasites trick you ever again! Download your software from reputable sources only. Don’t rush through the installation process of any app. Pay attention to the fine print. If available, always select the Advanced/Custom installation option. If additional apps are about to be installed as extras, deselect them. These third-party programs, more often than not are malicious. Besides, you don’t need such software. If you truly needed it, you would have downloaded it by yourself. This is your computer, you decide what to be installed on it. Don’t others make this decision for you. Always do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Pqiera.net adware is a pain in the neck that is hard to be tolerated. And it shouldn’t! The more time it has on board, the worse the consequences. This intruder is not just annoying. It is quite dangerous. The parasite jeopardizes your privacy. It threatens you reveal your personal information. To expose you to relevant ads, the adware actually spies on you. It knows your every online step. Which websites you visit, what search inquiries you make, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you from the parasite. The invader uses the collected data as a base for ad targeting. And this is the tricky part. The Pqiera.net adware has no security mechanism. It does not verify its ads. Neither does it check the advertisers behind them. Numerous crooks take advantage of the adware and its resources. They use the parasite to target potential victims. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click on their ads, bad things happen. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. You also risk ending up on a scam website. Bear this in mind the next time you see an irresistible online offer. With the adware on board, it is more likely to be bogus than legitimate. Spare yourself many future headaches. Clean your computer as soon as possible!

How to Remove Pqiera.net virus

The Pqiera.net 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 Pqiera.net 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 Pqiera.net in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Pqiera.net startup location

STEP 3: Delete Pqiera.net traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Pqiera.net 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 Pqiera.net 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 Pqiera.net 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 Pqiera.net traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Pqiera.net 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 Pqiera.net

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 Pqiera.net, 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 Pqiera.net 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 Pqiera.net 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.