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PreIccECehoep is a sneaky adware-type parasite. Needless to say, this infection doesn’t belong on your PC. No infection does. The minute you stumble across PreIccECehoep’s presence, it is time to take action. Don’t tolerate the parasite and don’t allow its developers to cause you harm. Adware is a creation of cyber criminals. It’s one relatively easy to tackle type of infection. However, that is if you uninstall it ASAP. The longer you hesitate, the more harmful this parasite becomes. PreIccECehoep modifies your browser settings. It does that completely behind your back because that’s how infections work. Hackers have no reason whatsoever to take care of your online experience. They are not going to seek your permission. Instead, the PreIccECehoep virus will just keep on changing your default settings. Thanks to the virus, your browsers now have a new plugin added to them. You get constantly bombarded with commercials and other pop-ups. Of course, hackers are only doing that to make money. Your online shopping experience will not be in any way enhanced by the ads. On the other hand, your safety ends up jeopardized. Therefore, you have to stay away from the parasite’s commercials. All of them. Avoid its pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, interstitials, video ads. Don’t forget there is a pesky cyber infection standing behind the advertisements. These ads are sponsored. You see, by generating such pop-ups, hackers gain profit. The problem is that crooks boost web traffic to harmful pages as well. Clicking the PreIccECehoep could lead you to practically any website. Eventually, you might compromise your machine further. To prevent that, you have to stay away from the parasite’s ads. In addition, you should know PreIccECehoep leads to a poor PC performance. If your browsers start crashing and freezing, that shouldn’t surprise you. After all, they are now modified. Your own browsers on your own computer are no longer up to you. Hackers are in charge now so the sooner you take measures, the better. The adware might be also responsible for some privacy issues. For instance, financial scams. How does this program’s scheme work? PreIccECehoep monitors your browsing-related data. That includes browsing history, IP addresses, email addresses, usernames, passwords. All your information is being effectively spied on as we speak. Can you tell where your details end up? Straight into the hands of cyber criminals.

How did I get infected with?

This adware pest didn’t ask for your consent. Most infections of the kind rely on stealth and lies instead of the victim’s permission. PreIccECehoep is no exception. The virus uses some of the most popular infiltration methods out there. It could have been attached to some bogus spam message in social media. It could have been presented as a perfectly safe email attachment. One much more plausible scenario, though, involves freeware bundles. Every single time you download bundled programs, pay attention. Skipping steps is a terrible idea and you know it. Hence, why expose your machine to parasites? Always opt for the Custom or Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Also, check out the Terms and Conditions or EULA (End User License Agreement). This is certainly not a fun activity but it was never supposed to be fun anyway. Reading the Terms and Conditions could help you prevent malware infiltration. Having to remove a virus is indeed a hassle. Save yourself the trouble and be cautious online. When installing bundled programs, avoid illegitimate websites. Never underestimate potential threats either.

Why is this dangerous?

All your favorite browsers fall victims to the virus. As mentioned, your authorization was never required. The adware adds its unwanted extension to your browsers. Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are now untrustworthy. Hence, you won’t be able to surf the Web at peace. No matter which browser you decide to use, you have to watch out for pop-ups. PreIccECehoep generates an overwhelmingly big number of commercials. What all these ads have in common is the fact you shouldn’t click them. Sponsored advertisements pose a huge threat to your safety. The adware poses a threat to your privacy as well. It collects about as much personal data as it possibly could. Then it sends your information to hackers. It goes without saying they could sell your details to third parties. Uninstall the virus before crooks cause you irreversible damage. To do so manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove PreIccECehoep virus

The PreIccECehoep 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 PreIccECehoep 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 PreIccECehoep in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate PreIccECehoep startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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

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 PreIccECehoep, 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 PreIccECehoep 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 PreIccECehoep 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.