Remove Press2continue.com Pop-up Ads (Chrome, Firefox, IE)

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An adware parasite uses the Press2continue.com website to redirect users to questionable websites, as well as to flood them with deceptive pop-ups. If your browser keeps getting redirected to this web page, or if you get bombarded with “Ads by Press2continue.com,” the news is bad. These issues indicate the presence of adware. Somewhere in the corners of your OS, a sneaky intruder lurks and causes problems. Brace yourself! The adware is quite the menace. As soon as it invades, corruption follows. The parasite infects your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera. There is no immune program. The parasite corrupts them and throws you into a whirlwind of ads. This intruder follows programming to generate pay-per-click revenue for its owners. It displays ads and gets paid when you click on them. Thus, it doesn’t limit its intrusions. The adware uses every opportunity to interrupt you with an ad of some kind. It inserts various banner ads on every web page you visit, opens notifications, plays video commercial, redirects to third-party websites. No ad-blocking tool is powerful enough to stop the parasite. The parasite floods you with countless ads. Click nothing! These annoying pop-ups are unreliable at best. At worst, they redirect web traffic to dangerous websites. That’s the nature of the adware. It is annoying, meddling, and quite dangerous. This menace lures its victims into online traps! Do not test your luck. As soon as the Press2continue.com ads pop up, take action. Find where the adware lurks and delete it upon detection!

How did I get infected with?

The Press2continue.com pop-ups annoy you because an adware intruder forces them on you. As for the parasite, it sneaks into your computer when you let your guard down. The thing about adware is that this type of parasites can’t “hack” your PC. These simple applications need you (the user) to approve their installation. No permission, no admission! That’s the rule. The adware is bound to seek your consent. Its invasion means that at some point, you allowed it in. But do you remember doing so? Well, having to seek your approval is not the same and having to do it outright. The adware knows how to steal your “Yes.” This parasite hides in the fine print. It asks in the sneakiest way possible. The adware lurks behind freeware, fake updates, corrupted links, malvertising, and spam messages. It hides in the shadows and attacks when you least expect it. Do not make its job easier! This parasite preys on your naivety. Your caution, on the other hand, can prevent infections. Always take the time to do your due diligence! Do not visit questionable websites. Download software and updates from reputable, preferably official, sources only. And forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” setup strategy. Don’t give into naivety! No anti-virus app can protect you if you throw caution to the wind. When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Make sure you know what you install. Go through the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you cannot 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?

The Press2continue.com pop-up ads are meddling and very annoying. You cannot get a simple task done without one interrupting you. Every web page you visit, every video you watch, every link you follow; everything is covered in coupons and discounts. The numerous ads, however, are not the problems. The adware that opens them is the actual threat. This parasite jeopardizes your security and privacy. It not only burdens your browser with hundreds of ads but also threatens to leak sensitive information about you. Confused? Just take a closer look at the ads. They are related to your recent online activities, aren’t they? That’s not a coincidence. Everything “Powered by Press2continue.com” is targeted at you. The adware studies your browsing habits and bases its ad selection on the gathered data. In other words: the parasite spies on you and uses the collected information to turn you into an easy target. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg. If you are not careful, some pieces of data, your search queries, for example, may contain personal and financial details. Do you think that ends well? The adware doesn’t keep the data confidential. Quite the opposite. It sells every bit of information to third parties. Do not take unnecessary risks! Do yourself a huge favor and stop the Press2continue.com ads. Remove the adware that opens them ASAP!

How to Remove Press2continue.com virus

The Press2continue.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 Press2continue.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 Press2continue.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Press2continue.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Press2continue.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Press2continue.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 Press2continue.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 Press2continue.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 Press2continue.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Press2continue.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 Press2continue.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 Press2continue.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 Press2continue.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 Press2continue.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.