How to Remove Pua/Teoma Adware

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Do you feel like drowning in a sea of online adverts? Every time you as much as touch your browser, numerous pop-ups cover your screen? Does it seem that these adverts have something in common? Are they signed by Pua/Teoma? If that’s the case, prepare for trouble. These issues are symptoms of an infection. The Pua/Teoma adware has managed to enter your OS unnoticed and is now wreaking havoc. Don’t panic! You are dealing with one relatively easy to tackle type of parasite. Provided you act promptly, you can clean your device with ease. If you choose to be negligent, however, bad things may happen. The Pua/Teoma adware should not be underestimated. It is a type of illegal advertising network. Following a successful infiltration, it takes control of your web browsers and turns them into ad-displaying tools. The adware injects dozens and dozens of unverified adverts on every web page you open. It may also redirect your web traffic to sponsored pages. The parasite generates revenue when you click on its adverts. So, it displays dozens of them. The parasite even dares to pause your online videos for commercial breaks. This intrusive parasite turns into your constant online companion. You cannot get a simple task done without being interrupted by an advert of some kind. That bad news is that these numerous adverts are all potential threats. An unverified advert may arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, it will redirect you to scam and potentially infected pages. Do not put up with the adware. Get back in control of your own browser. Remove the Pua/Teoma adware the first chance you get!

How did I get infected with?

You have a lot to do with this adware infection. In fact, it was you the one who installed the Pua/Teoma parasite. This is not a bad joke. You did it. You infected your computer. Not intentionally, of course. The adware knows how to lure its victims into unwanted actions. This trickster hides in software bundles, torrents, and fake updates. All it needs to infect your device is one second of carelessness. Do not make its job easier. Be vigilant and doubting instead. Especially when you are about to install a new app. Many software developers attach extra apps to the payload files of their programs. These third-party tools, more often than not, are malicious programs like the Pua/Teoma adware. If you don’t pay close attention to the fine print, you are very likely to install them. This scenario can be prevented from unfolding. All you should do it to take your time. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” installation strategy. If available, select the Advanced/Custom/Manual installation option. If additional apps are about to be installed, deselect them. If you truly needed such programs, you would have downloaded them by yourself. This is your computer, you decide what to be installed on it. Don’t let others make this decision for you. Install only the apps you want and trust!

Why is this dangerous?

The Pua/Teoma adware is a complete and total menace. It prevents you from using your computer normally. Every time you try to get some work done, the parasite interrupts you dozens and dozens of ads. And what’s worse, it seems that these intrusive adverts multiply by the day. Unfortunately, it’s true. The Pua/Teoma adware gets more and more aggressive as the time passes. It will eventually get out of control. But don’t focus on that. Something much darker is happening behind your back. The adware threatens to steal sensitive information about you. In order to target you with relevant ads, this parasite monitors your browsing-related data. It spies on you and uses the collected information to turn you into an easy target. The adware knows your every online step. Which websites you open, what search inquiries you make, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. Everything you do is recorded and cataloged. As for the collected information, it is sold to third parties. Anyone who uses the adware as an advertising platform can access and use the data. Numerous crooks use this utility and its resources to reach more potential victims. They prepare customized ads and force them on you. When you click, however, bad things happen. You may fall into various online traps. Do not risk it. Remove the Pua/Teoma adware now!

How to Remove Pua/Teoma virus

The Pua/Teoma 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 Pua/Teoma 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 Pua/Teoma in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Pua/Teoma startup location

STEP 3: Delete Pua/Teoma traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Pua/Teoma 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 Pua/Teoma 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 Pua/Teoma 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 Pua/Teoma traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Pua/Teoma 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 Pua/Teoma

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 Pua/Teoma, 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 Pua/Teoma 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 Pua/Teoma 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.