How to Remove Pushnest.com Adware

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Pushnest.com is not a legitimate website. It is the face of an adware parasite. If it pops up on your screen, brace yourself. You are in for trouble. The nasty Pushnest.com adware lurks in the shadows of your OS and causes issues. This sneaky parasite corrupts all installed web browsers. Chrome, Edge, Opera, Firefox, there is no immune program. The adware modifies their settings and turns them into ad-displaying tools. This parasite follows instructions to bombard you with adverts. It injects various in-text and banner adverts on every webs page you load. You would notice that even pages that used to be ad-free are now covered in coupons and discounts. That’s right! It’s the adware. It forces these advertisements on you. The parasite gets paid when you click on the ads. So, it floods you with them. The more you see, the bigger the chance you click. The Pushnest.com adware knows no boundaries. This nasty invader even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. If you, however, refuse to click, it starts browser redirection. The adware opens new tabs and load sponsored websites in them. Do you feel safe knowing that any web page out there may pop-up on your screen! The adware gets paid to promote, not to guarantee your security. This parasite redirects web traffic to deceptive, and, sometimes, infected websites. Do not risk ending up on a corrupted page. Do what’s best for you and your system’s well-being. Remove the Pushnest.com adware for good!

How did I get infected with?

The Pushnest.com adware is not an ingenious virus. It doesn’t target individual victims. The parasite is a simple application. To get uninstalled, it needs your approval. No permission, no admission. The adware, however, knows how to ask. It does it in the sneakiest way possible. This parasite lurks in the shadows and waits for you to let your guard down. All it needs to succeed is one second of carelessness. It usually hides in software bundles, fake updates, and corrupted links. A spam email may also deliver it to your system. These distribution strategies deliver the parasite to your system. That’s all they do. They cannot install the adware. Only you can do that. If you don’t pay attention to the fine print, however, you are very likely to give the parasite the green light it needs. Make sure you know what you are giving your approval to. Don’t throw caution to the wind. No anti-virus app can protect you if you act recklessly. The key to a secure and infection-free device is vigilance. Download software from reliable websites only. When you start an installation process, do not rush. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” installation strategy. If available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Also, read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you notice anything suspicious, abort the installation process immediately! Don’t let parasites like the Pushnest.com PUP trick you ever again! Always take the time to do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Pushnest.com adware is not a mere annoyance. This parasite is a complete and utter menace. It corrupts your browsers and opens them to surveillance and targeted ads. Confused? Well, the parasite gets paid when you click on its ads. You, however, won’t click on just any advert. To ensure your cooperation, the adware customizes its ad selection. It displays adverts relevant to your browsing activities. It monitors your browsing-related data and uses the gathered information for ad-targeting. In other words: it spies on you and uses the collected information against you. Do not expect the adware to redirect you to legitimate websites. This parasite exists to make money for its owners, not to guarantee your security. Anyone willing to pay can use it and its resources to promote. Hundreds of crooks take advantage of the situation. They create irresistible ads based on the collected data. The crooks would then push these ads on you through the adware. They show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The nasty Pushnest.com parasite threatens to redirect you to scam, phishing and phony websites. Do not risk it! Remove this invader before it gets a chance to cause you harm!

How to Remove Pushnest.com virus

The Pushnest.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 Pushnest.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 Pushnest.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Pushnest.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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