How to Remove Rapidyl.net (HillTopAds.com)

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If you see pop-ups signed by Rapidyl.net, we have bad news for you. Your computer is no longer infection-free. You have an adware infection on board. The Rapidyl.net (HillTopAds.com) aware is not a real virus. It is a malicious app that is installed on your computer. It has modified your browser’s settings. The adware has turned your own browser against you. Everything you do online is now monitored by the malicious program. Every website you visit, every search inquiry you make. Everything is recorded. The collected data is used for ad targeting. However, it is also sold to third parties. There is nothing private any longer. The adware records every bit of data you enter via your browser. If you use your PC to pay the bills or to make an online purchase, your billing address and credit card details will also be recorded. The longer this parasite remains on board, the more information it collects. The good news is, you are stuck with one relatively easy to remove type of a parasite. Provided you act promptly, you can delete the Rapidyl.net adware completely. Do not waste your time. Use a trustworthy anti-virus program for automated removal. You can also do it manually. All you need to do is to follow our guide.

How did I get infected with?

The Rapidyl.net adware uses stealthy techniques to trick its victims into installing it. You may not remember doing so, yet, it was you the one who installed the adware. As any other PC application, the Rapidyl.net utility needs your approval to operate. What it doesn’t need is to ask you openly. This parasite arrived hidden in a bundle. Developers have attached it to some freeware you downloaded off the web. Answer one question. If given a choice, which installation method do you prefer: the standard wizard or the advanced option? If you prefer the standard one, you must change your habits. This wizard is completely automatic. Once you initiate it, you lose control over it. Select the advanced installation instead. This process is not complicated. It is a simple step-by-step setup wizard. Under it, you will be presented with a list of all extra programs that are about to be installed. You can deselect them and still install the application you originally planned to set up. Be vigilant and doubting! Always read the terms and conditions/EULA. This step is annoying and time-consuming. Yet, this is the only way you can spot breaches. Of you detect that anything suspicious, abort the installation.

Why is this dangerous?

The Rapidyl.net adware is dangerous. It jeopardizes your privacy. Everything you enter via your web browser will be analyzed and used against you. If the adware record sensitive information, hackers may use it to blackmail you. The furtive utility causes numerous issues. Its main purpose is to display advertisements. Given enough time, it will drown you in a sea of coupons, discounts, and great deals. You will hate the experience. Every website you visit will be covered with ad banners. Pop-up and pop-unders will blink in all imaginable colors. You won’t be able to finish watching a video without an ad interrupting you. Constant redirection will take you to shady websites. You won’t be able to get any work done. And there is more. The ads you are exposed to are in no way safe. The Rapidyl.net adware doesn’t check who the advertiser is. Hackers use such applications to spread malicious content. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded on your computer. There, unfortunately, is no way to tell which ads are corrupted and which are not. You can try to avoid the commercials, yet, you will fail. The adware is designed to trick its victims. At the most unexpected times, it will open pop-up windows under the cursor of your mouse. Stop wasting your time. The sooner you remove this intruder, the better!

How to Remove Rapidyl.net virus

The Rapidyl.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 Rapidyl.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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Rapidyl.net in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Rapidyl.net startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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