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An adware application has taken residence on your computer. It slithered in undetected via trickery and finesse. And, it uses the Sharing-is-caring.info page to announce itself. The infection gives you a clue that you’re in trouble. Don’t ignore it. Heed it, and take immediate action. Acknowledge the adware’s presence on your computer. Do your best to discover its exact hiding place. Then, as soon as you do, delete it. Don’t waste time in debates. Locate and remove the threat at once. Your future self will thank you for it. The cyber threat’s prompt removal ensures your system’s well-being. As well as, your safety. Oh, yes! The infection threatens your security. The adware has instructions to spy on your online activities. And, it follows through! The tool keeps track of your browsing habits, and records everything. Logins, passwords, social media accounts, sites you frequent, links you click. Then, when it deems it has collected enough information, proceeds to send it. It hands it over to the cyber criminals that published it. Unknown individuals with malicious intentions. Strangers with agendas, you can’t trust with your private information! Don’t let them have it! Protect yourself. Get rid of the cyber menace ASAP.

How did I get infected with?

The tool, behind Sharing-is-caring.info, duped you. It fooled you into installing it, all while keeping you clueless. Confused? Well, it’s pretty simple. Let’s explain. These types of tools need permission on their admission. They have to inquire you, the user, if you agree to install it. If you don’t, no entry. So, the tool does its best to get you to give it the green light. To avoid rejection, the adware resorts to the old but gold invasive methods. It hides behind corrupted sites, torrents, spam emails, freeware. It has an array of methods, it can use to trick you. Ir’s up to you to look past its trickery, and not allow yourself to get duped. Remember that these infections prey on user carelessness. Don’t provide it! Always make sure to do your due diligence. Read terms and conditions, and don’t agree to everything in blind faith. Don’t rush, but take your time and be thorough. Even a little extra attention can save you a ton of troubles. Don’t give into naivety, haste, and distraction. Carelessness leads to an infection-filled PC. Caution helps you keep it free of threats. Make the right choice.

Why is this dangerous?

The adware makes a complete mess of your system. It interferes with your system settings, and forces a variety of reshuffles on you. It floods your screen with advertisements. Banner, pop-up, and in-text ads. Each one of them, ‘Brought to you by Sharing-is-caring.info.’ It redirects you to a plethora of suspicious-looking sites. Above all others, you get stuck with Sharing-is-caring.info. Every time, you open a new tab, you see the page pop up to greet you. It’s among the suggested results, when you search the web. The adware seizes every opportunity to force the page on you. That doesn’t go without consequence. All that interference takes its toll on your system. It begins to crash all the time. Your computer slows down to a crawl. And, having adware isn’t only a great inconvenience and annoyance. As stated, apart from messing with your system, it also jeopardizes your security. Protect your personal and financial information. Ensure your system’s well-being. Find and remove the nasty adware threat at once. It’s the best course of action, you can take. Take it.

How to Remove Sharing-is-caring.info virus

The Sharing-is-caring.info 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 Sharing-is-caring.info 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 Sharing-is-caring.info in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Sharing-is-caring.info startup location

STEP 3: Delete Sharing-is-caring.info traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Sharing-is-caring.info 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 Sharing-is-caring.info 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 Sharing-is-caring.info 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 Sharing-is-caring.info traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Sharing-is-caring.info 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 Sharing-is-caring.info

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 Sharing-is-caring.info, 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 Sharing-is-caring.info 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 Sharing-is-caring.info 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.