How to Remove Sloix.com Pop-up Virus

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The Sloix.com page indicates your system is no longer infection-free. If it begins to take over your screen on a regular basis, beware! You have an adware-type program, lurking somewhere on your system. The nasty application displays an “Add Extension to Leave” pop-up every time you go online. And, that’s on top of the endless string of ads, and the redirects. If you choose to trust the suggestive pop-up, you’ll only worsen your predicament. Do NOT install this unwanted Google Chrome extension! It only leads to more trouble, if you do. Adware infections are hazardous, and quite harmful. Among the worst dangers they hide, right at the very top, you find privacy risk. The tool, lurking behind Sloix.com, is jeopardizing your security. The application threatens to steal and expose your private details. Make no mistake! If you don’t act against it ASAP, it WILL succeed! It spies on your browsing habits, and records your every move. When it gathers enough data, it sends it to the people behind it. That means, unknown individuals with questionable intentions. Strangers get a hold of your personal and financial details. And, once they get their hands on it, they can use your information as they see fit. Do NOT allow that! Don’t stand by as your private data gets stolen and exposed. Prevent the tool’s success by getting rid of it the first chance you get. Sloix.com is your sign. It should urge you into immediate action. When it pops up, find the adware’s hiding place. Then, delete it on discovery. It’s for the best.

How did I get infected with?

Adware applications turn to the old but gold means of invasion to access your PC. The one, using Sloix.com as a shield to lurk behind, is no different. It dupes you into agreeing to its installment. All, while keeping you clueless. Oh, yes. You agree to install the tool, and not even realize it. Yes, the adware is quite sneaky. It’s masterful in its deception. But, you take most of the blame for its invasion. Why? Well, you were careless enough to give it the green light. Understand that an adware tool cannot access your PC without your consent. So, if you see Sloix.com, you allowed an adware to install itself on your computer. You have no memory of it, because you weren’t cautious at a time, when you should have been. The infection often hides behind corrupted sites or links. Or, hitches a ride with freeware, and spam email attachments. It can also pose as a fake update. But you have to be vigilant enough to catch it in the act. And, not be careless enough to allow it to slither by you unnoticed. Always apply extra attention when installing tools, updates, anything, into your PC. Even a little extra due diligence saves you an avalanche of issues.

Why is this dangerous?

The application, using Sloix.com as a front, is ad-supported. That means, its entire existence rests on it producing revenue. If it fails to do so, it gets taken down by the people, who published it. As you may imagine, it does its best to avoid that scenario. The program has to generate web traffic, so it redirects you to suspicious sites non-stop. The Sloix.com page turns into your online shadow. It has to produce pay-per-click profits, as well. That explains why it floods your screen with advertisements. You get an entire waterfall, coming at you, every time you browse. Every online move you make, gets intercepted by ads and redirects. Browsing turns into an utter mess. But the mere intrusions are not the worst, you encounter. They’re the minor inconveniences, you face. So minute, they’re almost a non-issue. Almost. Other more trivial troubles include a slower PC. As well as, frequent system crashes. One of the major threats is the malware risk. Everything, the tool throws at you, hides dangers. Take all the ads, it bombards you with. Each one conceals malware. And, every time you press an ad, you invite the malware it hides, into your system. Clicks have consequences. Ones, you will NOT enjoy. The more malware, you invite, the worse your situation becomes. So, do yourself a favor, and click nothing. Trust nothing, the adware throws at you. All is unreliable. Or, what’s even better, get rid of the adware altogether. It presents you with so many grievances, it’s not worth keeping. All you have to gain from it, is headaches and unpleasantness. On the other hand, you have so much to lose. Protect your system, and your privacy. Get rid of the adware as soon as the opportunity presents itself. You won’t regret it. Allowing it to stay, however, is something, you WILL regret.

How to Remove Sloix.com virus

The Sloix.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 Sloix.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 Sloix.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Sloix.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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