How to Remove Smart Application Controller Adware

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Smart Application Controller is yet another ad-generating parasite. It falls under the adware category and is an utter menace. Smart Application Controller follows programming to interfere with your every online activity. Whether you watch a video or browse your favorite website, it is always there to annoy you. This adware inserts various banners on every website you visit, opens pop-ups, plays video commercials. And it doesn’t stop here! It also turns random text into hyperlinks, as well as redirects your browser to sponsored web pages. No ad-blocking tool is powerful enough to shield you from the ads. You’ll notice banners even on web pages that used to be ad-free. Click nothing, of course! You are dealing with a parasite. Smart Application Controller has no security mechanisms. Its ads are often misleading. They often redirect web traffic to deceptive, phishing, and even corrupted websites. The annoying advertisements arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they lure people into sharing sensitive information, downloading malware, and subscribing to overpriced and unneeded services. Do not risk ending up into online traps! Remove Smart Application Controller the first chance you get. That’s your best course of action, so not waste time. Clean your operating system for good!

How did I get infected with?

Smart Application Controller travels the web hidden in bundles, fake updates, corrupted links, and spam messages. It lurks in the shadows and preys on naive users. Do not fall for its tricks! Smart Application Controller needs you (the user) to approve its installation. No permission, no admission! The adware can’t proceed without your “yes.” If you, however, don’t pay attention to the fine print, you are very likely to provide the parasite with the green light it needs. The adware lurks in the fine print and infects your computer when you throw caution to the wind. Don’t make its task easier. Be vigilant and doubting instead. Your diligence is the key to a secure and infection-free computer. So, make the right decision. Choose caution over carelessness! Don’t visit dodgy websites. Download software and updates from reputable websites only. And, of course, don’t skip installation steps. Opt for the advanced/custom setup wizard. Deselect the unwanted extras and go through the terms and conditions. Don’t hesitate to abort an installation process if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

Smart Application Controller is a menace. It follows you around the web and throws ads at you. You can’t so much as touch your browser without getting your screen covered in pop-ups. The numerous ads, of course, burden your browser and make it sluggish and prone to crashes. Don’t waste time complaining about the ads, though. They are just a symptom, not the problem. If you take a close look at them, you’ll realize that the adware is a severe threat. This parasite opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. It’s pop-ups, banners, and hyperlinks are not random but based on the websites you visit, the links you follow, the videos you watch. The parasite studies your browsing habits and uses your preferences against you. Do you think that ends well? Do you feel comfortable knowing that any crook out there can use the adware and its resources to target you? Do you believe that Smart Application Controller uses the collected data for ad targeting only? Don’t fool yourself! The sneaky menace sells everything on the black market! Its practices jeopardize both your security and privacy. Do not take unnecessary risks! Remove the intruder before it leaks sensitive details!

How to Remove Smart Application Controller virus

The Smart Application Controller 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 Smart Application Controller 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 Smart Application Controller in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Smart Application Controller startup location

STEP 3: Delete Smart Application Controller traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Smart Application Controller 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 Smart Application Controller 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 Smart Application Controller 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 Smart Application Controller traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Smart Application Controller 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 Smart Application Controller

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 Smart Application Controller, 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 Smart Application Controller 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 Smart Application Controller 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.