Remove Wisetoolsrepair.com Fake Alerts (Microsoft Support Scam)

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Unfortunately, the appearance of the Wisetoolsrepair.com website is a clear sign that your machine is infected. Yet, you are dealing with a simple adware infection. And, no, it cannot block or suspend your computer. The Wisetoolsrepair.com website is the face of an IT support scam. This page is designed to scare its visitors and to lure them into calling the crooks. The shady website displays a message stating that your PC is about to be blocked by Microsoft. To prevent it, you must call support center. This is ridiculous. Microsoft cannot control your computer remotely. Neither can the crooks. Yet, these people are clever. If you call them, they will lure you into installing questionable software, paying support taxes, etc. Do not waste your time. Your computer will be fine. You have a malicious ad-supported program on board. Not a virus, just an app. It can be removed completely. All you should do is to track it down and delete it on the spot. The Wisetoolsrepair.com adware is programmed to redirect its users to sponsored websites. It can open pop-up messages and windows. The furtive app can also inject adverts on all open websites. Unfortunately, it has modified the settings of your web browser. It is a good time to mention that if you have more than one browser installed, all of them are affected by the adware. This infection has spread all over them. It has full control over your browsers. So, question everything. The app redirects you to dodgy pages. The Wisetoolsrepair.com website is just one of many. Prepare to be introduced to numerous “useful” financial applications, PC boosters and games. Unfortunately, the adware can block its competitors’ content. And thus, it limits your sources of information. This app is turning you into an easy target. Do not put up with this situation. Take immediate actions. Delete the Wisetoolsrepair.com adware now!

How did I get infected with?

The Wisetoolsrepair.com adware is not an ingenious virus. This malicious application, as any other computer program, needs the user’s permission to be installed. What it doesn’t need is to ask you openly. The adware uses trickery. It travels hidden in freeware/shareware bundles, torrents, spam emails and fake software updates. Caution can prevent these techniques from succeeding. Whenever you are installing a program, opt for advanced/custom option in the setup wizard. Only under the Advanced installation wizard will you be presented with a list of all additional programs that are about to be installed. Examine that list carefully. These third party applications, more often than not are malicious. Read the terms and conditions before you give your consent. Keep in mind that you can deselect all extras and still install the program you originally planned to set up. This is your computer. You call the shots. Install only the programs you trust!

Why is this dangerous?

The Wisetoolsrepair.com adware is a menace the should be removed as soon as possible. This malicious application arrived uninvited and wreaked havoc on your computer. It is annoying and invading. Yet, it can also be destructive. The adware generates revenue via pay-per-click marketing system. It doesn’t distinguish between reliable and questionable advertisers. As long as they pay, anyone can use the adware to promote. Hackers included. They often use such applications to spread corrupted content. One click on the wrong advert is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded directly on your PC. There, unfortunately, is no way to tell which ads are corrupted and which are not. You can try to avoid the commercials, of course. Yet, you will fail. The Wisetoolsrepair.com adware is designed to trick its victims into clicking on adverts. At the most unexpected times, it will open pop-up windows and messages right under the cursor of your mouse. Eventually, it will lure you into clicking unintentionally. Unfortunately, there is more. The adware will also redirect you to sponsored pages. At the very worst, you will get redirected to infected websites. You may also land on pages partaking in scams. This time you were lucky. You realized that the Wisetoolsrepair.com website is suspicious on time. Yet, the scammers are creative. Next time, they may catch you in their web of lies. Keeping the adware on board is not worth the risk. Track this infection down and delete it on the spot!

How to Remove Wisetoolsrepair.com virus

The Wisetoolsrepair.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 Wisetoolsrepair.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 Wisetoolsrepair.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Wisetoolsrepair.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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