Hello, I use AVG Internet Security and I have problem in deleting a virus called JS/Adinject which pops up every 5 minutes. I tried to remove it but the virus reappeared every time I restarted the computer. I also ran Malwarebytes multiple times and other cleaners, but they didn’t detect any malicious files. I am not good at computers and don’t know what to do now. Any assistance would be appreciated! Thank you.
JS/Adinject is a JavaScript Trojan that designed to compromise your computer’s safety and security. It can infect a system via many ways and mostly it comes by clicking malicious code or unsafe advertising pop-ups, visiting pornographic website or downloading attachment from spam emails. If your computer is infected by this virus, you will not only be bombarded by a variety of disastrous consequences, your online commercial information can also be violated by further Internet hazards. This Trojan can be detected by AVG antivirus. However, many victims still have trouble in successfully removing this Trojan since it always comes back after reboot. The virus can affect everybody who uses computers running in Windows operating system and it will create many malevolent files which occupy your system resource and slow down your computer. Therefore, manual removal is considered to be the best choice to get JS/Adinject virus off the system.
The role of JS/Adinject virus is to help install other potentially unwanted programs and hijack user’s web browser. Whenever you are online, pop-up ads window about coupon, deals or other misleading information will be shown on your browser everywhere that keep interrupting your browsing activities and you will notice the default homepage or search engine is alerted without any authorization. Some of the users will even find their browsers are redirected to various harmful websites against their wills. In addition, it invites remote cyber hacker to violate user’s privacy and manipulate system functioning from a third-party web server, promotes affiliated programs which are hosted by cyber fraudsters, modifies system settings and consumes enormous consumption of CPU resources mischievously without user’s awareness. JS/Adinject Virus has bad purposes. It uses system vulnerabilities of the computer for dropping its components and corrupting other files. It can violate your privacy and destroy your system by bring unexpected blue screen of death or browser redirection problems. Hence, in order to secure the stability and normal operation of an infected PC, it is suggested users remove this disgusting Trojan manually from the infected machine as soon as possible.
1. This virus slows down your computer speed which make you in a trouble while opening program and surfing Internet. It takes forever to open a program or website.
2. Antivirus you have installed keeps popping up messages while you are surfing on the internet and showing you computer is at risk but you can’t get rid of it all.
3. This virus will shut down your other anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. And it will also infect and corrupt your registry, leaving your computer totally unsafe.
4. This virus will disable the proper running of many different programs or even disable some functions of your computer.
5. System restore can’t help to remove this Trojan completely.
From malicious drive-by-download scripts from corrupted porn and shareware / freeware websites.
Through spam email attachments, media downloads and social networks.
When clicking suspicious pop-ups or malicious links.
Open unknown email or download media files that contain the activation code of the virus.
Note: No matter how the virus accesses your PC, users should know that there are no tools can remove this pesky Trojan automatically at this moment, it is suggested users not spend much time in downloading or paying any security software which claims can delete this stubborn virus. It is totally useless. To completely get rid of JS/Adinject Virus, professional manual guide is needed.
Currently many computer users had the same experience that this virus couldn’t be removed by any anti-virus applications. So the manual approach is always required to combat this virus. And here is the step-by-step removal guide for all computer users.
1. End the malicious process from Task Manager.
Once JS/Adinject virus is installed, computer user may notice that CPU usage randomly jumps to 100 percent. At any time Windows always has many running processes. A process is an individual task that the computer runs. In general, the more processes, the more work the computer has to do and the slower it will run. If your system’s CPU spike is constant and remain at a constant 90-95%, users should check from Task Manager and see if there is a suspicious process occupying system resources and then end it immediately.
(The name of the virus process can be random.)
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to quickly bring up Task Manager Window：
2. Show hidden files and folders.
Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.
3. Open Registry entries. Find out the malicious files and entries and then delete all.
Attention: Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
a. Press Windows key + R to open Run box. In the “Open” field, type “regedit” and click the “OK” button.
Then a Registry Editor window will pop up as the following picture shows:
b. Search malicious files and registry entries and then remove all of them:
%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
JS/Adinject is a high-risk Trojan that designed by cyber criminals in order to steal account information, passwords, online banking data and credit card information from the target users. File-sharing networks, malicious links, and spam email messages are the common channels to make this virus access the target computer without any approval. Once access, the virus may download and install unprotected browser plug-in or add-on onto the browser, which will eat up browser resources and make Internet go slow. Users may experience annoying browser redirection issues as well as other crazy pop-up on during their online activities. A Trojan is able to steal bank account details, credit card numbers, login names, passwords, valuable personal documents, identity data and other sensitive information from the target users. It probably logs each keystroke a user types on a computer’s keyboard and takes screenshots of user’s activity so it is necessary to remove JS/Adinject virus from the PC.
Note: If you are not knowledgeable enough to be able to distinguish the location of this virus, or you are afraid of making mistake during the manual removal, please contact experts from Yoocare Online Tech Support for further help.
Published by & last updated on August 5, 2015 2:55 am
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