Hi there. I have a problem on my computer. Whenever I browse online, it comes up a message from Norton product saying that it detects Adware.DealPly on my computer. The warning keeps popping up and won’t go away. It also says me to contact support immediately. I don’t think this is a real warning, but I cannot find a way to get rid of it. Please help me to remove this annoying pop up!!!
Adware.DealPly is categorized as adware that can install on a compromised PC without any knowledge and load up random ads pop-ups or banners whenever you browse online. This adware can throw endless pop-up ads to you and create a lot of computer problems. It is commonly known to offer various coupon deals or saving offers through shopping sites on the internet. However, it doesn’t belong to computer virus so most antivirus programs cannot pick it up and remove it so far. Once it gets installed on your computer, it changes your browser settings and adds malicious add-ons without your approval, therefore it is not surprised that your default homepage and search engine get changed to web pages you are not familiar with and numerous ads about coupons, discount codes and deals keep being displayed on your browser. In addition, it can keep forcing users to visit irrelevant pages again and again and prevent them from going to the web page they really want.
Nowadays, browser hijacking malware is considered as a new online fraud and it may violate your privacy. It is known to attack computers that run with Windows operating system. That is to say, if you are using a computer with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or even Windows 8 (8.1), you will be the target of this nasty adware. The most noticeable symptom of Adware.DealPly is that it can slow down your Internet speed and create tons of ads to interrupt your browsing activities. In addition, it can monitor and record all activities while you are browsing the internet. You will find new toolbar and new internet favorite or bookmarks installed on your browser and they won’t allow you to uninstall. Stopping the activities from Adware.DealPly may involve uninstalling the Dealply program and its many related components manually.
Slow down your PC speed notably.
Add other dangerous Trojan or Spyware to your system secretly.
Allow the hacker to access your entire system.
Collect all your personal information and transfer to a remote hacker.
Destroy critical system files and make PC unstable.
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 Adware.DealPly, 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 Adware.DealPly 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
Adware like Adware.DealPly pop-up may enter your system as an add-on for your browser or bundled-up with some free software. Most of time, it can be downloaded from a website you visited, something you clicked on, or a pop-up that you did not request to view. Once downloaded, it will change your browser settings and give you numerous advertisements and pop-ups on your desktop. This threat is used to promote a website or product. It can disrupt your Internet browsing and perform malicious activities on your machine. It can redirect your Internet searches to random sites, disallow you from visiting certain Web sites, and change your Internet home page. Don’t click any pop-ups on your computer that come out of nowhere, or you will be immediately redirected to third parties websites that may be infected by cyber criminals and cause some sort of harm to your computer or privacy. Instead, you have to remove Adware.DealPly as quickly as you can.
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 on August 27, 2014 5:11 pm, last updated on September 22, 2014 10:20 am
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