Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Easy Way to Remove Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu Pop-up Virus



It is very pesky that numerous pop-ups come to your browser when you work on it. Being confronted with these troubles, your browsing activities can not be performed smoothly. Today, this post is going to introduce Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu and teach you to remove this computer virus.

What is Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu?

Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu is an adware program designed by cyber hackers for promoting sponsored ads and getting revenue. For attaining their goals, the hackers try to hijack your browser at first. Normally, this evil program is injected by its maker into some free applications like music players, video players and PDF creators. If you are not careful during the course of the installation, your computer will be invaded by Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu without your awareness.

Is Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu Dangerous?

Once inside, this unwanted program alters the settings of different browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. After adding its malicious codes to your system, this pest is able to display a lot of pop-up ads on your browser. No matter which webpage you open, your activities end up with pop-ups with no luck. In addition, this dangerous Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu installs a number of suspicious extensions and toolbars which might distribute other viruses and cause many troubles to your computer. When a great amount of computer resources are occupied by the files and registry entries of Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu, your computer will run as slow as a snail. Moreover, what drives you mad is that your machine often gets stuck or even stops working suddenly. Even if you restart your computer, you have to wait for a long time to log in.

All in all, the longer this adware program remains in your machine, the more troubles you have. It is widely know that such nasty adware program is capable of observing your actions on the infected PC with the purpose of collecting profitable information. How terrible this virus is. For the sake of avoiding identity theft and financial loss, you’d better remove Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu thoroughly.


How to Get Rid of Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu?

Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu can not be viewed by antivirus programs as a virus so that it is not picked out. If you want to protect your computer well, you have to remove it manually by yourself. I hope that this particular method mentioned below can do you a favor.


Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete at the same time to open Task Manger. Select processes related to Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu and click End Process button.

 

Step 2: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.



Step 3: Delete all files related to Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu.

%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\

Step 4: Click Start button and search for “regedit” to open Registry Editor. Find out and remove registries of Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\<random>Software

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\supWPM

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wpm 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

Step 6: Open Start Menu and go to Control Panel. And click Programs, remove Alert.mycontestwinnerzs.eu and suspicious programs.



Step 7: Remove additional unwanted programs from your browser.

For Google Chrome

1. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and navigate to Tools > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions by clicking Bin button.

2. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and click Settings > Appearances > Show Home button > click Change button to reset your homepage.


For Mozilla Firefox
 
1. Click Ctrl+Shift+A at the same time to open Add-ons page > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

2. Click the Firefox button > Help > Troubleshooting Information > click on Reset Firefox button.



For Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Toolbars and Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.

2. Click Tools > Internet Options > General. And create a new homepage on Home page box.


Step 8: Reboot your computer.