Monday, February 17, 2014

Uninstall/Remove Free-dls.com Adware Virus from Your Computer



Free-dls.com is not a legit website, but a malicious adware program that keeps displaying advertisements on the infected browser. To stop numerous pop-up advertisements from interrupting your network life, please follow this post to deal with Free-dls.com virus immediately.

How does Free-dls.com Break Into Your Computer?

Free-dls.com is as pesky as an adware created by cyber criminals to hijack your web browser for malicious intentions. Usually, this kind of computer virus hides in some dubious free programs and dubious email attachments. Once you use these insecure resources, this vicious pest will seize a chance to enter your PC.

Why Should You Remove Free-dls.com Adware Virus?

As soon as Free-dls.com gets into your computer, it will cause a fierce attack to your browser. Your homepage is replaced with Free-dls.com, which you can’t set back any more. After adding its codes to your machine, it is able to shows up many pop-up ads recommending some applications seemed to be useful for your browser. If you click on the pop-ups, you will be redirected to some questionable websites that Free-dls.com tries to promote. Then, your coming will help sponsored websites collect net traffic and increase ranking. Because Free-dls.com is a malicious virus, it also installs a majority of unwanted toolbars and extensions to your computer without your authorization. Moreover, Free-dls.com enables hackers and additional viruses like Trojan horses to intrude in your computer for causing horrible damage. 

If you are already attacked by Free-dls.com, you are recommended to get rid of it as soon as you can. However, many popular antivirus programs are unable to remove this virus completely as this pest changes its files and registries all the time. Hence, please follow the manual removal guide below to deal with Free-dls.com effectively and immediately.

Detailed Guide to Remove Free-dls.com Adware Virus

 

Step 1: Go to Control Panel to remove Free-dls.com from your computer. 

Windows 7/Vista/XP

Click Start button, navigate to Control Panel, select Programs and Features, find Free-dls.com related programs, and click on Uninstall.



Windows 8

Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel. Select Uninstall a program and remove Free-dls.com related programs.



 

Step 2: Resetting DNS settings

1. Open your Control Panel from Start Menu, and then choose “View network status and task” in “Network and Internet”.


2. Select the option of Network and Sharing Center and click “Change adapter settings”.


3. Select the corresponded network adapter as you are using and right click to open a menu then select “Properties”.

4. Select “Internet Protocol Verrion4(TCP/IPV4), then click Properties button.


5. Choose “Use the following DNS server addresses”.  Set “ preferred DNS server” to 8.8.8.8.

Step 3: Reset your browser settings


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 Search Providers, delete Free-dls.com from IE.

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