How to Eliminate Adware.Trace from Computer?

Hi, i was on google chrome on 11-8-2015 and i noticed that my internet was EXTREMLY SLOW so i ran a scan on malwarebytes anti-malware and it told me i have Adware.Trace but it says the location is C:\END so i was talking to my friend and he said it slows internet but we dont know how to remove it. Can anyone help me i am afraid to remove this with a program. Thanks.

What is Adware.Trace?

Adware.Trace is an adware infection that usually comes bundled with infected software or arrives as an attachment to a spam email. It sneaks into users’ computers without their knowledge. Once inside, it will cause a series problems, leaving your computer acting strangely and slowly.

Commonly, Adware.Trace can take control of you web browser by redirecting it unwanted or even malicious websites. It also injects your browsers with a bunch of pop-ups, banners, and highlighted words, interrupting your internet browsing. Apart from that, Adware.Trace has ability to change your browser home page and search engine. Here are other problems brought by Adware.Trace.

It may download unwanted browser extensions or other programs to your computer automatically;
It may trace your browsing activity with cookies and steal your sensitive personal data;
It may eat up your system resources and run processes with large amount of memory in the background to slow your computer;
It may exploit your system vulnerability to make your computer easily infected by other malware;
it may open backdoor and allow remote hackers to access and control your computer...

How to Eliminate Adware.Trace?

Here are some methods that may help you with this adware infection. Please keep reading.

Method 1: Remove Adware.Trace Step by Step
Method 2: Get Rid of  Adware.Trace with SpyHunter
Optional : Optimize Your PC with RegCure Pro

Method 1: Remove Adware.Trace Step by Step

Step 1: Reboot your PC into Safe Mode with Networking

Restart your computer and keep pressing F8. Select Safe Mode with Networking by using the up and down arrow key in your keyboard.



Step 2: Delete suspicious or malicious process related to Adware.Trace.



Step 3: Remove suspected programs from Control Panel.

Press Win & R on your keyboard to open Run. Type in "control" to open control panel and then select Uninstall a program/Program and Features. Search PUP/Malware from the list and remove it.

 

Step 4. Remove unwanted add-ons from web browsers.

Internet Explorer

Go to Tools >> Manage add-ons >> Toolbars and Extensions >> Remove unwanted suspected items
Move to Search Providers >> select unwanted suspected items and remove it.

Google Chrome

Go to Customize and control Google Chrome (top right menu) >> Tools/Settings >> Extension >> Remove suspicious extensions

 

Reset your settings on On startup >> Set pages, Appearance >> Change, and Search >> Manage search engines...

 

 Mozilla Firefox

Open menu >> Add-on >> remove unwanted suspected items

 

From Menu >> Option >> General. You can rewrite your home page URL or Restore to Default

Step 5. Restore home page and clear all the cookies of your affected web browsers.

Since the tricky virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users to delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Google Chrome:

• Click on the "Tools" menu and select "Options"
• Click the "Under the Bonnet" tab, locate the "Privacy" section and Click the "Clear browsing data" button.
• Select "Delete cookies and other site data" and clean up all cookies from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

• Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy
• Click "Remove individual cookies"
• In the Cookies panel, click on "Show Cookies"
• To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the "Remove Cookie button"
• To remove all cookies click on the "Remove All Cookies button"

Internet Explorer:

• Open Internet explorer window
• Click the "Tools" button
• Point to "safety" and then click "delete browsing history"
• Tick the "cookies" box and then click “delete”
  

Step 6: Show hidden folder.

Go to control panel >> Appearance and Personalization >> Folder Options



Tick "show hidden files, folders and drives" like the picture below.




Delete from local disk.

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

Step 7: Delete infected or additional registry entries.

Press Win & R  to open Run, type in "regedit" and hit enter. Click Edit >> Find... to search unwanted keys

Method 2: Get Rid of  Adware.Trace with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is powerful anti-spyware/malware application. It is created to help inexperience computer users to get rid of nasty and stubborn malware including adware, browser hijacker, trojan, worm and may other viruses. There are many features in SpyHunter. You will never regret to remove malware and protect your PC with this application.

You can click the icon below to get SpyHunter.

 

 

 

This real-time malware protection and removal tool offers free malware scanner. You can buy the removal service to get rid of all the PC threats detected by it. It has powerful features that other free antivirus cannot offer. 

 

Method 3: Fix Malware and Files & Optimize Your PC with RegCure Pro

RegCure Pro's malware scanner finds active malware and kicks it off your machine. If you also find some registry errors, such as dll file errors in your computer, Regcure Pro will be a good choice to quickly and powerfully clean your windows registry and protect your system files.

(Reference) Watch Video to Fix Adware.Trace Problem 

Final Tip：

Adware.Trace Virus can cause a lot of troubles. Usually, the manual tips above may help your get rid of it. But if you fail, you can download powerful remover to get rid of it.