Completely Remove Afe4d8a06ce1bd1e2218-a817951a1ab993e21745e1e3eae56147.r15.cf2.rackcdn.comindex.html Pop-up Ads

Some sites bring you to a page that cannot be closed on your browsers? It completely takes over your browsers? It is called hxxp://afe4d8a06ce1bd1e2218-a817951a1ab993e21745e1e3eae56147.r15.cf2.rackcdn.com/index.html? If you are the one who infects with this pop-up ad, you can follow the guide below to prevent page from taking over your web browsers and remove all the malware threats in your computer.

Brief Introduction of Afe4d8a06ce1bd1e2218-a817951a1ab993e21745e1e3eae56147.r15.cf2.rackcdn.comindex.html

Afe4d8a06ce1bd1e2218-a817951a1ab993e21745e1e3eae56147.r15.cf2.rackcdn.comindex.html is a misleading advertising window that often comes to users’ computers via different channels. For example –

Bundled with other software
Hacked or compromised webpages
Other malware from spam emails

Therefore, you should be aware of the dangers in downloading software from unreliable resources or opening suspected emails that might contain malware. Once infected, almost all the web browsers installed on your computer will be compromised. This pop-up always tries to modify your browser settings. So you may notice that your browser homepage replaced by the popup itself. Since it keeps popping up and redirecting your page, you will find it hard to go on your browsing smoothly. What’s worse, this popup may be used to trace your online activity and even collect your important browsing data including usernames, passwords, and bank account details. It is dangerous to have this pop-up ad in your computer. You should remove it and the associated threats as soon as possible.

Methods to Remove Afe4d8a06ce1bd1e2218-a817951a1ab993e21745e1e3eae56147.r15.cf2.rackcdn.comindex.html

This annoying popup can mess up your internet browsing and even compromise your computer security. Here are two methods available for this kind of issue. Please follow them to prevent page from taking over your web browsers and remove all the malware threats in your computer.

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Step 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Afe4d8a06ce1bd1e2218-a817951a1ab993e21745e1e3eae56147.r15.cf2.rackcdn.comindex.html or browser processes in the Windows Task Manager.



Step 2. Uninstall PUP from Control Panel

For Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Press the “Start” button.
2. Select “Control Panel” from the menu.
3. Choose “Programs & Features”.
4. Find “PUPl” in the list of installed programs.
5. Select it and press “Uninstall” or right-click the program and select Uninstall.

For Windows XP and other Windows operating systems

1. Press the “Start” button.
2. Select “Control Panel” from the menu.
3. In the Control Panel, select “Add/Remove Programs”.
4. Find “PUP” in the list of installed programs.
5. Select it and press “Uninstall”.

 (Optional Step) Reset Internet Explorer by the following guide (take IE as an example):

Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

Step 3. Remove unwanted add-ons from web browser.

Internet Explorer

Go to Tools >> Manage add-ons >> Toolbars and Extensions >> Remove items related to this annoying popup.
Move to Search Providers >> select  items related to this annoying popup 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 items related to this annoying popup

 

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

Step 4. 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 5. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.



(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).



(3). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

Step 6. Delete related malicious registry entries.

Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into 'regedit' and pressing Enter. )



Delete all the vicious registries as below:

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>"

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Final Tip：

Afe4d8a06ce1bd1e2218-a817951a1ab993e21745e1e3eae56147.r15.cf2.rackcdn.comindex.html 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.