Saturday, April 12, 2014

How to Remove gos.drivedo.net-Get Rid of Pop-up Ads

What is gos.drivedo.net?
gos.drivedo.net is one of the pesky adware which aims to increase internet traffic and promote some potential unwanted programs and service. After the appearing of gos.drivedo.net adware, computer users may definitely suffer a lot of computer issues such as the poor running speed, windows freeze, cursor not acknowledge, etc.

Here is the complaint about gos.drivedo.net adware:
grrr I think I have a nasty one now .... when I open ie 11 then after 3 second the page go down for 3cm . above comes a add, and when I right click and go to properties the it shows this. Code: http://gos.drivedo.net/sd/apps/adinfo-1.0/index.html?Q9JnJpPQ== can someone help please ?

in the ads of gos.drivedo.net, it claims that In order to enrich and optimize your user experience when using , you can freely customize the way ads are presented. And they are able to provide this service free of charge thanks to out unique online advertisement methods.

If you do believe gos.drivedo.net, and follow its guide to install the software into your PC, you will definitely bring some browser hijacker, adware and even the Trojan horse to your PC. Instead of reading the ads from gos.drivedo.net, what you should do is to remove this pesky adware from your PC as soon as possible.

The screenshot of gos.drivedo.net:


Gos.drivedo.net manual removal guide:
1.End all the running processes of this computer virus Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
 
 Stop all the malicious running processes.
 
 2. Remove malicious add-on and extensions from your web browsers.
Internet Explorer:
 (1). Click Start, type: Manage browser add-ons
 
 (2). Hit Enter on your keyboard
 (3). Click Manage add-on and disable all the suspicious add-on.
 

Firefox:
 (1). Click the Firefox menu and click Add-on
 
 (2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-on and click Disable.

 Google Chrome:
 (1). Click the Customize and Control menu button →Tools→ click Extensions

 3. Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by this computer virus.
Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu→type msconfig in the search bar → open System Configuration →Disable all possible startup items generated.


 4. Clean cookies
 Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options →the General tab, Delete the Cookies button can be directly seen in IE6, IE7 is to click the Delete Browsing History button then tick Cookies and click Delete.

 Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → Remove Individual Cookies → Delete corresponding cookies in the cookies showing box.

Opera: Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Cookies →Delete corresponding cookies in Management Cookies.

 5. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files about this computer virus (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

6. Delete malicious registry entries related to this virus.

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\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run\random.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run \Regedit32
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
If the manual guide is kinda difficult for you, please feel free to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter to drive the self-invited guest away.

Method two: Automatically remove gos.drivedo.net with Spyhunter antivirus software:

 

Step 1: click the icon below to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter

 
http://www.pcresolvers.com/spyhunter.php

 

Step 2: follow the instructions to install SpyHunter

 



 

Step 3: run SpyHunter to automatically detect and uninstall OffersWizard

 


Summary: Due to the changeable characters of gos.drivedo.net, you cannot be too careful to distinguish the harmful files and registries from the system files and registries. If you have spend too much time in manual removing gos.drivedo.net and still not make any progress, you can download and install Spyhunter antivirus software here to remove gos.drivedo.net automatically for you.

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