13/11/2013

How to remove Virus & adware on your Computer

How to remove pop-up ads.


This tut will guide you on how to remove Virus & adware such as :FastClickNow.com pop-ups from your computer, and any other adware program that may have been installed on your system.

Please perform all the steps in the correct order. If you have any questions or doubt feel free ask for our assistance. :)
For me step 1-3 solve my problem, but in case Stubborn infection you should complete all steps.
 
Also check out how to clean Virus infection from your computer system



STEP 1 : 
The FastClickNow.com pop-up ads may be displayed by an adware program that you have recently installed on your computer. In our case FastClickNow.com pop-ups were installed with the SuperLyrics, Babylon Toolbar, Plus-HD 1.3, TidyNetwork.com and WebCake 3.0programs.

In this first step, we will try to identify and remove any malicious program that might be installed on your computer.

To uninstall the programs that are responsible for the FastClickNow.com from your computer, click the Start button, then select Control Panel, and click on Uninstall a program.
If you are using Windows 8, simply drag your mouse pointer to the right edge of the screen, select Search from the list and search for “control panel“. Or you can right-click on a bottom left hot corner (formerly known as the Start button) and select Control Panel from there, then select Uninstall a program.







When the Add/Remove Programs or the Uninstall a Program screen is displayed,  scroll through the list of currently installed programs and uninstall any of this listed programmes if you found such::

SuperLyrics, LyricXeeker,Plus-HD 1.3, Browse2Save, WebCake 3.00, DownloadTerms 1.0, LessTab,TidyNetwork.com, LyricsMonkey-1, Selection Links, SimpleLyrics and any other unwanted or recently installed programs from your computer.

Depending on the adware infection, the above programs may have a different name or not be installed on your computer.
If you cannot find the program that is responsible for the FastClickNow.com adware redirect or popup , you can proceed with the step2.

If you are having issues while trying to uninstall the FastClickNow.com malicious programs, you can use Iobit Uninstaller to completly remove the unwated programs from your machine. that is if you found any from Step 1

STEP 2 : 
Remove FastClickNow.com pop-up ads from Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome
Remove FastClickNow.com pop-up ads from Internet Explorer
Open Internet Explorer, click on the gear icon  (Tools for Windows XP users) at the top (far right), then click again on Internet Options.



In the Internet Options dialog box, click on the Advanced tab, then click on the Resetbutton.

In the Reset Internet Explorer settings section, check the Delete personal settings box, then click on Reset.



When Internet Explorer finishes resetting, click Close in the confirmation dialogue box and then click OK.
Close and open Internet Explorer.
Remove FastClickNow.com pop-up ads from Mozilla Firefox
At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu (on Windows XP, click the Help menu at the top of the Firefox window), and select Troubleshooting Information.


Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Informationpage.



To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.
Firefox will close and be reset. When it’s done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish

Remove FastClickNow.com pop-up ads from Google Chrome
Remove FastClickNow.com extensions from Google Chrome.

Click the Chrome menu  button on the browser toolbar, select Tools and then click on Extensions.

In the Extensions tab, remove (by clicking on the Recycle Bin) the LyricsSay-1,LyricXeeker, HD-Plus, GetLyrics, DownloadTerms 1.0, Browse2Save,TidyNetwork.com, WebCake and any other unknown extensions from Google Chrome.
Basically, if you have not installed an extension, you should remove it from your web browser.


STEP 3: 
The AdwCleaner utility will scan your computer and browsers for FastClickNow.com malicious files and registry keys, that may have been installed on your computer without your knowledge.
You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below link.
ADWCLEANER
Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, thendouble-click on the AdwCleaner icon.



If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run.
When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button as shown below.



AdwCleaner will now start to search for FastClickNow.com malicious files that may be installed on your computer.
To remove the FastClickNow.com malicious files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button.





AdwCleaner will now prompt you to save any open files or data as the program will need to reboot the computer. Please do so and then click on the OK button.


Thanks for stopping by.
Hope you get what you need!

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