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“Ads by DNS Unlocker” is a virus of the well-known Adware class. This type of malware

has been well documented to induce numerous pop-up windows to appear on your screen,

most of them being advertisements, thus the “Ad” part in the name. What is common for

these ads is they are fake and just a clever ruse for the user to be tricked into clicking on

the pop-ups. Once this happens you will be redirected to shady websites and prompted to

install different types of software under the pretense of missing “codecs”, different

program updates, anti-virus programs or tools to deal with a “detected” threat. It’s safe to

say you should never and under any circumstances interact with such pop-ups, unless you

are inclined to deal with the additional virus creations that are going to infest your

computer.

In addition to the more dangerous ways in which “Ads by DNS Unlocker” can affect you,

most of which will be mentioned below in our removal guide, you can also expect to

experience:

General and considerable slowing down of your PC.

Critical system errors.

Bigger load times

You are probably aware by now that you need to remove “Ads by DNS Unlocker”. You can

now continue with our removal guide.

Navigation:

Remove Ads by DNS Unlocker


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1: Enter Safe Mode.

2: Remove Ads by DNS Unlocker from Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and

Safari.

3: Remove the virus from browser shortcuts.

4: Uninstall the virus from your Add\Remove Programs.

5: Permanently remove Ads by DNS Unlocker from Task Manager’s processes.

6: (UPDATED!) Delete the virus from Regedit and Msconfig.

7: UPDATE 2!

8: Optimize your PC after the removal is done.

Remove “DNS Unlocker” (Removal

Guide)

Now it’s almost time to begin removing the virus from your system. Before that though,

let’s take a moment to summarize our game plan. It’s important to know what version of

“Ads by DNS Unlocker” you are fighting against. Yes, there are different versions

circulating the web. The reason for this is virus creator’s look out for removal guides and

tutorials and as they try to prolong the lifespan of their creations they make small tweaks

here and there, so that no universal method can be used for all different versions. Our

guide should be applicable to all with small changes needed here and there. Of course you

can instead use a professional “Ads by DNS Unlocker” remover if you want to be

completely sure.

Be careful to completely read through each step of our removal guide and think about

what you are going to do next. If you happen to not recognize the described process just

skip it and move on to the next one. If you have troubles or questions please contact us in

the comments section, we will do our best to answer as soon as we can.

STEP 1:

Our first step here is a reboot in Safe Mode. If you already know how to do it, just skip

this and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, continue reading:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7 Users:

Restart your computer. To be sure you don’t miss the time when you need to press it,

just spam F8 as soon as the PC starts booting. In the new menu, choose Safe Mode

With Networking.


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Proceed to Step 2.

For W. 8 and 8.1 Users:

Click the Start button ,then Control Panel —> System and Security

—> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.

Then check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart in the new pop-up.

Proceed to Step 2.

For Windows 10 Users:

Open the Start menu.

Click the power button icon in the right corner of the new Start menu to show the power

options menu.

Press and hold down the SHIFT key on the keyboard and click the Restart option while

still holding down the SHIFT key.

Windows 10 will perform the reboot. Next do the following:

Click the Troubleshoot icon, then Advanced options —> Startup Settings. Click

Restart.

After the reboot click on Enter Safe Mode With Networking (Fifth Option).

Continue with Step 2.


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STEP 2:

WARNING!

To remove DNS Unlocker, you may have to meddle with system files

and registries. Making a mistake and deleting the wrong thing can

cause your PC to be permanently damaged.

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“Ads by DNS Unlocker” is fully capable to infect all of your browsers and has probably

already done so. You need to apply the whole process step by step for each internet

browser. Before you proceed please take a moment to read through this paragraph as it

contains important information. This type of virus in notorious for the ways in which it will

try to deceive the user into letting more malware into his or hers computer. Try your best

to remember and track down anything that was installed from a link or a pop-up

associated with “Ads by DNS Unlocker”. You will have to remove any such content

completely from your device.

For Internet Explorer Users:

Open IE, then click —–> Manage Add-ons.

Find Ads by DNS Unlocker . Remove it by pressing Disable.

If your Home Page is different from the usual, click —–> Internet Options>edit

the URL box with your preferred search engine, and click Apply.

Go to STEP 3.

For Mozilla Firefox Users:

Open Firefox, click on (top right) ——-> Add-ons. Hit Extensions next.


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Ads by DNS Unlocker should be somewhere around here – Remove it.

Go to STEP 3.

For Google Chrome Users:

Start Chrome, click —–>More Tools —–> Extensions. There, find the virus and

select (Remove).

Click again, and proceed to Settings —> Search, the fourth tab, select Manage

Search Engines. Remove anything but the search engines you normally use.

Go to STEP 3.

For Safari Users:

Open Safari, and click Safari —–>Preferences —–> Extensions—–>Uninstall the

malware.

Go to STEP 3.

STEP 3:

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties.

NOTE: We are showing Google Chrome, but the method is the same for all

browsers.


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Once you’ve reached Properties —–> Shortcut (on the band at the top), then in

the Target type field, REMOVE EVERYTHING AFTER .exe.

(http://www.howtoremove.guide/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/browser-

hijacker-removal-instructions.png)

Continue with STEP 4.

STEP 4:

Hold the Windows Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the new

field, then click OK.

You are now in the Control Panel. Search around for Ads by DNS Unlocker and

anything else suspicious-looking. Uninstall it/them. Also, be extremely careful. Viruses

often spend one last ditch effort to trick you into installing more of their kind. If you see a


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screen like this when you click Uninstall, choose NO:

Hold the Windows Key and R again – but this time copy + paste the

following and click OK:

notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts

A .txt file will open – don’t touch anything there. If you are hacked and someone has

access to your PC, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. This

is what a hosts file looks like:

If there are a bunch of strange IPs connecting to you below “Localhost” you may be

hacked, and it’s best to ask us in the comments for directions.

Go to STEP 5.

STEP 5:

Open the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task

Manager.

Once it opens, choose the Processes Tab. Look at all of the processes in front of you and

try to determine which ones are a virus. Google them or ask us in the comments and we

will provide the best assistance we can.

A BIG WARNING HERE! READ THIS BEFORE


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PROCEEDING!

Dear user this is probably the most critical stage in the whole removal process.

Please take under advice that anything you do in the next few steps is crucial to

successfully removing this virus from your computer. Unfortunately if you mess something

up you might severely and irreversibly damage your system. Continue only if you

are completely sure you want to take such risks. If not please consider downloading a

professional “Ads by DNS Unlocker” remover.

In either case you can’t risk leaving this threat to remain on your hard drive. The virus is

known to collect personal information including user names and passwords. You might be

in big trouble if you use any type of online payment methods and let’s face it nowadays

most people do. Your personal information will be stored in a file and send to the creators

of “Ads by DNS Unlocker” at a later stage, problem is nobody knows how much time you

have before this happens. One thing is clear- you need to act quickly and remove it as

soon as possible.

Right click on each of the virus processes separately and select Open File

Location. Also, End the process after you open the folder. Just to make sure we don’t

delete any programs you mistakenly took for a virus, copy the folders somewhere,

then delete the directories you were sent to.

STEP 6 (UPDATED!):

Take a look at the following things:

Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter: you will be transported to a new

window.


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Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck anything that has “unknown” as Manufacturer.

(UPDATE) Then go in the Services tab and do the same here.

Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.

Once inside, press CTRL and F together and type the virus’s Name. Right

click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. Alternatively, if you can’t find

any this way, look in these directories, and delete the registries manually:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random numbers

HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows

—CurrentVersion—Run– Random

HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—-

Random

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\Extensions

UPDATE 2:

In my case there were viruses in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\

I found a bunch of CinemaPluses and CrossBrowse(r) in there.


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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\Uninstall

In here I found something called Iminent Toolbar and Linkey. These are both viruses.

There may be others. My recommendation for practically anything in this step is to

carefully review all the strings I originally mentioned one by one, and these two new ones.

Anything at all that seems it may be related to DNS Unlocker – google it. See where that

leads you. At least for now it has worked for me.

STEP 7 (UPDATED!):

We received some new information for the DNS Unlocker removal procedures – a big

thank you to Ricardo Lira for this. We (foolishly) did not take into account something


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that should have been obvious: DNS Unlocker tampers with your DNS settings. To remove

it completely you have to restore these settings. We will show you how to do this here

(again, taken from Ricardo Lira‘s comment, and edited):

Type Control Panel in the Windows Search field, hit enter. From then on navigate

to Network and Internet —> Network and Sharing Center —-> Change Adapter

Settings.

Right-click your active internet connection and click properties. Under

the Networking tab, scroll down to Internet Protocol Version 4

(TCP/IPv4). Highlight (left click) that then click on properties. Both options in this

window should be automatic! The first option should be set to “Obtain an IP address

automatically” and the second should be set to “Obtain DNS server address

automatically!”

WARNING!

If your computer belongs to a company or you actually have a custom DNS then this would

not apply to you. Once you are finished, click “OK” and close the window. Now go back into

your browser and it should work just fine.

UPDATE 2:

I have DNS Unlocker on one of my PCs as well – and I spent the last few days trying to

crack this thing. I found some of its files on my PCs temp files. You can easily access them

by doing the following:

First, open your Control Panel, and click on Folder Options —> View, click Show

hidden files and folder and unclick Hidden extensions for known files

types. After that, click Apply.

Next, hold the Windows Key and R at the same time. Then type in the new

field %temp% and hit Enter. Delete all the files in the directory you were sent to – even if

they are not part of DNS Unlocker, they are only temporary files that will be deleted

anyways, so better safe than sorry.

Also go in your Program Files and Program Data

Folders (on both the C: and D: drives) and look around for anything resembling a virus –

sort the folders by date and look for ones created when the virus first appeared.

If you believe the adware is still lurking somewhere in your browsers, as a last resort, you

can navigate to your Appdata folder and delete your profile for that browser. All your

settings will be gone, but any residuals of virus as well. Also delete any other folders in

Appdata that you believe were created by the virus.

STEP 8 – Optimization

We’ve prepared a short and sweet optimization guide, specifically designed for users who

just removed a virus. It is completely free, you do not need to download anything, and it’s

not very time consuming. If you are interested – How To Remove Guide’s

Optimization Tips (http://howtoremove.guide/pc-optimization-tips/).


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