Monday, March 3, 2014

How to Remove M2pub.adk2.co Virus Completely

What Is M2pub.adk2.co?
M2pub.adk2.co is recognized as an adware as well a browser hijacker because it acquires both characteristics of these two kinds malwares. Like many adwares, M2pub.adk2.co is aiming at promoting certain programs which are useless and harmful to computers. After cheating the inexperienced computer users to click the "download" button, it can help the cyber criminals get the profits by increasing the traffic. At the same time, it shows lots of pop-up ads on targeted computer screen to bother users in order to achieve its marketing goal better.

Normally, M2pub.adk2.co comes to your computer when you don't pay enough attention when you surf the internet. It was designed to have the ability to bundle itself with free downloads or to hide in malicious website. Once installed, it first hijacks your homepage so that every time you open your browsers, it will automatically pop out to inform you to download some updates. Later when you try to open other websites, it also will redirect you to irrelevant commercial pages. Therefore, your browsing experience is destroyed by
M2pub.adk2.co.

Moreover, as long as M2pub.adk2.co stays in your computer, it's also capable of recording your internet activities traces like browsing histories and favorite websites. Then it can send the information to remote servers so that next time it can make more relevant advertisements to fool computer users to download which are provided by M2pub.adk2.co. Under such circumstance, you are recommended to remove M2pub.adk2.co from your computer as soon as possible.
M2pub.adk2.co Screenshot 
Harmfulness of M2pub.adk2.co
1. It modifies browser settings and hijacks homepage without permission.
2. It pops out to ask you to download applications all the time.
3. It shows lots of various advertisements on your computer screen.
4. It intends to allure you to download these profitable programs.
5. It helps the cyber criminals to record your online traces.
6. It ruins your internet experience and can't be removed easily.
Effective Removal for M2pub.adk2.co
Before the removal, please first back up your system! You should be extremely careful when deleting any file, because any mistake may lead to system crashes and other severe consequence.
METHOD 1. Manual Removal
Step One:
Reboot the computer and before Windows interface loads, hit F8 key repeatedly. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key. System will load files and then get to the desktop in needed option.
 
Step Two:
Open Windows Task Manager and end virus processes. There are three ways to launch the Task Manager
① Press keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
② Press keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
③ Press the Start button→click on the Run option→Type in taskmgr→press OK.
                                              
Step Three:
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK. 
                                                
Step Four:
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete M2pub.adk2.co files: 
C:\Program Files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all M2pub.adk2.co registry entries and keys.
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL"="http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Google Chrome\shell\open\command "(Default)"=C:\Documents and Settings\test\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe "http://www.<random>.com/?type=sc&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system "DisableTaskMgr"=1
 
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal
To completely delete M2pub.adk2.co, you need to know that the manual removal above may not be able to remove virus  completely, because the creators of virus are always updating the virus version.Besides,any tiny mistake during the manual removal process may lead to severe consequences. Therefore,to ensure a complete and safe virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic M2pub.adk2.co Removal Tool. 
                                                                                   


    

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