Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Remove "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus Completely from IE/Firefox/Chrome


This annoying "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" appeared on my Internet browser about a week ago, and my homepage has been chnanged without my permission. I thought the problem was associated with the plug-in I installed by accident, so I uninstalled it immediately. But this nasty page still appears. How to fix this browser problem? And my computer is running slow. Can anyone help me get rid of it completely?

What is "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus?

"Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2"  Virus is classified as a nasty adware virus which displays a variety of ads, coupons and discounts on the websites that you are visiting and makes you very annoyed. On the surface, this "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2"  virus looks appears to provide you with a useful service which can help you purchase your desired products at affordable prizes, but actually it will keep showing you annoying ads on your screen and carry out some unknown activities which will be very harmful to your computer security. No matter you click on those pop-up massages wittingly or unwittingly, they will immediately redirect you to some strange websites whether you like them or not. Like League of Angels Virus and  "Ads by PassLocal" Virus, this "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2"  virus is capable of tracking your browsing history and recording your private data like your search queries with the aim of display targeted ads to you and traping you into paying for their promoted products. Apart from that, this "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2"  virus will cause the serious degradation of your computer performance and slow down the Internet speed gravely. Worst of all, cyber criminals will make use of this "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2"  virus to watch what you are doing on the Internet and collect your confidential data to gain illegal profits. Therefore, we strongly recommend you to take the following removal guide to get rid of this "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2"  virus before it causes further damage.

"Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus Screenshot:


"Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus will do much harm to the infected computer:

1) "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus makes changes to the default settings of your web browser unknowingly.
2) "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus modifies your favourite homepage as well as the default search engine.
3) "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus invades your computer along with many other risky viruses and malware.
4) "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus gathers your search quaries and records your private data online.
5) "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus generates a large number of pop-ups when you are surfing the Internet.
6) "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus continues to redirect you to a variety of unfamiliar websites.
7) "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus makes the system crash frequently and causes the slow network speed.

How to Remove "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" Virus from your PC?

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.


2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time to open Windows Task Manager and end "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" process.


3. Go to Computer Control Panel from Start menu and open Folder Options. Click View and then tick “Show hidden files and folders” and uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”. Press OK.


4. Press Winkey+R together then enter “regedit” to start your registry editor. Delete the following registry keys.


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableRegistryTools" = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\vir-help.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

5. Delete the following and related system files.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}\
C:\windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys(random)
C:\Users\user account\Appdata\Roaming

Note: "Ads by Freeven Pro 1.2" virus is rather stubborn and malicious. It requests certain computer skills when you dealing with it in manual way. Any incident action could lead your machine to a more terrible situation.

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