Thaveshni

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please help me delete this annoying browser advert pop up thing. without me spending a <mod edit> load of money just to rid of this thing that antivirus cant pick up. i cannot find it in uninstall programs or when doing a search for it.. how do i get it out>? please help thanks
 

AcmeUK

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Nov 23, 2016
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My browser got hijacked by DNS Unlocker!

I am using Win10 with Defender activated and I am careful about what sites I visit, but I still got hit!
Spybot S & D did not find the ‘Malware’ neither did AdAware.

Analysis of my system showed that DNS Unlocker had made 2 changes to my system.

The first change I located was that DNS server addresses had been added to my network adapter TCP/IP settings.
To get to these settings I navigated to my network adapter then navigated as follows:-

Properties > Internet Protocol V4 > Properties > Advanced > DNS tab

Here in the DNS server addresses I found that 82.163.142.7 95.211.158.134 had been added.

I deleted these addresses and rebooted my PC, all fixed; or so I thought.

After a while I was again bombarded by DNS Unlocker adds. I checked the TCP/IP settings and there was nothing there.
I eventually found that a Registry key had been added. See details below:-

Key Location : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Key Name : NameServer

Key Type : REG_SZ

Key Value : 82.163.142.7 95.211.158.134

I deleted the key, rebooted and all is well.

I hope this helps others.