Malware?

Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in. The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I checked the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I found a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall it? I have tried many methods like it but this program comes back again and again.

| Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
| The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I checked
| the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I found
| a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall
| 'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have tried many methods like it but
| this program comes back again and again.
|

It's easiest just to do a search. I entered the name
in duckduckgo and got a long list of links to removal
instructions.

Once you remove it you might want to also look into
your browser settings: Avoid Internet Explorer. Use
NoScript in Firefox. Avoid Flash Player if possible. Don't
install any software you haven't checked out. You
shouldn't be getting crapware installed that you don't
know about. Since you are, that's an indication that
you're doing something wrong.

On 10/23/2015 4:50 AM, coolana wrote:
Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I checked
the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I found
a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall
'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have tried many methods like it but
this program comes back again and again.




I'd download copies of Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware and run both of
them on your system.

Like Mayayana says, there are ways of removing DNS Unlocker and you
might need to do it manually using those instructions if the above two
programs don't remove it for you.

Malwarebytes can be found at;

https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/

but make sure you download the free version rather than pick the Premium
as that version is not free.

SUPREAntiSpyware can be found at;

http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

and again, notice they too offer a free version and a paid version.

I believe both programs might try to run every time you boot your system
after installation but that is an option that can be turned off once
they have been installed. Possibly hard to find but not actually hidden
once you hit the right menu. Let us know if you have given up trying to
kill that "feature" and we can point you to where the option is at in
the menu's.

I run both of them manually every couple of weeks or so just to make
sure nothing has sneaked in past my regular anti-spyware program.

Both of these programs have been around for years and are constantly
being kept updated as pirates find different methods of infesting
machines with malware. With that in mind you have to make sure you
download these programs from a reputable site as there are numerous
"clones" that use quite similar names to entice you to install malware
rather than the true removal programs.

GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 10/23/2015 4:50 AM, coolana wrote:
Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I
checked the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel.
Then I found a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I
permanently uninstall 'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have
tried many methods like it but this program comes back again and
again.
I'd download copies of Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware and run both
of them on your system.

Like Mayayana says, there are ways of removing DNS Unlocker and you
might need to do it manually using those instructions if the above two
programs don't remove it for you.

Malwarebytes can be found at;

https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/

but make sure you download the free version rather than pick the
Premium as that version is not free.

SUPREAntiSpyware can be found at;

http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

and again, notice they too offer a free version and a paid version.

I believe both programs might try to run every time you boot your
system after installation but that is an option that can be turned
off once they have been installed. Possibly hard to find but not
actually hidden once you hit the right menu. Let us know if you have
given up trying to kill that "feature" and we can point you to where
the option is at in the menu's.

I run both of them manually every couple of weeks or so just to make
sure nothing has sneaked in past my regular anti-spyware program.

Both of these programs have been around for years and are constantly
being kept updated as pirates find different methods of infesting
machines with malware. With that in mind you have to make sure you
download these programs from a reputable site as there are numerous
"clones" that use quite similar names to entice you to install malware
rather than the true removal programs.

+1

On 10/23/15 7:43 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 10/23/2015 4:50 AM, coolana wrote:
Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I checked
the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I found
a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall
'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have tried many methods like it but
this program comes back again and again.




I'd download copies of Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware and run both of
them on your system.

+1

More than likely, you'll find other kinds of crap you don't need by
running both programs.

Like Mayayana says, there are ways of removing DNS Unlocker and you
might need to do it manually using those instructions if the above two
programs don't remove it for you.

Malwarebytes can be found at;

https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/

but make sure you download the free version rather than pick the Premium
as that version is not free.

Be careful when installing the free version. The free version doubles
as a trial version unless you uncheck the box that says start free trial.

SUPREAntiSpyware can be found at;

http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

and again, notice they too offer a free version and a paid version.

It will bug you daily, or almost daily, about new updates. I don't know
if there's a setting to turn this off or not. If there isn't, deleted
it until next time. There may be other options, maybe something in
MSConfig, but I've not investigated.

I believe both programs might try to run every time you boot your system
after installation but that is an option that can be turned off once
they have been installed. Possibly hard to find but not actually hidden
once you hit the right menu. Let us know if you have given up trying to
kill that "feature" and we can point you to where the option is at in
the menu's.

Unless you activate the trial version, Malwarebytes will not run when
you turn the system on. In addition, it will not run in real time, only
manually AFAIK.

I run both of them manually every couple of weeks or so just to make
sure nothing has sneaked in past my regular anti-spyware program.

Both of these programs have been around for years and are constantly
being kept updated as pirates find different methods of infesting
machines with malware. With that in mind you have to make sure you
download these programs from a reputable site as there are numerous
"clones" that use quite similar names to entice you to install malware
rather than the true removal programs.



--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 36.0.4
Thunderbird 31.5
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

Ken Springer wrote on 10/23/2015 11:51 AM:

Malwarebytes can be found at;

https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/

but make sure you download the free version rather than pick the Premium
as that version is not free.

Be careful when installing the free version. The free version doubles
as a trial version unless you uncheck the box that says start free trial.

The premium version is cheap enough -- $25/year! Its advantage is that
it is memory-resident and checks everything as it enters your computer,
theoretically preventing it from becoming infected.

On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:43:25 -0400, Alek
wrote:


The premium version is cheap enough -- $25/year! Its advantage is that
it is memory-resident and checks everything as it enters your computer,
theoretically preventing it from becoming infected.



"Theoretically" is right, of course. No such program is perfect.

"Wolf K" wrote in message ...

On 2015-10-23 11:51, Ken Springer wrote:
On 10/23/15 7:43 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 10/23/2015 4:50 AM, coolana wrote:
Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I
checked
the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I
found
a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall
'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have tried many methods like it
but
this program comes back again and again.




I'd download copies of Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware and run both
of
them on your system.
+1

More than likely, you'll find other kinds of crap you don't need by
running both programs.
[...]

I used AdwCleaner, which is quit aggressive. Make sure you check all the
tabs after a scan, the program flags some Preferences files that you may
want to keep. Other than that, it works well.

HTH


I also use AdwCleaner and I agree with Wolf K, go through all the tab (after
the analysis is done) and check to see what you want might want to save..
I have a couple of Preference files (from different programs) that I want to
keep so I just uncheck them and then let the program take care of anything
else it finds.
Excellent program, I also use SAS and MBAM and rarely have to delete
anything. I use CCleaner regularly also.
--
Buffalo

Ken Blake, MVP wrote on 10/23/2015 4:14 PM:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:43:25 -0400, Alek
wrote:

The premium version is cheap enough -- $25/year! Its advantage is that
it is memory-resident and checks everything as it enters your computer,
theoretically preventing it from becoming infected.

"Theoretically" is right, of course. No such program is perfect.

I suggest that the presence of a memory-resident malware catcher that
is, say, 80% effective (I pulled that number out of the air -- it has no
significance to what MBAM actually does!!) is one helluva lot better
than letting malware infect a computer and then removing it a week later.

In message , coolana
writes:

Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.

Are you talking just about when you have your browser (probably one of
Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome) open, and it is through that that
you are seeing the ad.s, or at all times?
[]
Lots of good advice from others - but I thought I'd ask, for
clarification. (We can better target our advice if we know the answer to
the above.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

My daughter is appalled by it at all times, but you know you have to appal
your 14-year-old daughter otherwise you're not doing your job as a father. -
Richard Osman to Alison Graham, in Radio Times 2013-6-8 to 14

On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:12:19 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Ken Blake, MVP wrote on 10/23/2015 4:14 PM:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:43:25 -0400, Alek
wrote:

The premium version is cheap enough -- $25/year! Its advantage is that
it is memory-resident and checks everything as it enters your computer,
theoretically preventing it from becoming infected.

"Theoretically" is right, of course. No such program is perfect.

I suggest that the presence of a memory-resident malware catcher that
is, say, 80% effective (I pulled that number out of the air -- it has no
significance to what MBAM actually does!!) is one helluva lot better
than letting malware infect a computer and then removing it a week later.



Of course. And having two "malware catchers" that are each 80%
effective gives you a combined effectiveness of something around 85%,
because the two 80%s are not equal and don't catch exactly the same
infections.

Ken Blake, MVP wrote on 10/24/2015 11:14 AM:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:12:19 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Ken Blake, MVP wrote on 10/23/2015 4:14 PM:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:43:25 -0400, Alek
wrote:

The premium version is cheap enough -- $25/year! Its advantage is that
it is memory-resident and checks everything as it enters your computer,
theoretically preventing it from becoming infected.

"Theoretically" is right, of course. No such program is perfect.

I suggest that the presence of a memory-resident malware catcher that
is, say, 80% effective (I pulled that number out of the air -- it has no
significance to what MBAM actually does!!) is one helluva lot better
than letting malware infect a computer and then removing it a week later.

Of course. And having two "malware catchers" that are each 80%
effective gives you a combined effectiveness of something around 85%,
because the two 80%s are not equal and don't catch exactly the same
infections.

What's your point?

coolana wrote on 10/23/2015 3:50 AM:
Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I checked
the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I found
a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall
'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have tried many methods like it but
this program comes back again and again.

Can I presume your machine has an Asus motherboard?
--
Jeff Barnett

On 10/23/2015 4:50 AM, coolana wrote:
Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I checked
the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I found
a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall
'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have tried many methods like it but
this program comes back again and again.




Get freeware "Absolute Uninstaller" or "Revo Uninstaller"

coolana wrote on 10/23/2015 05:50 ET :
Ads come in my Windows 7 like a flood. I don't know how they came in.
The google says that malicious ads can be caused by malware. I checked
the browser add-ons and the programs on the control panel. Then I found
a suspicious one called DNS Unlocker. How can I permanently uninstall
'it' (http://tinyurl.com/pr6t657)? I have tried many methods like it but
this program comes back again and again.




coolana

Hi,has your problem been solved? I also encountered DNS Unlocker ads several
days ago and finally removed those ads by changing my DNS settings. I followed
the guide in this post
http://guides.uufix.com/several-step...r-effectively/
to change my DNS to automatic and it did the trick. I was not sure about those
anti-malware programs recommended so I didn't download them. DNS Keeper may
have
changed your default DNS settings. You can follow the steps below to repair it
by yourself. (Take Windows 7 for example)

Click Start button, go to Control Panel and click the View network status and
tasks link under Network and Internet category. (Note: The control panel screen
is under View by: Category)

Then click on Local Area Connection.

In the pop-up Local Area Connection 2 Status window, you click on Properties
button.

Click on Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) then click Properties button.

Select the Obtain DNS server address automatically option and click on OK
button.

Good luck.