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Monday, September 14, 2015

adnetworkperformance.com Removal Tips


What is adnetworkperformance.com?


adnetworkperformance.com is a phishing website seducing internet surfers to download insecure software associated with adware, spyware, hijacker and Trojan by displaying fraudulent software update notifications.It can be distributed to almost all web browsers such as Microsoft Edge, IE, Chrome, Safari and Firefox in OS including Windows and Mac. Common ways of its distribution are as follow. Users’ computers might get invaded after they download daily-used freeware bundle which contains unwanted malicious software but do not deselect those suspicious options.

adnetworkperformance.com is also distributed by spam email and porn sites. After its invasion, users fail to surf the internet as usual. adnetworkperformance.com reroutes users to its web page whatever their operations are on the web browsers, such as clicking a link, inputting a website address and launching a new website. It shows tricky messages to convince users that their Chrome, Media Player or other software need upgrading otherwise these outdated apps can cause problems, then it suggests users to download file from its page. In this way, adnetworkperformance.com promotes malicious ad-supported third party software , which lead to awful online experience and potential economic loss.

What problems does it bring?


Besides poor internet surfing experience and potential economic loss, adnetworkperformance.com lowers running speed of the system, brings malware or adware to deliver endless ads, and triggers backdoor or bugs to steal users’ sensitive information for its own benefit. All these pose great threat to users and call for immediate actions.




Paths to Remove adnetworkperformance.com Completely



>>> Path B: Manually Remove adnetworkperformance.com by Yourself



Path A: Automatically and Safely Remove adnetworkperformance.com  (Very Popular)


How will Spyhunter be your computer Safeguard?

Be prudent while downloading software from Internet though it is skilled at fooling.
Display warnings when encountering unknown and insecure links
Won’t release your confidential information (like account username, passwords, email address) to any illicit source.
Scan your email to check if it’s safe before your opening.
Scan and keep your computer up-to-date on a regular basis
Turn on safe browsing mode and enable pop-ups blocker features of your using web browser.
Chang your log-in details in every 60 days to maintain you privacy.



2.  Click Ctrl+J together to get the all the download files if you are using Google. Search for SpyHunter-Installer.exe.  In order to install the removal tool, you need to give your permission by clicking Run.



3. Please follow the pop-up box prompts to accomplish the SpyHunter Installation.

Choose Continue to click to get the Install option


Choose "I accept the EULA and Privacy Policy" and then click INSTALL.


You need to be patient when you are arriving 'downloading file'. It will take a while.


Start New Scan and delete all the detected files.


Friendly Tip: it takes more than 30 minutes to accomplish the scanning. You can go away to have a break for yourself.


Here comes the moment. Clicking ' Fix Threats', you are on the right track to remove adnetworkperformance.com and other malware.


Restart computer to take effect.


Path B: Manually Remove adnetworkperformance.com by Yourself



Step 1. remove adnetworkperformance.com from browsers

    Remove adnetworkperformance.com from Google Chrome:

  1. Start Chrome, click chrome menu icon More Tools  Extensions.
  2. In  Extensions, find adnetworkperformance.com and the unwanted extensions and select chrome-trash-icon to remove them.

     3. Then select Settings. Scroll down the page and click Show advanced settings.



   4. Find the Reset browser settings section and click Reset browser settings button.

(Reminder: please backup your personal Google data like account usernames, passwords and bookmarks before you choose to reset your browser, or you may lose the data.)


    5. select Manage Search Engines.  Remove adnetworkperformance.com and others but the search engine you like.


(Tips: If you don't want to reset any of your browsers and do it manually by yourself, you are kindly recommended to use SpyHunter to remove adnetworkperformance.com automatically for you. Thus, you won't have to backup your data on the browsers.)

   Remove adnetworkperformance.com from Firefox


  1. Open Firefox, click on Mozilla menu (top right) → Add-ons
  2. Search for adnetworkperformance.com extension and the unwanted ones to enable.




 Remove adnetworkperformance.com from Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons → Search Providers
2. Right click adnetworkperformance.com click Disable suggestions close the window




Step 2. Remove adnetworkperformance.com& other unwanted programs from Control Panel

You are suggested to use Windows utility to remove the unwanted application adnetworkperformance.com. Commonly, additional PUPs will come along with it. Search for adnetworkperformance.com as well as other unknown programs to remove them from Control panel. The way of accessing Control Panel is different on different Windows operating systems. Follow the steps below:


 Windows 8

- right click Start ( which is on the left corner of your PC) > open Quick Access Menue
- select Control Panel > click Control Panel > click Uninstall a Program
- search for adnetworkperformance.com and other suspicious programs > click Remove to get rid of them

 Windows 7

- click Start > Control Panel> Program and Features
- scroll through the program list and select adnetworkperformance.com ( and other junkware) > click Remove

 Windows XP

- click Start > Control Panel > search for and double click Add/Remove Programs 
- scroll through the program list and highlight adnetworkperformance.com application and the unwanted ones > click Remove


NOTE: 

You need to search for other suspicious programs and uninstall them to avoid adnetworkperformance.com re-installation. If you are not so familiar with it, you can ask help from Spyhunter to fix all the issues for you, including removing adnetworkperformance.com and other crapware, fixing system loopholes and speeding up your PC.


Step 3. Remove adnetworkperformance.com registry

Press Win+R keys together > input 'regedit' > click 'OK'




Search for the registries below to remove:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 
http://www.adnetworkperformance.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

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.adnetworkperformance.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 

One Stone, Two Birds:

Correctly finishing all the steps above can help you remove adnetworkperformance.com completely. If you don't have the patience and courage to remove it all by yourself, you can choose the convenient method - the professional adnetworkperformance.com removal tool SpyHunter to help you remove it safely and easily. In addition, you can user SpyHunter to optimize your PC after the removal.  






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