What do you know about ad.afy11.net?
Lately, a lot of users suffer from the phishing attack from a fake website called ad.afy11.net. After our technician testing , ad.afy11.net has be proved to be a phishing website associated with vicious adware that by the means of endangering your system and cheating you money to get profits illegally. Basically, it masks itself to be a normal website. In fact, it will hijack all your web browsers once it gets into your PC. Then you will continuously receive security warning window which pops up with the terrible message , like “Windows Firewall Infected !!! Rootkit.Sirefef.Spy and Trojan Virus Found in System32 NT (Network Threat Protection) Kernel" or any warnings like that. Usually, it will provide a number also, the number is a fake helpline, you will be designed to fall into the scammer’s trap if you make the call and believe what they tell you.
First of all , ad.afy11.net uses the alert message to get you into panic and you may call the number. Secondly, the other side of the phone who pretends to be a technician will gradually induce you to install many unwanted and malicious programs or spyware, which will bring endless infections to your system. Besides, the fake technician will convince you to allow them remotely access into your computer and ask for money to fix the problems.
Finally, your computer are completely in the control of the scammer, ad.afy11.net and the spyware keep creating defects on your system until your computer system break down, so that they can ask for money again for further technical support. In a word , you must get rid of ad.afy11.net as soon as possible, the remove guide will assist you to do that.
Issues Caused by ad.afy11.net
1. It can bother your online activities due to alert pop-up from ad.afy11.net.
2. It can install spyware and adware on your computer to bombard you with spam commercial ads.
3. It connects with remote malware server that gives more harmful programs.
4. It degrades your system performance caused by threats dropped by ad.afy11.net
5. It can steal your confidential information and privacy to help cyber criminals.
Methods to Remove ad.afy11.net Professionally and Safely
Method B: Eliminate ad.afy11.net Manually by Yourselff
Method A: Remove ad.afy11.net once for all with the Automatic Removal Tool Spyhunter
SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application certified by West Coast Labs’ Checkmark Certification System and designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from malicious threats. SpyHunter is automatically configured to give you optimal protection with limited interaction. To remove ad.afy11.net other threats permanently and easily, all you need to do is install it for immediate and ongoing protection
(You have 2 options for you: click Save or Run to install the program. You are suggested to save it on the desktop if you choose Save so that you can immediately start the free scan by clicking the desktop icon.)
2. The pop-up window box below needs your permission for the setup wizard. Please click Run.
Continue to follow the setup wizard to install the Automatic Removal Tool.
It may take a while to download all the files. Please be patient.
No More Hesitation. Time to scan your PC. Please click Start New Scan/ Scan Computer Now!
Click Fix Threats to remove ad.afy11.net and other unwanted programs completely.
Method B: Eliminate ad.afy11.net Manually by Yourself
Remove ad.afy11.net from Google Chrome:- Start Chrome, click chrome menu icon →More Tools → Extensions.
- In Extensions, find ad.afy11.net 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 ad.afy11.net and others but the search engine you like.
Remove ad.afy11.net from Firefox- Open Firefox, click on Mozilla menu (top right) → Add-ons.
- Search for ad.afy11.net extension and the unwanted ones to enable.
Remove ad.afy11.net from Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons → Search Providers
2. Right click ad.afy11.net → click Disable suggestions → close the window
Step 2. Remove ad.afy11.net& other unwanted programs from Control Panel
You are suggested to use Windows utility to remove the unwanted application ad.afy11.net. Commonly, additional PUPs will come along with it. Search for ad.afy11.net 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 ad.afy11.net 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 ad.afy11.net ( 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 ad.afy11.net application and the unwanted ones > click Remove
NOTE:
You need to search for other suspicious programs and uninstall them to avoid ad.afy11.net 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 ad.afy11.net and other crapware, fixing system loopholes and speeding up your PC.
Step 3. Remove ad.afy11.net 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.ad.afy11.net/?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.ad.afy11.net/?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 ad.afy11.net completely. If you don't have the patience and courage to remove it all by yourself, you can choose the convenient method - the professional ad.afy11.net 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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