i have recently been infected by these Surftastic ads which regularly pop up on my browser. i’ve run spybot and mcfee but they are still there. they say clear think ads. can anyone help me or point me in the right direction how to remove these ads by Surftastic

I keep getting random websites opening up while I’m online. And i see many ads with Surftastic window there. I close them and they go away. I keep AVG updated and I’ve updated and run SAS and MBAM. They usually find some malware and get rid of it, but I can’t seem to get these websites to stop popping up.

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Surftastic  is a nasty adware used by cyber criminal to help its employers to promote their products via compulsively displaying ads in people’s computer. To achieve their dirty purpose, the virus maker inserts ads codes on random websites, spam email attachments and free downloaded software, thus when you access to this resource, this adware can sneak into your PC silently. The virus usually presents as browser add-on, toolbar or malware program embedded into targeted system for malicious money-related purpose. Once Surftastic Ads virus infiltrates your PC, it will strongly interfere with your online habit with creating the interrupted popping-up advertisements on every webpage you open. The virus can settle down in your PC for long time, then it makes the system perform slowly and weirdly, and causes system crash. Moreover, it will come with other severe threats such as hijacker which redirects your browser, spyware which steals your confidential information, ransomware which lock your system and extort your money, etc. Undoubtedly, we can 100% determine that Surftastic Ads is a severely evil treat to your PC, so it needs to be removed as early as possible.

Surftastic Ads has the following Harmful Traits

• It creates backdoor that severely infect your PC.
• It may hide itself well by changing its name with different extensions.
• It may steal your confidential information.
• It highly consumes your PC resources.
• It degrades your PC performance seriously.

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Solutions for Surftastic Virus Removal (Remove Surftastic Step-by-Step)

Here are 3 different solutions to remove Surftastic virus. Solution A is the most complicated way that only advanced users can handle, if you are not so great on your PC skills and experienced in handling virus manually, do not use this solution, or you may cause severe problems. We recommend most of PC users to directly try Solution B and Solutions C , which are easy and effective for removing masses of computer threats such as Surftastic.

Solution A (Complicated Manual Removal method – only for Advanced and Experienced PC users with top skills)

Step 1. Change system folder settings to show all hidden files

Step 2. Seek and delete Surftastic related files in hidden folders

Step 3. Seek and remove Surftastic related registry files

Solution B (Best, easiest and most-used method)

Step 1. Uninstall Surftastic related programs from your computer

Step 2. Remove Surftastic plug-in, toolbar, add-on, extension from IE/Firefox/Chrome

Step 3. Scan your computer with SpyHunter to remove Surftastic infection (Important Step)

Solution C (Effective method for removing stubborn malware )

Step 1. Run RegHunter to detect security bugs and fix corrupted/modified system files used by Surftastic for re-infiltration (Important Step)

Step 2. Reset Chrome, Firefox and IE to remove Surftastic

Solution A – Surftastic Manual Removal

Step 1. Change system folder settings to show all hidden files

On Windows 7 / Vista Computer

1. Right-click the Windows Logo button and choose Open Windows Explorer.
2. Click Organize and choose Folder and Search Options.
3. Click the View tab, select Show hidden files and folders and then clear the checkbox for Hide protected system operating files.
4. Click Yes on the warning and then click OK.

On Windows 8 Computer

1. On your keyboard press the Windows + E keys.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Check File name extensions and Hidden items

Step 2. Seek and delete Surftastic related files in hidden folders listed below:

(The files on your computer may appear with different name, if cannot find out the files listed below, do not delete any file, just use Solution B and Solution C)

%Temp%\[adware name]

%AppData%\[adware name]

%LocalAppData%\[adware name]

%LocalAppData%\[adware name].exe

%CommonAppData%\[adware name]

%AllUsersProfile%random.exe

Step 3. Seek and remove Surftastic related registry files listed below:

1. Open Registry Editor first:

On Windows 7 / Vista Computer

• Click Start button
• Select Run button
• Type: regedit
• Click OK button

On Windows 8 Computer

• Press Win [Windows key] + R on your keyboard. This can be done either while at Windows 8 Start menu/Metro screen or on Windows 8 desktop
• At the dialog box that pops open, type regedit.exe and hit OK
• Once you hit OK, Windows UAC will prompt you to confirm you want to open Register Editor — hit “Yes”

2. Find out and remove all harmful registry files related with Surftastic virus listed below:

(The registry files on your computer may appear with different name, if cannot find out the files listed below, do not delete any file, just use Solution B and Solution C)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain “Default_Page_URL”
HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[adware name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[adware name]

Notes: Manual removal needs advanced PC skills, if you cannot find the Surftastic files accurately, you may ruin your system for removing important system files. Therefore, if you are not a user with Advanced tech skills, it’s best to use Solution B or Solution C to solve your problem easily and safely.

Solution B – Surftastic Easy Removal Method

Step 1. Uninstall Surftastic related programs from your computer

On Windows 7 / Vista Computer

1. Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu, then Click Control Panel

2. In Control Panel, click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category

3. In the Programs and Features window, click Installed On to display the latest programs, scroll through the list to seek and uninstall Surftastic and other unwanted and unfamiliar programs that look suspicious.

On Windows 8 Computer

1. Open the Settings Charm Bar by pressing Windows key + I key on your keyboard at the same time, then click on the Control Panel option

2. In category view, click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category

3. In the Programs and Features window, click Installed On to display the latest programs, scroll through the list to seek and uninstall Surftastic and other unwanted and unfamiliar programs that look suspicious.

Step 2. Remove Surftastic plug-in, toolbar, add-on, extension from Chrome/Firefox/IE

On Chrome

1. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Click Tools.
3. Select Extensions.
4. Click the trash can icon to delete Surftastic extension.
5. Make sure to remove all extensions you do not know or need.
6. A confirmation dialog appears, click Remove.

On Firefox

1. Click the menu button and choose Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open.
2. In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions panel.
3. Make sure to remove all extensions you do not know or need.
4. Click Disable or Remove button of Surftastic.
5. Click Restart now if it pops up.

On Internet Explorer

1. Open the IE, click the Tools button , and then click Manage add-ons.
2. Click Toolbars and Extensions on left side of the window., and then select Surftastic
3. Make sure to remove all BHO’s you do not know or need.
4. If the add-on can be deleted, you’ll see the Remove option. Click Remove and then click Close. Otherwise click Disable button.

Step 3. Scan your computer with SpyHunter to remove Surftastic infection (Important Step)

Uninstallation of program in Control Panel and removal of extensions / add-on from web browsers can help us remove parts of adware and malware, but nowadays most of computer threats such as Surftastic are created with advanced technology and cannot be easily removed with regular methods, therefore we need to use top-class malware remover like SpyHunter to get rid of threats automatically. To completely remove Surftastic, you should download and run SpyHunter antimalware to diagnose your computer and get rid of all threats related with the virus.

1. Click the blue button below to open of SpyHunter.

(Notes – SpyHunter’s free version can only help you detect malware or virus. If you want to remove the malware threats detected by SpyHunter, you will need to buy license of SpyHunter. If you do not need it any more, please follow instructions on SpyHunter uninstall)

2. On the page, please click Download Free Scanner to download SpyHunter safely and quickly.

Tips: After SpyHunter is downloaded, your Chrome /Firefox /IE may display such fake security warning ” This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Download_Spyhunter-Installer.exe anyway?”, which is generated by virus to cheat you, please just ignore the fake warning and click “Keep” button.

3. Once downloaded, please double-click SpyHunter-Installer.exe to start the installation of SpyHunter.

4. When SpyHunter is installed, it will be run automatically, then click Scan Computer Now to detect Surftastic related threats:

5. Once SpyHunter completes the scan, please click Fix Threats to get rid of Surftastic.

Note: According to users investigation, this solution can help 95% users remove virus like Surftastic completely. But if it does not function on your computer, you need to complete all steps listed in Solution C. Continue now:

Solution C – Surftastic Quick Removal Guideline

Step 1. Run RegHunter to detect security bugs and fix corrupted/modified system files used by Surftastic for re-infiltration (Important Step)

If you tried Solution B and still unable to remove Surftastic, then we are sure that some of your system files must been modified or damaged by the virus. With a deep investigation and test on stubborn malware such as Surftastic, our tech team confirm that the security bugs and system files modified /corrupted by virus is the reason why the threats survive and reborn.

Most of spyware and malware infect Windows machines by making use of existed security bugs, and they alter or corrupt crucial system files with codes, that means malware like Surftastic is able to execute installation or activation codes of its program repeatedly, no matter how many times you delete it from Control Panel or extensions. Therefore, if you do not detect and fix all security bugs and restore the corrupted / modified system files to default, Surftastic can keep coming back. In such situation, it’s best to run RegHunter to fix security bugs and corrupted files, hindering the reborn and re-infiltration of Surftastic.

1. Click the green button below to open of RegHunter:

(Notes – RegHunter’s free version can only help you scan Registry errors or system errors. If you want to fix the errors detected by RegHunter, you will need to buy license of RegHunter. If you do not need it any more, please follow instructions on RegHunter uninstall)

2. On the page, please click Free PC Diagnosis to download RegHunter safely and quickly.

Tips: After RegHunter is downloaded, your Chrome /Firefox /IE may display such fake security warning “This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Download_Reghunter-Installer.exe anyway?”, which is generated by virus to cheat you, please just ignore the fake warning and click “Keep” button.

3. Once downloaded, then double-click RegHunter-Installer.exe to start the installation of RegHunter.

4. When RegHunter is installed, it will be run automatically, then click Scan for Registry Errors Now! to detect files corrupted by Surftastic:

5. Once RegHunter completes the scan, please click Repair All Errors to solve security bugs related with Surftastic.

Step 2. Reset Chrome, Firefox and IE to remove Surftastic

– Reset Chrome

1. Open Chrome, then click “Customize and control Google Chrome” button, and then click on Settings

2. Under the Chrome Settings page, scroll down to the bottom, then click on Show advanced settings button

3. After clicking on Show advanced settings button, scroll down to the bottom and click on Reset browser settings button

4. A message box will pop up to inform that your browser settings will be restored to their original defaults, click Reset button when it appears:

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– Reset Firefox

1. Open Firefox, then click on Firefox button, then Click on Help button, then Click on Troubleshooting Information

2. At the Troubleshooting Information page, click on Reset Firefox

3. A message box will pop up to let you confirm that you want to reset Firefox to its initial state, click Reset Firefox button when it appears:

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– Reset Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer, then click on Tools, then click on Internet Options

2. On the Internet Options window: click on Advanced tab, then click Reset button

3. A message box will pop up to let you confirm that you want to reset all Internet Explorer Settings, click Reset button when it appears:

4. When the resetting process is done, you’ll see this message box, click Close

5. You’ll need to restart your Internet Explorer to complete the resetting process.

Friendly Reminder

If you can finish all the steps exactly, you must have got rid of the nasty Surftastic virus as other PC users. Now you should learn some basic knowledge so that you will get viruses easily in the future . Please keep in mind, PC viruses are mainly disseminated through free software, emails, and porn websites, be carefully if you have any operations related with these things. First, always use Advanced or Custom Install while installing free software; secondly, do not click links or open attachments on emails unless you are sure that it is safe; thirdly, do not visit porn sites if you cannot assure its