Today on the Internet you can find many viruses. Recently, viruses of an advertising nature, which are for the most part classified as Adware, have become particularly active. But, despite the fact that the vast majority of them are deleted from the computer quite simply, among them there are very dangerous and non-standard threats. One of these is the Content Push virus. How to remove it will be further considered as detailed as possible. In the meantime, let’s dwell on what this applet is all about.
Content Push: what is this program?
Actually, this virus cannot be called an applet or application. The fact is that it is installed in a computer system in the form of not one program, but several components (Google Search, Save and Mediapass). Sometimes with a sufficiently deep penetration of the threat, programs like AdClick, HP Defender, HandlerService, Content Defender, etc. can be installed as additional software.
The impact of the virus on the system also looks non-standard. The problem is not even that it is installed in browsers as an add-on, when you visit pages it displays a huge amount of advertising or sets its own redirects to advertising-containing or viral resources. Even with closed browsers, ads appear on the “Desktop” or in the system tray area (banners, pop-up advertising messages, etc.). Naturally, all this leads to the fact that the system, as they say, is cluttered with temporary files, and the load on system resources increases. In the end, the application begins to steal user data (logins, passwords, information about bank cards).
And if only the first signs of such an impact are noticed, you must immediately resolve the issue of how to remove Content Push. This is not particularly difficult to do, however, in order to get rid of the virus forever, it is necessary to take into account some nuances.
How to remove Content Push News using scanners
So, if you have at hand some kind of protective anti-advertising software (preferably portable, rather than stationary type), it is better to immediately conduct a full scan of the system.
For practical reasons, you can recommend the appropriate scanners from Malwarebytes or the same Dr. Web CureIt !, which in most cases helps to neutralize the threat. But what if there are no such programs available, and the virus does not give rest to the system? In this case, the question of how to get rid of Content Push can be resolved by manually removing the virus components.
Removal of the virus by system tools
First of all, you need to call the "Task Manager" and complete all the active processes in it, corresponding to the names of the virus components that were given above. Then you should enter the startup section and turn off the threat auto-start along with the system.
You can find the tab on Windows systems below the tenth in the configurator (msconfig in the Run console), and in Windows 10, directly in the Task Manager.
After that, the question of how to remove Content Push, you can proceed directly. First, the standard section of programs and components is used, which is located in the “Control Panel”, from the list of which all the above applets are deleted. For ease of search, it is better to sort the list by the installation date and get rid of all applications installed on the date the threat entered the system (it is also advisable to remove all dubious programs that the user has not installed at the moment).
After that, use the search by the name of the virus itself and the names of the deleted applications in the registry (regedit, Ctrl + F) and in “Explorer” to find and delete the remnants. In the file manager, the task is facilitated by the fact that in most cases all the virus applet files are in the same directory.
The next step in deciding how to remove Content Push News will be the removal of virus add-ons (panels, extensions) in web browsers, followed by changing the start pages and search engines. To simplify the actions, you can use the tools to completely reset the settings to the factory state.
Finally, using the properties of the browser shortcuts, you need to check whether there is anything else in the line of the object type after the name of the browser with the .exe extension. If postscripts are found, they should be removed and the changes saved. Only then can you restart the computer system.
Uninstalling using specialized tools
As a more powerful tool that allows you to get rid of this virus in full with automatic search and removal of residues, you can advise uninstaller programs, for example iObit Uninstaller, which is now available in version 7.1.
How to remove Content Push using this application? First, set up batch deletion, select all the required applets, perform a standard uninstall, enable in-depth scanning and delete the found residual components with activation of the file destruction line.
What with manual, that with automatic removal after restarting the system, just in case, scan it with an antivirus or anti-advertising application.
Instead of a total
It remains to add that the described virus is removed quite simply, but it is not visible in the system as the main installed applet, but is divided into several parts, therefore, priority should be given to the programs described above. If you do not delete them all, after a while the threat may become active again.