If you’ve landed on “How to remove guide” because you have recently noticed some obscure and unexpected changes in your browser’s homepage and search engine tool as well as various aggressive ads, pop-ups, banners, clickbait page-redirect prompts and colorful boxes all over your screen, then you have come to the right place where you can find helpful information and guidance.
About Pertonthati.info “Virus”
The most probable source of these modifications could be a browser hijacker application called Pertonthati.info and, in the next lines, we will tell you everything that you need to know about it. To your relief, this piece of software is not some nasty virus, a Ransomware file-encrypting program, a Trojan Horse. The first thing to note about the applications from the browser hijacker category (like Renropsitto.info, www1.ecleneue.com , Goodluckday.site) is that they typically have the same symptoms. They normally affect the main browser in the system, which could be Chrome, Firefox, Explorer some other popular browsing option, and force it to display hundreds of third-party commercials and redirect links, which lead to different platforms and sales pages. Pertonthati.info is not an exception and its main purpose is to promote certain sponsored advertisements on your screen during your web browsing sessions. For that purpose, it typically integrates with your default browser and installs some third-party components which ensure that your screen gets filled with the right ads, links and click prompts. Unfortunately, as long as the browser hijacker is on your system, you will be powerless against its settings and changes and will have to endure its constant ad-generating and page-redirecting activities until you uninstall it. In order to effectively get rid of the intrusive effects of this uninvited application, however, you need to focus on the correct and full removal of the intrusive app because most browser hijackers have the ability to reinstall themselves if the user fails to delete all of their related components. For this reason, we have prepared a very detailed set of removal instructions that you will find below. But before you scroll down, let us tell you what more you could expect from such software.
How dangerous can Pertonthati.info “Virus” be?
The browser hijackers such as Pertonthati.info are tools used in the online marketing industry to generate ad revenue. They exist with the sole purpose to promote a variety of different products, services, websites, etc. and to redirect the web users to them. Manufacturers, distributors and other people directly related to these products and services typically enter into an agreement with the developers of the hijackers in order to get their stuff promoted. For them, the browser hijackers provide an a unique opportunity to reach a much larger number of potential buyers or clients. At the same time, the creators of these apps also profit from such advertising activities, since the advertising is paid. Technically, the use of hijackers isn’t forbidden by the law, per se. Still, the web users who have to deal with the promotional activity and the changes that the hijacker tends to impose may face a lot of disturbances, ads interruptions, sudden redirects to unfamiliar pages, browser unresponsiveness and other unpleasant side effects which may quickly irritate them. Moreover, such software may even (albeit, on purpose) put the users at risk of being infected with real viruses such as Ransomware cryptoviruses and screen-lockers, Trojans and other malicious software which may be distributed through fake ads and misleading links.
SUMMARY:
| Name | Pertonthati.info |
| Type | Browser Hijacker |
| Danger Level | Medium (nowhere near threats like Ransomware, but still a security risk) |
| Symptoms | Hijackers are easily-noticeable due to their intrusive adverts. |
| Distribution Method | Hijackers are distributed through the help of other program’s installers. |
How To Remove Pertonthati.info Pop up “Virus”
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The following guide is only for windows users, it will help our readers get rid of the unpleasant Pertonthati.info software. Follow the instructions and complete each step for best results. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them using our comment section down below.
Preparation: Entering Safe Mode and Revealing Hidden Files and Folders
Before you proceed with the actual removal instructions, you will need to take two extra steps in order to ensure that the guide has maximum effect.
For best results, we advise our readers to boot into Safe Mode prior to attempting to remove Pertonthati.info. If you do not know how to do that, here is a separate How to Enter Safe Mode guide.
Also, in order to be able to see any potentially undesirable files, you should reveal any hidden files and folders on your PC – here is how to do that.
Removing Pertonthati.info From Windows
Step 1: Checking the Task Manager
Before we start deleting files related to Pertonthati.info we want to make sure that all services related to the viruses are killed before we proceed.
Open your Task Manager by using the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys and go to the Processes tab. Look for any suspicious processes. For example, any unfamiliar process that uses high amounts of RAM and/or CPU. If you aren’t sure if a certain process comes from malware, tell us in the comments.
Right-click on any process that you consider shady and select Open File Location. Delete anything from the file location of the process.
Step 2: Disabling Startup programs
Use the Winkey + R keyboard combination to open the Run search bar and type msconfig. Hit Enter and in the newly opened window, go to the Startup tab. There, look for suspicious entries with unknown manufacturer or ones that have the name Pertonthati.info on them. Right-click on those, and select disable.
Step 3: Uninstalling unwanted programs
Go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Uninstall a Program. Click on Installed On to sort the entries by date from most recent to oldest and look through the programs that come at the top of the list. Right-click on any entries that appear shady and unwanted and then select Uninstall to remove them from your PC. If you see the name Pertonthati.info in the list of programs, be sure to remove the software without hesitation.
Step 4: Checking for shady IP’s
Open your Start Menu and copy-paste notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts in the search bar. In the notepad file, look below Localhost and see if there are any IP addresses there. If there are some, send them to us in the comments and we will tell you if you should take any action. [add_forth_banner]
Step 5: Cleaning-up the browsers
You will also have to uninstall any undesirable browser extensions from your browser programs. Here’s how to do that for some of the more popular browsers:
Getting rid of Pertonthati.info from Chrome
Open Chrome and open its main menu. Go to More Tools > Extensions. Look through the list of extensions and uninstall any that you think could be suspicious. To remove them – click on the trash can icon next to each extension.
You can also use a specialized Chrome CleanUp tool if you cannot manually remove a certain extension. Here is an article where you can learn more about the CleanUp tool.
Removing Pertonthati.info From Firefox
Open Firefox and go to its Menu. Select the Add-ons button.From the left panel, select Extensions and take a look at the different entries. Remove any of the that might be unwanted.
Removing Pertonthati.info From Windows Internet Explorer
Once you open your IE browser, click on the Tools button at the top-right corner of the program and from the drop-down menu select Manage Add-ons. Check each one of the four different groups of add-ons and search for anything that seems undesirable. If you find anything, click on it and them select Remove.
Removing Pertonthati.info From Windows Edge
Open the main menu of Microsoft Edge and go to Extensions. Find the extensions that you believe could be unwanted and right-click on them. Then, select Uninstall.
Step 6: Checking the Registry Editor
Open the Run search bar again and type regedit in it. Hit Enter and once the Registry Editor opens press Ctrl + F. In the search field type Pertonthati.info and click on Find Next. Tell us in the comments if any results came up when you searched for Pertonthati.info in your PC’s Registry.
Step 7: Deleting recent entries
For this step, you will have to open your Start Menu and copy-paste the following lines, one by one:
- %AppData%
- %LocalAppData%
- %ProgramData%
- %WinDir%
- %Temp%
Hit Enter after each one to open a file directory. In the directories, delete the most recent entries that you find there. In the Temp folder, delete all files.
Step 8: System Restore
In order to be fully sure that the unwanted software has been removed from your machine, you can also try using a Restore Point to roll back your system its last stable configuration. However, in order to do that, you would have to previously had had a restore point created. On most systems, such points get created automatically but this isn’t always the case.
- If you want to learn how to configure System Restore and how to manually create Restore Points, follow this link.
- Open your Start Menu and type System Restore.
- Click on the first result – a setup wizard should open.
- Read the brief description of the process and select Next.
- Now, choose a restore from the presented list. You can also check the Show more restore points option in order to reveal any other restore points that might be saved on your PC.
- Click on Scan for affected programs to see what programs will get deleted or restored after you use the Restore Point. (optional)
- Click on next and take and then select Finish.
- A warning window will appear telling you that once the process starts, it shouldn’t be interrupted. Select Yes and be patient as this might take some time. Do not do anything on your PC throughout the duration of the process.
Step 9: Windows Refresh/Reset
Use this method only if nothing else has worked so far as it is a last resort option. If you do not know how to do it, this separate guide will give you the information that you need.