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You must be sick and tired of seeing the Minesey.com URL all around the web! Your browser gets redirected to this page, regularly. Every website you load has adverts provided by the page. It seems that this page is the most viral web platform out there. Well, that’s definitely not the case. The adverts you see are forced on you by malware. Somewhere on your computer, a nasty adware is lurking. This parasite has managed to bypass your security and is now wreaking havoc. The Minesey.com adware is programmed to flood its victims with ads. Following a successful installation, it adds its malicious extension to your browsers and takes control of them. The adware injects various ads on every web page you load. It redirects your web traffic to sponsored pages and pauses your online videos for commercial breaks. For every ad you click on, its owners will get paid. And so, they did not limit the ads the adware forces on you. Quite the opposite. The more ads they show you, the bigger the chance you click on some. Of course, they don’t rely on the quantity only. The crooks have found a way to make their adverts irresistible. They programmed the adware to monitors your web traffic and to base its ads on the collected data. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into some search engine, the adware will display ads for sports shoes. Unfortunately, this also means that anyone willing to pay can access the collected information and use it against you. Numerous crooks use the adware and its resources to lure potential victims into online scams. Bear this in mind the next time you see an irresistible offer. With the Minesey.com adware on board, you are more likely to get redirected to a misleading or fake web page than to a legitimate one!

How did I get infected with?

The Minesey.com adware did not hack your computer. No, this parasite is not that advanced. It tricked you into installing it. That is right. It was you the one who invited the parasite on board. This is not a joke. You better accept the truth. You either clicked on a corrupted link, installed a fake update or a software copy. The crooks know how to lure their victims into unwanted actions. They attach their parasites to the payload files of third-party programs. If you are not paying attention to the fine print, you may install the extras unintentionally. Only your caution can prevent the crooks from succeeding. Avoid using torrents. Download your software from reputable sources only. When you start an installation, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Under it, you can deselect all unwanted programs. Examine the list of extras carefully. Read the Terms and Conditions/End User License Agreement. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. The Internet is a dangerous place. So, don’t be negligent. Always do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

The Minesey.com adware is extremely intrusive. It can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. The parasite injects dozens and dozens of ads on every website you visit. It redirects your web traffic and thus, slows down your Internet Connection. Every time you as much as touch your browser, numerous pop-ups cover your screen. The parasite is very hard to be tolerated. And it shouldn’t. The more time you grant it on board, the more aggressive will it become. It will increase the number of its adverts. Your poor browser will struggle to display the numerous ads correctly. It will freeze and crash frequently. Unfortunately, these issues should not be in the focus of your attention. The things the adware does behind your back are far more worrisome. As mentioned, the Minesey.com adware spies on you. It sells access to the information too. The crooks use the collected data against you. They prepare customized marketing campaigns and force them on you. They show you what you want to see, but when you click on their adverts, bad things happen. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. You may also get redirected to scam websites. The crooks are after your money. Do not let the adware turn you into an easy target. Remove this intruder ASAP!

How to Remove Minesey.com virus

The Minesey.com infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Minesey.com infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Track down Minesey.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Minesey.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Minesey.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Minesey.com in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Minesey.com startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Minesey.com virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Minesey.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Minesey.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Minesey.com

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Minesey.com, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Minesey.com argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Minesey.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.