Adtcs.sitescout.com offers a variety of pop-ups like ads, coupons, raffle tickets and browser security alerts, which is trickily created by hijackers to coax computer users to be trapped into their deceptive nasty trick for malicious profits. As you can see on your main Internet browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox, etc, a lot of Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-ups keep showing on no matter when you are opening a new tab or searching anything. Numerous victimized users may be not aware that Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up is a kind of hijack virus and still be confused the reasons why they can’t get the willing search results. Now you can get a clear answer is that Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up is classified as hijack virus, and your computer has been compromised and governed by the Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus completely.
Usually the victimized users have lost the ability to search the things that they wanted since their computers have been infected with Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus. Once the hijack virus infects one computer, it will tamper with the main Internet Browser and alter default homepage on the infected computer. Later after that, the default homepage can be changed as Adtcs.sitescout.com and then all things one victimized user can get just are pop-ups provided by Adtcs.sitescout.com hijack virus or other malicious sites. Furthermore, only when users click on those pop-ups will a Trojan virus like Trojan:Win32/Sefnit.AU or unwanted rogue program bundled with destructive infections possibly install itself on their computers without any consent. Under such situation, it is quite easily for hijackers to take over the infected computers thereby damaging it.
Huge damages and high-risk confidential data exposure can happen since the Adtcs.sitescout.com hijack virus doesn’t infect one computer alone. Together with rogue virus or Trojan virus, they can make victimized users at loss what to do but get those pop-ups. For one, increasingly system vulnerabilities can be exploited to degrade the infected computer performance. Such as executable files deletion and programs disable. And some freeze, slowdown, blue screen errors, and browser corruption problems constantly happen. It can make some of the Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus victims frustrated about how to do to solve the problems. For another one, it is essentially important part for both victims and hijackers. Referred to victims of the Adtcs.sitescout.com virus, they have to face economy loss including confidential data theft like online banking numbers/password. Relevant with the virus makers also are called hijackers, their main goal is to steal money so that they can seize any chances to acquire confidential data for acquiring the malicious profits. In a word, if you don’t remove the Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus once it is identified on your computer, you will be at high- risk of corrupting the infected computer and economic loss.
Unwanted add-ons (those rogue programs that attach themselves to Internet Explorer when you load a piece of shareware or unsuspectingly visit the wrong Web site) are designed to keep tabs on you. To remove Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus you have to clear out all its add-ons, cookies, and reset homepage, etc.
1. Press Ctrl+ Alt+ Del and click Start Task Manager. In Windows Task Manager, click the Applications tab. You can see a list of running applications there. Select the line for Internet Explorer and click End Task. You then click “X” out of the Task Manager.
2. Choose Start→All Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).
3. Internet Explorer starts without running any add-ons, and you see this warning. In the Add-ons Disabled dialog box, choose Tools→Manage Add-ons→Enable or Disable Add-ons.
4. In the box marked Show, choose Add-ons That Have Been Used by Internet Explorer. Then click the Publisher column head to sort by publisher. (When you’ve jumped through all those hoops, you see a sorted list of add-ons in the Manage Add-ons dialog box.)
5. One by one, click any suspect add-ons about Adtcs.sitescout.com Pop-up virus and then click Disable.
6. Click OK three times, “X” out of Internet Explorer, and then start IE normally. The scummy add-ons about Adtcs.sitescout.com or other malicious sites will never darken IE’s door again.
7. You need to use the below steps to clear cookies in Internet Explorer.
Press Start→Click Control Panel→Double click Internet options→Under the General Tab, you will see ‘Delete temporary files, history, cookies, saved passwords…’ Click Delete.→The Delete Browsing History dialog box will appear, click the ‘cookies’ checkbox→Click the delete button at the bottom of the dialog box→You will be taken back to the Internet properties dialog box. Click ‘ok.’
8. Reset the default homepage back from Adtcs.sitescout.com. Click Tools> Internet Options> General >Remove the target website>Apply.
1. Show hidden files first to clear out all Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus files, here is how: Click Start button->Go to Control Panel->Double click on Files and Folder Option->Select View tab->Check “Show hidden files, folders and drives”->Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)-> Click Ok.
2. Delete Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus files from Local Disk. Click on Start button and open My Computer/Computer, and then open local disk, find the below files and delete them.
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%Appdata%\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\ [random].exe
3. Delete the Adtcs.sitescout.com virus registry entries. Press Windows + R keys to reveal Run box and type regedit in Run window, click ok to open Registry Editor.
4. In Registry Editor box, you need access to below registry keys and delete related entries.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\run\
5. Restart the infected computer to effect all changes of Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus removal.
If it is needed, you can read below steps on how to clear out cookies on other Internet Browsers.
Mozilla Firefox
Look at the top end of your Firefox window and you will see a ‘Firefox’ button. Click it and click ‘Options’ ->Click on ‘Privacy’ ->you will see ‘Firefox will:’ Set it to ‘Use custom settings for history.’ ->Click on the ‘Show Cookies’ button on the right side ->If you want to delete cookies set by individual sites, enter the complete domain or partial domain name of the site you want to manage like Adtcs.sitescout.com in the search field. Your search will retrieve the list of cookies set for that site. Click ‘Remove Cookie’ ->you need to delete all cookies about Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus, click the top of your Firefox window and click on your Firefox button ->Click the History menu and pick out ‘Clear Recent History…’ ->Select ‘Everything’ for the ‘Time Range To Clear’ option. Click on the downward arrow located next to ‘Details’. This will open up the list of items. ->Click ‘Cookies’ and make sure all the other items are unselected. -> Click on the ‘Clear Now’ button at the bottom. Close your ‘Clear Recent History’ window.
Google Chrome
At the top right side of your browser toolbar, click on the Chrome icon-> Click on Settings-> Scroll to the bottom and click ‘Show advanced settings’-> Under ‘Privacy’, you will see ‘Content Settings’, click on this-> Under ‘Cookies’, you will see ‘All cookies and site data’, click on this-> You will see a full listing of all your cookies. You can click REMOVE ALL to clear all your cookies about the malicious Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus.
Safari
Open Safari-> Click Safari then Preferences-> Click on ‘Privacy.’->Click on ‘Details.’-> You will see a lit of websites that store cookies. You can remove single sites by clicking ‘Remove All.’-> when you have finished removing sites, click ‘Done.’
Note: now if you are still confused about fixing Adtcs.sitescout.com pop-up virus, you can contact with VilmaTech Online Support for more suggestions.
