How to get rid of "DNS Unlocker"?

Anonymous
2015-08-26T14:50:57+00:00

Windows Defender can't remove DNS Unlocker Malware although my Windows Defeneder is up to date!! What to do?

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Anonymous
2015-08-28T10:14:04+00:00

I am just copying some other person's solution which worked for me.

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After investigating, I found out that the damn "DNS Unlocker" had modified my DNS settings! After fixing this I was completely good! I have google chrome, so I am unsure if this fix persist to other browsers.

The path to do this follows:

Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Right-click your active internet connection (usually Wi-Fi since everyone uses that, unless your using a desktop) and click properties > Now under the Networking tab, scroll down until you find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) > Highlight that then click on properties > Both options in this windows should be automatic! The first option should be set to "Obtain an IP address automatically" and the second should be set to "Obtain DNS server address automatically!" If your computer belongs to a company or you actually have a custom DNS then this would not apply to you. Once you are finish, click "OK" and close the windows > Now go back into Chrome and reset your settings one more time and boom! It should work just fine.

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Respect to the developers who build these malware!

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Anonymous
2015-08-26T15:30:01+00:00

See this free, multi-step removal guide from Malwaretips.com: http://malwaretips.com/blogs/ads-by-dns-unlocker-removal/

If you do not see the program in Control Panel that you think is responsible for the ads and popups or you cannot uninstall it then move on to steps 2 and 3 (scan with AdwCleaner and Malwarebytes Free). If necessary you can run Hitman Pro (Trial Version) as suggested in step 4.  You may need to reset your browsers (see step 5).

Good luck…

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-01T07:53:11+00:00

    Dude 2 weeks to find this cure- Kaspersky keeps their **** in the same place- very tricky- gracias

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-01T02:11:11+00:00

    If "Obtain an IP address automatically" & "Obtain DNS server address automatically" are checked, you need to set the IP address & DNS server address manually.

    Than got to "Advanced..." and delete any entries in the DNS tab that are not your router/firewall/google DNS servers you set in the previous step.

    After deleting the malicious DNS servers, click OK and click OK again to apply the manual IP settings.

    Now go back and select the "Obtain an IP address automatically" & "Obtain DNS server address automatically" and click OK.

    Once that is done open elevated Command Prompt and type "ipconfig /flushdns", this will clear the DNS cache.

    Than type "ipconfig /registerdns", this will register the new DNS server from router/firewall/google.

    If after all of this you still have the ads, check your hosts file in "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" folder.

    It should not have anything uncommented (a line starting without # sign).

    If it has, open a Notepad as an Administrator (run as Administrator) and remove all the lines except the following:

    Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.

    This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

    This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each

    entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should

    be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

    The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one

    space.

    Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual

    lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.

    For example:

    #      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server

    #       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

    localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

    # 127.0.0.1       localhost

    # ::1             localhost

    This should work :-)

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