If the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge opens the www.di7wee8.top unwanted web-site then most probably that your PC is infected with an ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware). This adware alters the Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and MS Edge settings to show lots of unwanted pop-ups on all web pages, including web-sites where previously you advertisements have never seen. These ads can be varied: pop-up windows, boxes, in-text ads, different sized banners and so on. What is more, the ‘ad-supported’ software, that opens the www.di7wee8.top pop-up ads, can cause your Internet connection to be slow or freeze your web browser so that the interface is not updated anymore.
The malicious software from the adware family that modifies the settings of web-browsers usually affects only the Chrome, FF, MS Edge and Internet Explorer. However, possible situations, when any other web browsers will be affected too. The ad supported software may change the Target property of a web browser’s shortcut, so every time you open the internet browser, instead of your start page, you will see the unwanted www.di7wee8.top ads.
Technically, the adware is not a virus, but it does bad things, it generates lots of popup ads, hindering or completely blocking the work in the internet browser. It may install other unknown and unwanted software without your permission, force you to visit dangerous sites. Moreover, a browser hijacker can be additionally installed on to your computer with the ad supported software. Once installed, it will rewrite your startpage with an unwanted web site.
We suggest you to remove adware and clean your machine from www.di7wee8.top ads as soon as possible, until the presence of the ad supported software has not led to even worse consequences. You need to follow the step-by-step guide below that will allow you to completely remove the redirect to www.di7wee8.top annoying web-site, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.
How does www.di7wee8.top ads get installed onto PC system
Just as the beginning of this article, if you have ever seen the www.di7wee8.top web-page appear in your internet browser, it means your computer has been infected with the adware. Most often ad supported software is bundled with free applications. So, think back, have you ever download and start any free applications? Because most users, in the Setup Wizard, simply click the Next button and do not read any information such as ‘Terms of use’ and ‘Software license’. This leads to the fact that the personal computer is infected, the web browser’s configured to show a huge number of the www.di7wee8.top unwanted advertisements. Even removing the free software that contains this adware, the annoying ads does not disappear. Therefore, you must follow the guide below to clean your machine from the ad supported software and thereby delete www.di7wee8.top .
How to manually remove www.di7wee8.top redirect
Without a doubt, the ad-supported software is harmful to your computer. So you need to quickly and completely remove this malicious software. To get rid of this ad-supported software, you can use the manual removal which are given below, or use an anti-malware tool for removing malicious programs, such as Malwarebytes Anti-malware and AdwCleaner (both are free). I note that we recommend that you use automatic removal, which will allow you to get rid of www.di7wee8.top advertisements easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you are well versed in computer or in the case where ‘ad-supported’ software is not removed automatically.
- Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
- Get rid of www.di7wee8.top from Google Chrome
- Remove www.di7wee8.top advertisements from Firefox
- Delete www.di7wee8.top from IE
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove www.di7wee8.top redirect
- Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Delete suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
The best way to start the machine cleanup is to remove unknown and suspicious programs. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded programs can clean up your internet browser from ads, hijackers and so on.
- If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows key, click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
- If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
- It will display the Windows Control Panel.
- Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
- You will see a list of all installed applications.
- Scroll through the all list, and delete suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort applications by date.
See more details in the video instructions below.
Get rid of www.di7wee8.top from Google Chrome
Like other modern browsers, the Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby remove the redirect to www.di7wee8.top unwanted ads which is caused by the adware.
At first, launch the Google Chrome. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will appear the main menu. Click on the option named “Settings”. Another way to show the Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the web browser adress bar and press Enter.
The web-browser will show the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as shown below and click the “Reset settings” button.
The Chrome will display the confirmation prompt. You need to confirm your action, press the “Reset” button. The program will run the task of cleaning. When it is finished, the web-browser settings including the ‘block pop-ups’ option back to the values that have been when the Chrome was first installed on your computer.
Remove www.di7wee8.top advertisements from Firefox
If the FF settings have been replaced by the ad-supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to delete the redirect onto www.di7wee8.top web-page.
First, run the Firefox and click button. It will open the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web-browser. Next, click the Help button () as shown on the screen below.
In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the browser address bar and press Enter. It will display the “Troubleshooting Information” page like below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.
It will open the confirmation prompt, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the ad-supported software. When it is complete, click the “Finish” button
Delete www.di7wee8.top from IE
To get rid of the www.di7wee8.top ads you need to reset the IE to the state, that was when the Windows was installed on your PC.
First, start the Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon . It will show the drop-down menu on the right part of the internet browser, then press the “Internet Options” as shown in the following image.
In the “Internet Options” screen, you need to select the “Advanced” tab and click the “Reset” button. The Internet Explorer will display the “Reset IE settings” dialog box as on the image below. Next, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. After that, press the “Reset” button.
Once the process is done, click “Close” button. Close the Internet Explorer and reboot your machine for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web-browser’s settings to default state and disable ‘ad-supported’ extensions.
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove www.di7wee8.top redirect
Now you need to clean up the browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the internet browser, and not on any unknown file. Right click to a desktop shortcut for your web browser. Choose the “Properties” option.
It will show the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The adware can replace it. If you are seeing something like “…exe http://web.site.address” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the browser you are using:
- Google Chrome: chrome.exe
- Opera: opera.exe
- Firefox: firefox.exe
- Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe
Look at the example on the screen below.
Once is complete, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for internet browser shortcuts that redirects to an unwanted web sites. When you have completed, go to next step.
Delete unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Once installed, the adware can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you start your system, it will show www.di7wee8.top annoying web site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and get rid of all tasks that have been created by adware.
Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard together. It will open a dialog box which titled with Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, as on the image below.
In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be show just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need delete this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it is a component of the adware, then this task also should be removed.
Further click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown on the screen below.
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by adware. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.
Delete www.di7wee8.top ads with Malwarebytes
Delete www.di7wee8.top redirect manually is difficult and often the adware is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your machine. The Malwarebytes is a reputable malware removal program. It can automatically detect and delete the adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) of the your personal computer. Moreover, this free program will help you to delete web browser hijackers, malware and toolbars that your system may be infected too. You can follow the few simple steps below to remove the www.di7wee8.top unwanted redirect completely.
Download Malwarebytes Free from the link below.
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Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020
Once downloaded, close all applications and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup like below.
When the install starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Malwarebytes on your PC.
Once installation is complete, you will see window as shown on the image below.
Now click on the “Scan Now” button for scanning your PC for the adware that causes the redirect to www.di7wee8.top web-site. This process can take some time, so please be patient.
When the system scan is complete, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button. The Malwarebytes will start removing the ‘ad-supported’ software related files, folders, registry keys. Once the disinfection is done, you may be prompted to restart the computer.
The following video explains the few simple steps above on how to remove adware with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.
Stop www.di7wee8.top advertisements and other annoying web-pages
To increase your security and protect your machine against new annoying advertisements and malicious web-sites, you need to use program that stops access to malicious ads and web sites. Moreover, the application can block the open of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
Download AdGuard program from the following link.
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Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
Once downloading is finished, start the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown in the following image.
Follow the prompts. Once the install is finished, you will see a window as shown in the figure below.
You can press “Skip” to close the install application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your personal computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-ups, web pages like www.di7wee8.top, as well as other dangerous or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.
Scan your PC and remove www.di7wee8.top with AdwCleaner.
This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and remove ad supported software, browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and MS Edge browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (homepage and search engine by default). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and get rid of malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the PC system.
Download AdwCleaner tool from the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
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Version: 8.3.2
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 28, 2022
Once the download is finished, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will run the AdwCleaner utility and you will see a screen as on the image below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to show the program, press Yes button to continue.
Now, press the “Scan” . This will begin scanning the whole machine to find out ad supported software that cause a redirect to www.di7wee8.top ads.
Once the scanning is finished, it will display a list of all items detected by this utility as shown in the following image.
You need to press “Clean” button. It will show a prompt, click “OK” to start the cleaning procedure. Once the clean-up is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your computer. After restart, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.
All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.
Finish words
Now your PC should be clean of the www.di7wee8.top redirect. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-up ads and annoying dangerous web-pages) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your PC system for new malware and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new malicious applications and adware are released.
If you are still having problems while trying to delete www.di7wee8.top pop-up ads from your machine, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.