How to get rid of "brought by iVIDI" ads?

What is iVIDI?

iVIDI is just an alias of harmful software, aimed to hijack your browser's start page, search engine and show product offers. The real name of this threat can be one of these: Getprivate VPN, IT Viewer, SecureSoft, SecureSoft Protector, Alfasistem Memory, Jelbrus Secure Web. Such popular browsers as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox can be potentially exposed to it. Look at the sample pictures below, the same or similar things happen when iVIDI is in your system.

Example of hijacked start page:

zwiiky.com or dounty.com hijacked start page (image clickable)

But that's not all the effects, caused by iVIDI threat. 

You should notice bothering Powered by AdSupply pop-ups. Everytime you click on the page, Powered by AdSupply pop-up appears. You could see different kinds of offers, just like shown below:

Reimage Repair offer (image clickable)

You should never click on that offers or download any fake "Flash player update", "System booster", "SpeedUp manager" and so on. Such programs can only harm your system and take your money for nothing. That's why it is so important to get rid of iVIDI infection as soon as possible.

In addition to hijacked start page, search engine and a lot of pop-ups iVIDI malware can display product offers when you are looking for something to buy on Amazon, for example. Look at the picture below for better understanding:

Product offers brought by iVIDI

These product offers are always payed for, do not click on them. Also it can be very frustrating, especially in cases when such offers reduce the visibility of web page you are looking.

iVIDI belongs to Techsnab family of malicious programs and may be called by different malware scanners as:

• Adware.Techsnab (Gridinsoft Trojan Killer) 
• ADWARE/Techsnab
• Trojan.Win32.Qudamah

How to figure out that your computer 

is infected by iVIDI?

Here are some signs that indicate that your computer is infected with iVIDI threat:

• you see "brought by iVIDI" offers in your browser;
• "Powered by AdSupply" pop-up windows appear when you click on a web page;
• your homepage was changed without your consent;
• your search engine was changed without your consent;
• at least one of the following folders present on your computer: 
• C:\Program Files\IT Viewer
• C:\Program Files\Jelbrus Secure Web
• C:\Program Files\Alfasistem Memory
• C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Getprivate VPN
• C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Updater
• at least one of the following registry items present on your computer:
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{A1E7709A-3AFB-49B8-8719-CCBF3F73CCB1}
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{2F137995-4D26-44AD-9C4E-91055090A817}
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{43A12E1B-6532-4C90-90A5-60972044DFED}_is1
  • HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Live Malware Protection
• the following file is present in your system:
• C:\Windows\mlwps.exe
• the following service is present in your system:
• C:\Windows\mlwps.exe as "Live Malware Protection" service

How to get rid of iVIDI?

Follow the next steps to remove iVIDI from your computer completely.

Step 1.  Try to remove iVIDI using tools of Windows operating system.

If you have installed Windows 8, click the Start button on the screen or Windows button on the keyboard, start typing "programs and features" and select Programs and Features from the menu:

Programs and Features

If you have installed Windows 7, press Start button and choose Control panel: 

Windows 7 start menu

Look for Getprivate VPN version 1.0 (or any other version) entry in the list of installed programs, select and uninstall them one-by-one using Uninstall button:

Uninstall Getprivate VPN threat (clickable)

Now reboot your computer and check the result. If the advertising is still present, please move to the next step.

Step 2. Remove iVIDI completely using Gridinsoft Trojan Killer tool

Gridinsoft Trojan Killer is a powerful all-in-one tool aimed to protect you and your computer from dangerous software called 'malware'. It has no analogues on the quality of removing any kinds of threats. You can also take advantage of the professional Trojan Killer Support Team, which can solve your problem remotely, even if Trojan Killer has not solved your problem. *

Please, follow the guide below to remove iVIDI from your computer.

• Download Gridinsoft Trojan Killer using following link: Download Gridinsoft Trojan Killer

• Close all your programs and browsers
• Install Gridinsoft Trojan Killer and run it by double-clicking on the icon on your desktop: 

  

  Trojan Killer icon on the desktop

• Run Standard scan:

  

  Scan page

• After the scanning completed mark all items as Move to quarantine and press Apply button to remove all dangerous items from your computer. Reboot your PC if Trojan Killer asks about it:

  

  Scan results

• Now you need to clean all your browsers. If you skip this step, iVIDI still will be active in your system. Go to the Tools page and press Reset browser settings button:

  

  Tools page

• Mark all the browsers you have as shown below and press Reset button:

  

  Final step of removal process

• Reboot your PC and check the result

Now your computer should be cleaned of iVIDI. 

If you still notice any signs of iVIDI, please send your request to Trojan Killer Support Team. Specialists from Gridinsoft will help you in removing any kind of threats *

* Please notice that Trojan Killer Support service is available for registered users only. If you want to get free Trial Key, do not hesitate to contact Trojan Killer Support Team