For several years now, such an infection as informers has been spreading on the Internet. An informer is always a kind of ad unit that invites you to use its services, namely, to send an SMS message to a mobile phone number in order to eliminate an annoying window. If the computer user agrees with this action and sends a message, then he loses in any case: he will not receive the money spent on sms back, and the banner will remain in the place where it was.
Necessary
Removing an advertising banner - informer
Instructions
Step 1
The main goal of the developers of these banners is the rapid accumulation of funds at the expense of those people who are still poorly accustomed to the Internet. Of course, if you wish, you can find the author of the banner, but the money spent does not always come back to you. If the number indicated on the banner consists of 4-5 digits, then the author of this informer will be easy to find. But recently, cases of indicating a full-fledged mobile phone number have become more frequent, which greatly complicates the task. Informers are classified as parasitic software - malware.
Step 2
To remove the informer in the Internet Explorer browser, you must click the "Service" menu, then "Internet Options". In the window that opens, select the "Advanced" tab, then click the "Reset" button. After restarting the computer, check the operation of the computer.
Step 3
If the informer has not disappeared, you should click the "Service" menu, select the "Add-ons" item, then "Enabling and disabling add-ons". In the window that opens, find the "File" field and find all files that end in lib.dll. All found files must be disabled in this window. After restarting the browser, check the presence of the informer. If it does not disappear, then all found files must be deleted from the System 32 folder, which is located in the Windows folder of the system drive.
Step 4
Another option to get rid of the informer is to scan the system with the Cure It or AVZ program. If your desktop starts, then scan the program in your system, otherwise you will have to remove the hard drive and scan it on another computer.
Step 5
Using the phone, you can ask your friend to visit the website of the developer of the anti-virus program Dr. Web. This site has a section that can help you solve your problem. You are required to dictate the phone number to which you want to send an sms message or text message. In response, your friend will dictate unlock codes for your informer. If none of the codes suits you, describe in detail the appearance of the informer and its content. On the same site there are examples of informer pages that can be used to speed up the unlocking process.
