Choonotheen.com: Removal Process

Easy steps to delete Choonotheen.com

Choonotheen.com is a program that delivers pop-ups and various commercial contents and trick people to visit pages filled with advertisements. In many cases, users end up to the site by getting redirected through some potentially unwanted applications or adware. After successful infiltration, the PUPs modify the browser settings of installed browsers and cause redirect to the user to other affiliated pages. The course of action of this site depends on local condition and developer’s choice. Accordingly, it either redirects to other shady sites or display ads and pop-ups. By the security experts, it is considered as potentially unwanted applications.

Furthermore, this type of software displays large amount of ads and pop-ups on your desktop as well as browser. Those delivered ads are in form of pop-ups, coupons, deals, discounts, offers and other similar adverts. This technique is used by hackers in order to trick users into clicking on those displayed ads. They appear with each visiting site and search engine that diminish the web browsing speed and also limit the visibility of pages visited. In short, encountering with such type of apps is highly not recommended. Third party programmers promote their products and services which are not reliable.

Intrusion techniques of Choonotheen.com:

This harmful virus mainly intrudes into your system using various deceptive methods. Some of them are bundled free third party programs that you downloaded from unreliable websites. It can also get spread through spam emails, suspicious links, peer to peer file sharing and torrent or porn websites. After infiltration, it can disable your antivirus program to avoid its removal and detection. It can also install new toolbars, browser extensions or add-ons to carry out its malicious activities.

Further, apps like Choonotheen.com operates as information tracking tools and target details such as viewed pages, visited websites, IP addresses, geographical locations and other similar. After that developers behind this share all those details with hackers who misused those data for illegal purposes.  Due to this, users might experience problems relating to privacy issues, monetary loss and others. So, to fix all such problems it is advised to remove all PUAs immediately.

How to avoid installation of PUAs?

First of all it is important to research about content before downloading or installing it. Avoid using third party downloader/installer, peer to  peer file sharing networks, free file hosting sites and other similar channels for downloading any kind of software as they are deemed to be untrustworthy. All the additional offers during the installation process should be declined. Avoid dealing with any kind of intrusive ads or pop-ups.

There is high possibility that they cause redirect to shady website or cause unwanted downloads or installations of software. At any point of time, if you notice any suspicious plug-ins or add-ons in the browser then you must remove it immediately from the computer/browser. In order to keep system safe and secure from further malware attack, you are recommended to remove Choonotheen.com as early as possible.

Short summary about Choonotheen.com

Type: Ads, Malicious domain, PUP, pop-up virus

Short Description: A website with questionable reputation that hijacks browsing sessions in order to present sponsored content.

Symptoms: Unexpected redirects that open Choonotheen.com ads can be noticed in the browser. Lots of ads or pop-up, flood the browser and make it sluggish. Sensitive data is possibly obtained.

Infiltration: deceptive pop-up ads, downloading unnecessary programs, suspicious links, harmful websites and other annoying activities.

Damage: display lots of unwanted and annoying advertisements, redirect to unreliable websites, loss of private information, internet browser tracking (possibly privacy issues).

Removal process: in order to keep the system web browser safe and secure from more issues, you are highly suggested to remove Choonotheen.com immediately by using strong antimalware tool.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Choonotheen.com:

Remove the related items of Choonotheen.com using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Choonotheen.com issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Choonotheen.com) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Choonotheen.com removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter. In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Choonotheen.com still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Choonotheen.com plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”. Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Choonotheen.com removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Choonotheen.com (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications. Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.