How to remove Aweinkbum.com from infected PC

Step by step process to delete Aweinkbum.com frequently

Aweinkbum.com is described as misleading websites that is mainly designed by group of cyber criminals in order to display pop-up ads, banners, deals, offers etc on the infected system. This nasty virus can install malicious browser based infection on your PC that will compromise your web searches and control several browser based action like spying on your online activities, redirecting your searches and steal your personal information. It will disable your system security related programs like firewall, antivirus software and many more to avoid its detection and removal and make your PC vulnerable for other threats and viruses.

Additionally, Aweinkbum.com virus is tricky malware infection that is designed with special purpose of cheating innocent users and making them download useless programs that could increase issues on your computer. These types of deceptive pop-up appear on your device saying that your system is infected or you need to download updates. This cunning malware will keep redirecting your browser on phishing sites to show bogus pop-ups on your desktop which suggest you to download some shady security programs to remove these threats. It is surely a malicious app that has somehow infected your system and it is very important to remove this infection. In order to keep your work-station safe and secure from further damage, you are advised to remove Aweinkbum.com as quickly as possible.

Threat specification

Name: Aweinkbum.com

Type: Adware

Danger Level: Moderate (Can bring threats like Ransomware and Trojan on your computer)

Distribution: Through spam emails, bundled freeware, malicious websites, porn or torrent sites, cracked software, file sharing network etc.

Symptoms: Show fake pop-up ads, redirect your browser and bring more threats.

Removal: In order to remove Aweinkbum.com and other similar threats, you are advised to use some reliable processes.

How your system gets infected from Aweinkbum.com?

Like other redirect virus and harmful threats, Aweinkbum.com virus enters into your system by using several different methods. It mostly spread through bundles of free software programs, spam emails, suspicious websites, harmful links, sharing files on unsafe networks, and various other social engineering attack methods. Once this annoying malware installed successfully, it can easily infect your browser such as Edge, Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox and others mainly used browsers.

Due to the presence of this perilous threat, you will experience annoying problems like unwanted browser redirection, slow speed, unwanted ads on every site that you visit and many more. This dubious threat can also bring other harmful viruses on your system and cause the bank fraud and identity theft because it spies on your online activities to collect personal information and share with hackers. So, it becomes important to remove Aweinkbum.com virus if you want to avoid any severe damage to your machine.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

To prevent proliferation of unreliable programs and other malware like Aweinkbum.com, you need to go through below mentioned steps:

• To download and install any software, use only official websites and direct links because it is safe and not dangerous.
• Third party downloaders, unofficial WebPages, peer to peer sharing networks and other similar tools should be avoided because it likely contains rogue apps.
• Always pay close attention at the time of installation moment and read terms and agreements carefully.
• Don’t skip custom, advance, manual and other options of the installation setups.
• Avoid opening spam emails that seems irrelevant or especially received from suspicious addresses. If opened, it downloads and installs malware.
• Avoid clicking on intrusive ads if they are displayed on dubious pages because if you click on it, they redirect you to unreliable websites that contain lots of infections.

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 Aweinkbum.com:

Remove the related items of Aweinkbum.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 Aweinkbum.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 (Aweinkbum.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 Aweinkbum.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 Aweinkbum.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 Aweinkbum.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 Aweinkbum.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 Aweinkbum.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.