How to remove Cocketexercine.info

Simple Guide to delete Cocketexercine.info from PC frequently

It is described as social engineering attack that tries to tricks users to subscribe push notifications. In order to subscribe their notifications, they ask you to click on the allow button.  If you allow their sites they can send unwanted advertisements directly to your desktop even when your browser is closed. These malicious popup ads are caused by unfamiliar sites where you visit or from the presence of adware. The main motive is to modify default settings of search engine and redirects your sites to the third party immediately. This virus enters in your machine through free software packages which you download from internet. Once this virus installed in your PC, you can’t visit the website properly due to its improper behavior.

Further, it is described as a dangerous malware creation of cyber criminals whose main aim is to cheat innocent user to earn illegal online profit. They promote third parties websites to generate income from pay per click ad schemes. If you click on this scheme, it shows large amount of ads and popup on your browser to degrade internet browsing activities. They can also keep records such as IP address, search queries, banking information and more details as well. Later, they share all those details to potent cyber criminals who misuse it for illegal activities. Therefore, it is necessary to delete this malware from system as quickly as possible.

Harmful impacts of Cocketexercine.info on PC:

• It easily enters all versions of Windows operating system namely window XP, Vista and 10 without permission.
• This dangerous malware hijack your main browser mainly Internet explorer, Safari and other browsers.
• It blocks genuine application such as command prompt, antivirus software, control panel and other applications.
• It can also modify default settings of home page, search engine of your browser and redirects you to third parties websites frequently.
• This malware can open backdoor and allows hackers to access your system remotely.

How Cocketexercine.info enter into PC?

The adware program easily gets installed into your system through bundled of free software programs, email messages and many more which you download from internet. It can also enter through social media, downloaded media file, suspicious links, file sharing networks and many more tricks. As you know, these entire entire illegal tasks are performed by cyber criminals whose main motive is to trick you into downloading and installing wanted software along with unwanted programs. In most cases, developers hide information about bundled apps behind custom or advance options. Thus, users rush and skip all those available settings unchanged and often cause inadvertent installation of unwanted applications. So, you are strongly advised to be very cautious while downloading any kind of software.

Precautionary measures:

You must be very careful while doing online surfing and clicking on ads and popup messages. Don’t click on any link shown on your screen without knowing the entire process. Always use official websites and direct download links to install any applications. Third party installer, unofficial pages and other similar tools should be avoided. If you see this kind of perilous infection in your machine, then you are advised to remove it as early as possible.  While doing so, your system will become safe and you can work properly and can browse any webpage safely. More details will be discussed below to remove Cocketexercine.info virus completely by using both manual and automatic process.

Threat summary

Name: Cocketexercine.info

Type: Adware

Symptoms: visibility of pages are not clear, degrade internet browsing speed, unwanted browser extensions, add-ons and changed homepage and new tab page of your browser.

Distribution: fake software updates, software installers, harmful links, corrupted websites etc.

Damage: internet browser tracking (possibly privacy issues), financial loss and slow down PC performance

Removal: You are advised to follow the removal instructions which have been described below in step by step manner to remove Cocketexercine.info.

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 Cocketexercine.info:

Remove the related items of Cocketexercine.info 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 Cocketexercine.info 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 (Cocketexercine.info) 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 Cocketexercine.info 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 Cocketexercine.info 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 Cocketexercine.info 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 Cocketexercine.info 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 Cocketexercine.info (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.