How To Remove Eonon.info Adware From PC

Proper Guide To Delete Eonon.info

Eonon.info is a malicious site that tries to make visitors click on suspicious pop-ups to allow notifications to be pushed. Once agreed, you are flooded with numerous annoying ads and pop-ups all over the day even if the browsers are closed. If you are continuously being redirected to this dubious site, then it is an indication that your PC is infected with an adware or a potentially unwanted program. This nasty PUP redirects your online traffic to shady domains to generate income and cause more disturbance with desktop and in-browser notifications.

Depth Analysis of Eonon.info:

Eonon.info adware makes users irritating because of the regular pop-up messages showing up on the screen with questionable content like offers, coupons, discounts, news. As soon as this unwanted threat infiltrates your device, every running browser can get infected, so you need to terminate this PUP when you want to end the annoying behavior related with it. After the successful penetration of this adware in your computer, multiple settings of your Chrome, Firefox, Explorer, Safari or other browsers get modified. These alterations include notification preferences and even installations of browser extensions, plugins, toolbars and add-ons.

Eonon.info PUP automatically installs those browser contents without victims’consent or knowledge. Nonetheless, notifications show up on the screen directly when people interact with the pop-up appearing on the domain itself that says “Confirm notifications.” No matter if you press Allow or Block, the parasite automatically initiates its malicious activities once you click on the pop-up or anywhere in the page. One of the functions that this adware has is data tracking. Once the Eonon.info gets traffic from users, each click on the browser, site, or pop-up gives access to browsing data and preferences as such:

• most visited sites;
• most searched items;
• browsing history;
• Search queries;
• IP address;
• location.

Although it seems like a harmless feature, developers of this PUP are associated with advertisers and can share these details with third-party companies who might be cyber criminals. Commercial content creators generate personalized advertisements based on these preferences and trick victims into installing applications they promote. This perilous threat slows down the overall computer performance drastically as it consumes enormous amount of memory resources and increases the usage of CPU. And hence, a quick Eonon.info removal is strongly required.

Threat Summary 

Name: Eonon.info

Type: Adware, Potentially unwanted program, Push notification virus

Short Description: Aims to get maximum subscribers, displays annoying advertisements, Makes alterations in browser’s settings, Redirects users to affiliated or even malware-laden domains, promotes sponsored products, services and programs and make online revenues for the creators.

Symptoms: Annoying intrusive adverts, modified home page, search engine, fake pop-up messages, identity theft. Users are enforced to visit hijacker’s website and search the Internet using their search engines, slowness of infected system’s performance.

Distribution methods: Free software installers (bundling), Deceptive emails, malicious pop-ups ads, fake flash player installers.

Damage: Web browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), exhibition of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites.

Removal: To get rid of this infection and other malware threats, our security researchers recommend scanning your device with an effective anti-malware tool is recommended.

How Does This Adware Enter Your PC?

Surfing the web can lead to installations of rogue tools or unwanted programs and even malware. When you don’t pay enough attention to the processes taking place on the system and sites they visit, such careless behavior leads to cyber infections.

Installing applications, software or updates from the internet is one of the necessary processes that need close attention and wise choices. Freeware download sites, P2p networks, illusive promotional ads are not reliable sources for any programs so they should never be used for downloads.

Choosing official sources and providers always gives the benefit, but when you want to avoid such unwanted installations altogether, it is better to opt for Custom or Advanced installation settings every time you install anything on the computer. This way, all the components packed in the installation setup can be seen on the list and de-selected.  But at the moment, you must remove Eonon.info from the machine without wasting any time.

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 Eonon.info:

Remove the related items of Eonon.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 Eonon.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 (Eonon.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 Eonon.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 Eonon.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 Eonon.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 Eonon.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 Eonon.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.

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