How to remove Silkbasket.icu

Tips for Silkbasket.icu removal

Silkbasket.icu is not a safe domain. It only tries to make users click on suspicious ads that result out of nowhere. Firstly, it uses a social engineering technique to trick people into allowing the site so that it can send notifications from the site directly on the desktop. If clicked, users start receiving pop-up deals, banners, offers and other intrusive, sponsored content directly on the desktop when computer is on even when the browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are turned off.

From this discussion above, it is better to avoid Silkbasket.icu ads by not agreeing to the push-notification statement. However, it can simply be disabled from the browser settings. But, the redirect to the shady, phishing, tech support scam, and spoofing and ad-filled sites are the indication of adware infection. Such pages lead users into downloading other PUPs, paying for fake services and entering personal information on any third party pages.

Adware intrude in without users’ consent typically together with other software downloaded off the Internet. After the successful infiltration, they conduct major modifications on the installed browser settings to force open a new browsing tab for Silkbasket.icu page, in particular. Users visit this page when they open their browsing tab/Window all the time. Apart from asking for confirmation and showing tech support scams, or other spoofing sites, this site focuses on rerouting the web traffic to sponsored pages that can bring some potentially dangerous malware such as Trojan or Ransomware to the device.

The adware conduct such intrusive actions on browsers by running on the background. This means,  they certainly bypass the registry keys and add malicious executables to the process of the Task Manager that allow them to activate with each OS reboot and run all the time. By running continually, the programs utilize the huge CPU and GPU resources that overheat the system component and downgrade the system overall performances. These activities can even cause the permanently system crash.

Other risk associated with adware infection is the data tracking that can result into identity theft. Let us explain this, the data tracking capability allows the developers to track users’ browsing session and collect the data include IP addresses, Search queries, Viewed pages, URLs visited, ISP, Geo-locations and others similar. These data are mostly used in designing customized advertisements to grab users’ attention to the advertisements in order to make them response to the sponsored products and services. However, the collected details can be shared to potent Cybercriminals who misuse them in doing crimes that create privacy issues to you. In order to prevent this, immediately remove Silkbasket.icu redirect causing adware.

 Be careful when downloading any free applications

Usually, ad-supported program are distributed via using software bundling. It allows the PUPs developers to attach their apps with some regular software and hide the bundles behind the downloader/installer setups that users usually do not check and change during the download. Also they skip most of the installation steps during the installation steps. Such reckless behavior and careless approach lead them into the inadvertent installation of unwanted apps.

In order to prevent this, you need to be careful during the download/install moment. Analyze each step using Custom/Advanced option and manually opt out all additionally attached apps and decline all offers.  Also, use only official websites and direct links for any software download. Avoid p2p networks, free file hosting sites and third party downloaders or installers that are deemed as untrustworthy or are often used to get monetized through bundling.

Remove Silkbasket.icu

Manual malware removal guide is provided below. Follow it so that you will not find any trouble during removal process. You can use some reputable antivirus tool to automatically remove Silkbasket.icu from the system.

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 Silkbasket.icu:

Remove the related items of Silkbasket.icu 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 Silkbasket.icu 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 (Silkbasket.icu) 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 Silkbasket.icu 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 Silkbasket.icu 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 Silkbasket.icu 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 Silkbasket.icu 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 Silkbasket.icu (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.