Dizans.live Ads – How to remove?

Written by Valdis Koks

Dizans.live search hijacker is a sort of malware that squeezes into your computer, and after that switches the search engine configurations in your internet browser to one which it is paid for. It also makes some undesirable modifications that can trigger private information leakages, in addition to other malware injection. In this article, you will see the guide of Dizans.live hijacker elimination in several techniques, as well as also the procedure of making your browser like new.

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Dizans.live Info

Name Dizans.live extension
Type Browser hijacker1
Short Description The unwanted software that amends important browser settings without the user’s permission.
Symptoms The Dizans.live hijacker replaces the browser parameters set by the users and replaces these settings with its own values.
Distribution Method Bundling with Freeware or Shareware, misleading pop-up ads produced by adware.
Detection Tool Inspect If Your System Has Been Affected by the Dizans.live hijacker.

The ways of injection of Dizans.live search hijackers are various. Many of them belong to the malware spreading with the malvertising or evil-minded links of different internet sites. Frequently, your personal computer might be infected with this virus through the trojan-downloader, which is used to spread various other malware. There is a single kind of this unwanted program – web browser plugin that can build right into any internet browser which supports the add-on installment2.

You will not likely mount this plugin by yourself, due to the fact that their names are quite uncertain, and also the usefulness is really controversial. The “creators” of Dizans.live hijacker normally mention that it can save the .doc/.docx files from the web pages already to .pdf format, or to save the entire website on your disk. It is rather hard to imagine if someone may be needed in such features in 2023, when the Web access is not time-limited and every PC has the ability to open the needed .docx documents at Google Docs.

However, besides their impracticality, they can simply be located in the Chrome Web Store. Naturally, virus analysts sound the alarm relating to such spam right into the official source of web browser extensions, demanding the Google reaction – getting rid of these extensions from their site. However, they are still not hurrying to fix that security issue.

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Is the Dizans.live virus?

At the first sight, you may think that these redirects are only frustrating, but not risky. Due to this reason a great deal of users are simply playing for time instead of eliminating this malware, obtaining increasingly more chances of being infected with various other viruses, which are far more serious than Dizans.live is.

Besides the modified browser search engine or search results, you may additionally see various promotions even on those sites that do not have any ads on it by default. And you can just misclick while closing the ad, and launch the downloading of an unidentified file, which may be a malware, or a potentially undesirable program, or perhaps ransomware – whatever the maintainers of this hijacker want.

If your web browser is damaged because of the Azorult trojan task, the system may start malfunctioning in a short time – this symptome is among the most typical in case of trojan injection.

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How to remove Dizans.live?

First, let me say several words about prevention the Dizans.live malware penetration. It is very easy to refer to the options of securing your computer from such irritating items as browser hijackers, but it is extremely easy to be caught on this bait even being a skilled user. As it was mentioned above, this malware may hide after the eye-catching (at the first sight) promotion, or in packs with various other adware you can get in dozens of ways. But despite the typical complexity of the penetration approaches, it is really simple to prevent the Dizans.live hijacker appearance in your system:

  • Do not follow the dubious links;
  • Restrict the usage of pseudo-free software (one which is offered as free, but has an additional unwanted programs in its pack);
  • Leave the habit of clicking advertisements on the web. If you need to buy something, it is better to google it;
  • Avoid downloading the files from dubious sources, like forums or file sharing websites.

Preparation before removing Dizans.live.

Before starting the actual uninstall procedure, we recommend that you do the following introductory milestones.

  • See to it you have this hand-operated tutorial always prepared to use.
  • Carry out a backup of every one of your data, including the stored logins, passwords and various other qualifications. You should support your info with a cloud back-up service and also ensure your data are protected from any sort of loss, even from the most extreme infections.
  • Wait until the lasting back-up process is over.

Step 1: Uninstall Dizans.live and related software from Windows

Here is a technique in few very easy stages that ought to have the ability to uninstall most applications. Either you use Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, these milestones will work well. Moving the app or its folder to the Trash can be a very wrong idea. In case you do that, remnants of the app may remain, and that can cause the unstable performance of your system, malfunctions with the file type associations and other unpleasant behavior. The effective solution to get an app off your device is to remove it manually. To do that:

1. Keep holding the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will soon arrive.

Windows keyboard R

2. In the field that appeared, type in “appwiz.cpl” -1  and choose OK – 2.

Run appwiz.cpl

 

3. This will open a window with all the apps available on the device. Choose the app that you want to get rid of, then choose “Uninstall

Follow the steps above and you will successfully get rid of most unwanted apps.

Step 2: Get rid of Dizans.live from all your available browsers.

Mozilla FirefoxGoogle ChromeInternet ExplorerMicrosoft Edge

1. Launch Mozilla Firefox. Go to its menu window

2. Choose the “Add-ons” icon in the menu.

3. Find the unwanted extension and select “Remove

Mozilla Firefox Add-ons Remove

4. Upon deleting the extension, reload Mozilla Firefox, closing it with the help of a red “X” button in the upper right corner and start it again.

1. Launch Google Chrome and go to its drop menu

Google Chrome drop menu click

2. Click on “Tools” and then in the extended menu select “Extensions

Google Chrome Tools select Extensions

3. In the “Extensions” menu find the unwanted extension and apply the “Remove” button related to it.

Google Chrome Extensions Remove

4. As soon as the extension is deleted, reload Google Chrome by closing it by means of the red “X” button at the top right corner and launch it again.

1. Launch Internet Explorer

2. Click on the gear icon marked ‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and choose ‘Manage Add-ons’

Manage-add-ons

3. In the “Manage Add-ons” window, locate the extension you want to delete and then click “Remove”. A pop-up window will come up to inform you that you are about to delete the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and choose “Remove”.

Internet Explorer extension removal

4. Once the unwanted extension is deleted, reload Internet Explorer by shutting it down from the red “X” button located at the top right corner and launch it again.

1. Launch Edge

2. Access the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.

3. From the drop menu choose “Extensions”.

Microsoft Edge menu Extensions

4. Locate the suspected dangerous extension you want to delete and then click on the Remove button.

Microsoft Edge Extensions Remove

Step 3: Clean any registries that could be added by Dizans.live on your device.

The usually attacked registries of Windows machines are the following:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

You can access them by going to the Windows registry editor and getting rid of any values added by Dizans.live. Follow the steps below:

  1. Start the Run Window command once again, type “regedit” and click OK.Window command regedit
  2. As soon as you open it, you can freely go to the Run and RunOnce keys, whose locations are displayed above.Window command Run and RunOnce keys
  3. You can delete the value of the virus by right-clicking on it and deleting it.Window command regedit delete the value virus

Tip: To locate a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and select “Modify” to find which file it is set to run. If this is the malware file location, delete the value.

Step 4: Scan for Dizans.live with Loaris Trojan Remover

1. Click on the “Download” button to proceed to Loaris Trojan Remover download.

It is recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by Trojan Remover. Click on the corresponding links to check License AgreementPrivacy Policy.

2. Click “Install” to start.

Loaris Trojan Remover Install

There were 4 scan types suggested:

  • Standard Scan.
  • Full Scan.
  • Custom Scan.
  • Removable Scan.

 

3. After the installed has finished, click on the ‘Scan’ tab. Click on ‘Full Scan’.

Loaris Trojan Remover Full Scan

4. Once the scanning is started, Loaris will initiate the thorough analysis of your device and may soon identify specific threats currently slowing down the performance of your system. Make sure to wait until the scanning is completed to let the software fully evaluate the safety of your workstation.

Loaris Trojan Remover - scan in process

5. After Loaris Trojan Remover has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button. There were options to move the files to quarantine, ignore or delete them.

Loaris Trojan Remover - show viruses

If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

 

  1. About browser hijackers on Wikipedia
  2. Possible danger of free browser extensions

About the author

Valdis Koks

Security engineer, reverse engineering and memory forensics

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