Get Rid of “Ads by LyricShow” Virus Efficiently

Instruction to Remove “Ads by LyricShow” Virus Quickly & Completely

The definition of “Ads by LyricShow” browser hijacker

“Ads by LyricShow” is a highly risky browser hijacker virus, rather than a harmless and useful search engine. It is able to do harm to your computer and system. First of all, it hijacks your web browsers, no matter which one you are using, including Chrome, IE, Firefox and Safari. Then you will find your homepage, default search provider and desktop are all altered without your permission, because the virus modifies the browser and DNS settings in secret. You are incapable of recovering the former settings until you remove “Ads by LyricShow” from your computer.

Besides, “Ads by LyricShow” causes frequent redirection. When you search information with it, all your search results are redirected to irrelevant websites which contain lots of advertisements. That is to say, this so called search system cannot provide any useful information for you. Moreover, you will be bothered by countless pop-up ads which can seriously affect computer running and take up the majority of system resources. No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop them. Last but not the least, “Ads by LyricShow” can endanger your property and privacy, because it has the ability to steal your private information and install other malware on backstage. All in all, you should remember that the longer “Ads by LyricShow” stays into your system, the more troubles it brings to you. As a result, you must install it immediately.

The dangers of “Ads by LyricShow” virus:

a.       “Ads by LyricShow” virus will keep track of victims’ browsing activities and search items.

b.      “Ads by LyricShow” virus will change homepage without asking users’ permission.

c.       “Ads by LyricShow” virus will screw up the system through corrupting system files and entries.

d.      “Ads by LyricShow” virus will redirect all desired websites to unwanted pages.

e.       “Ads by LyricShow” virus can consume lots of system resources and degrade the system performance.

If you keep this infection in your system for a long time, your PC will get more severe damage. You want to remove it right now? What is the most effective way to delete it from the browser? In fact, there are two ways to get rid of such dangerous infection. The first one is manual removal. The second one is automatic removal. Both of them are available.

Solution one: How to remove “Ads by LyricShow” virus manually?

Step 1: resetting DNS settings

1.      Open your Control Panel

2.      Choose “View network status and task” in “Network and Internet”

3.      Find Network and Sharing Center and click “Chang adapter settings”

4.      Select the corresponded network adapter as you are using and click “Properties”

5.      Select “Internet Protocol Verrion4(TCP/IPV4)

6.      Choose “Use the following DNS server addresses:”

7.      Set “ preferred DNS server” to 8.8.8.8

Step2: check out all vicious files and delete all of them

%UserProfile%\Desktop\Ads by LyricShow.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Ads by LyricShow\

  

Step3: Delete all registries keys that are related to “Ads by LyricShow”

Go to the Start Menu at the bottom left of your screen>click “run”>type “regedit” in the box>select and delete all the following registry values

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Use FormSuggest” = ‘yes’

Step4: Stop all suspicious programs running through Manage Task( delete + alt + ctrl)

Solution two: How to remove “Ads by LyricShow” automatically?

As you know, the registry editor is a very important place. So once you delete the wrong files, many other system errors will be triggered. Thus, an automatic way is more efficient and safer. You can download a removal tool here to remove this annoying pest.