What is Agefeed.com Push Notification virus? And how does it function?

Agefeed.com Push Notification virus is an annoying pop-up that redirects users to different third-party websites. Most users refer to it as Agefeed.com Push Notification virus as this annoying pop-up is not easy to get rid of. So when you get redirected to a site displaying this pop-up, you will have problems in getting rid of it. Because of the redirects it causes, security experts classified it as an adware and a PUP.
The Agefeed.com Push Notification virus may first drop its malicious files in your computer’s drive and run some background processes as well as modify the settings of the browser installed in your computer. After these changes, all sorts of ads will begin appearing – from pop-ups, in-text links to banners and many more. This will obviously ruin your browsing experience as most ads displayed Agefeed.com Push Notification virus are annoying and won’t just go away no matter how many times you try to close them. Some of the ads displayed can get misleading and could reroute you to suspicious websites that may contain harmful content.
How does Agefeed.com Push Notification virus circulate the internet?
Agefeed.com Push Notification virus circulate the web using malicious domains and you can get redirected into one if you click on some ads online. It is also possible that an ad-supported program is the one causing redirects to the domain where Agefeed.com Push Notification virus is displayed. Adware programs are distributed as a part of freeware or shareware packages. If you want to secure your computer from unwanted programs, you have to use the Custom or Advanced setup every time you install any free software packages.
Use the following instructions to uninstall Agefeed.com Push Notification virus from your computer successfully.
Step 1: Start by opening the Task Manager by simply pressing the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys.
Step 2: Next, go to Processes and look for the processes named “Agefeed.com Push Notification” and then right click on each one of them and select End Process or End Task to kill their processes.

Step 3: Then open the Control Panel. To do so, tap the Windows key + R, then type in appwiz.cpl and then click OK or press Enter.

Step 4: Look for Agefeed.com Push Notification and any suspicious program and then Uninstall them.

Step 5: Edit your Hosts File

• Tap the Win + R keys to open then type in %WinDir% and then click OK.
• Go to System32/drivers/etc.
• Open the host’s file using Notepad.
• Delete all the entries containing Agefeed.com Push Notification virus.
• After that, save the changes you’ve made and close the file.

Step 6: Reset all your browsers to default to their default state.
Google Chrome

1. Launch Google Chrome, press Alt + F, move to More tools, and click Extensions.
2. Look for any unwanted add-ons that could be related to Agefeed.com Push Notification virus, then click the Recycle Bin button, and choose Remove.
3. Restart Google Chrome, then tap Alt + F, and select Settings.
4. Navigate to the On Startup section at the bottom.
5. Select “Open a specific page or set of pages”.
6. Click the More actions button next to the hijacker and click Remove.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open the browser and tap Ctrl + Shift + A to access the Add-ons Manager.
2. In the Extensions menu Remove the unwanted extension.
3. Restart the browser and tap keys Alt + T.
4. Select Options and then move to the General menu.
5. Overwrite the URL in the Home Page section and then restart the browser.

Internet Explorer

1. Launch Internet Explorer.
2. Tap Alt + T and select Internet options.
3. Click the General tab and then overwrite the URL under the homepage section.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Step 7: Hold down Windows + E keys simultaneously to open File Explorer.
Step 8 Navigate to the following directories and look for suspicious files associated to Agefeed.com Push Notification virus and delete it/them.

• %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
• %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
• %TEMP%

Step 9: Close the File Explorer.
Step 10: Empty the contents of the Recycle Bin.
Follow the advanced instructions below to ensure the removal of Agefeed.com Push Notification virus using [product-name] as well as all the file residues it left behind.
Perform a full system scan using [product-code]. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Turn on your computer. If it’s already on, you have to reboot
2. After that, the BIOS screen will be displayed, but if Windows pops up instead, reboot your computer and try again. Once you’re on the BIOS screen, repeat pressing F8, by doing so the Advanced Option shows up.

3. To navigate the Advanced Option use the arrow keys and select Safe Mode with Networking then hit
4. Windows will now load the SafeMode with Networking.
5. Press and hold both R key and Windows key.

6. If done correctly, the Windows Run Box will show up.
7. Type in the URL address, [product-url] in the Run dialog box and then tap Enter or click OK.
8. After that, it will download the program. Wait for the download to finish and then open the launcher to install the program.
9. Once the installation process is completed, run [product-code] to perform a full system scan.

10. After the scan is completed click the “Fix, Clean & Optimize Now”button.