After accidentally accessing a malicious website, a major malware infection has infected my PC. Every time I access a website, ads and popups will appear on every page. Sometimes they will even try and download stuff automatically without me clicking on anything.
I've used various programs which are supposed to help such as AdwCleaner, HitmanPro, MalwareBytes anti-malware, and the standard CCleaner but absolutely none of them fixed the issued despite saying that they removed a bunch of malicious files. I also uninstalled one of the malicious files just through the programs and features installation manager from the control panel but for some reason it's still on my PC and I can't uninstall it again.
I also tried clearing all my settings and history on Google chrome which did remove a search engine that the malware gave me but did nothing else.
It doesn't seem to pose a serious threat to my PC but it is very very annoying and I keep misclicking on ads since they keep appearing everywhere. They've even managed to appear on Steam.
Can someone please help me get rid of the malware/spyware once and for all? It will save me from a lot of frustration and it will be good just to not have to deal with ads everywhere.
I've used various programs which are supposed to help such as AdwCleaner, HitmanPro, MalwareBytes anti-malware, and the standard CCleaner but absolutely none of them fixed the issued despite saying that they removed a bunch of malicious files. I also uninstalled one of the malicious files just through the programs and features installation manager from the control panel but for some reason it's still on my PC and I can't uninstall it again.
I also tried clearing all my settings and history on Google chrome which did remove a search engine that the malware gave me but did nothing else.
It doesn't seem to pose a serious threat to my PC but it is very very annoying and I keep misclicking on ads since they keep appearing everywhere. They've even managed to appear on Steam.
Can someone please help me get rid of the malware/spyware once and for all? It will save me from a lot of frustration and it will be good just to not have to deal with ads everywhere.