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apelorissedwen.download virus on my computer
Jul 7, 2019 11:35:34   #
EmilyD
 
Twice now while navigating to certain websites, I have been redirected to this site (apelorissedwen.download) that says I have to click on something to fix my FireFox browser. It's obviously a virus just from looking at it, but after researching this, I found out that this is a hidden redirect adware that I can't uninstall by regular uninstall methods. It's hidden on my FF browser somewhere. What I've read is that this can become very malicious. I am very limited in computer technology, so I'm asking if any of you have any ideas on how to get rid of something like this? When I looked this up, there are a lot of "How to remove apelorissedwen.download from your computer" sites, but none of their instructions work for me. It's not in Extensions, add-ons, plug-ins, Privacy, Apps...can't see it anywhere.

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Jul 10, 2019 17:17:00   #
Rose42
 
You can try installing Malwarebytes. The free version is pretty good at removing malware.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

If you don't have antivirus software you should get some.

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Jul 13, 2019 21:39:05   #
EmilyD
 
Rose42 wrote:
You can try installing Malwarebytes. The free version is pretty good at removing malware.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

If you don't have antivirus software you should get some.


Thank you, Rose. That worked! I turned off my computer, turned it back on, downloaded Malwarebytes and it got rid of the virus. Thanks for the tip!

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Jul 13, 2019 21:57:04   #
Rose42
 
EmilyD wrote:
Thank you, Rose. That worked! I turned off my computer, turned it back on, downloaded Malwarebytes and it got rid of the virus. Thanks for the tip!


I’m glad it was an easy fix.

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