2014-02-17

Fixed! How Can I Remove PureLeads Virus Safely and Absolutely?

My computer encounter the problem of PureLeads. Ceaseless ads always pop up when I surf on the internet. I can't stand it any more. I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. Can somebody help me? 

Information of PureLeads


PureLeads can be classified as an adware program due to its malicious traits of displaying endless pop-up ads on users' browser. PureLeads is an ads-supported platform created by the cyber criminals to make profit by spreading advertisement on the internet. They can get revenue by generating traffic when the users click those ads and links. This adware can come into your computer along with email attachment, malicious links and freeware.   


Once infected, PureLeads will inject its malicious codes to your registry entries.It will change your computer setting and add extension, plug in and toolbar on your browser. When you open your browser, you will get a lot of pop-up ads. If you click those ads by accident, you will be redirected to other websites which are full of commercial deals.  

PureLeads will slow down your computer since has taken of a lot of system resources. With this adware on your computer, you will easily get other infections such as Trojan horse, spyware and browser hijacker by clicking to the malicious links. It is better to remove it from your computer as soon as possible.

On the whole, you can fix this problem through two ways. First, you can delete the running programs in the Task Manager,show the hidden related files in Control Panel, etc. We call it manual removal. Alternatively, you can delete it with some reputable antivirus like SpyHunter. SpyHunter can work with your previous safeguard together to give your computer double protection.

Explicit manual steps to help you eradicate PureLeads 


1: Stop PureLeads running processes in Windows Task Manager first.

( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)


2: Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.



3: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all PureLeads registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ’1



4: All PureLeads associated files listed below need to be removed:

%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\[random]
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

5: Clear your internet history records, internet temp files and cookies.

Explicit automatic steps with SpyHunter to help you eradicate PureLeads

Step 1- Press the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2- Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.


Step 3- Click Finish then you can use it to scan your computer to find out potential threats by pressing Scan computer now!

Step 4- Tick Select all and then Remove to delete all threats.

Video direction for manual removal


Please Attention: PureLeads can sneak into your computer without your awareness. For example, it can come as the parasite of the previous viruses. But if you use an antivirus like SpyHunter, it can defend against it and give you a warning. So we strongly advise you to have a SpyHunter in your computer. Its installer link is below. 



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