Kokoko.dll “Virus” Removal

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Welcome to our Kokoko.dll “Virus” removal guide. The following instructions will aid you in removing the unwanted software from your PC.

The main topic of the following article is Kokoko.dll “Virus” – a type of software which, once installed on your PC, makes your browser apps {Chrome, Firefox, etc.} produce an incredible number of online ads in varying sizes, shapes and colors – for instance, pop-ups, boxes, banners and or/ tabs. More important details about this program and the way to successfully remove it, you will find in the text below.

Purpose and characteristic traits of Kokoko.dll “Virus”:

Experts classify Kokoko.dll “Virus” as an Adware-like product. Briefly speaking, this means that the aforementioned explanation of its typical way of affecting your device may also apply to all other Adware-based programs available. The mere aim of all these products is the production of as many online ads as is practically possible. This purpose can be explained by the fact that the programmers who produce and distribute Kokoko.dll “Virus” and/or other types of ad-broadcasting software can earn vast amounts of money from the displayed ads. Every single distributed banner or pop-up counts and adds to the total amount of the Adware developers’ earnings. If you are not exactly certain whether such ad-based campaigns do or do not contradict any laws or regulations, the answer is they are all mostly legal and practically do not cause any damage to you and your machine.

Actually, Kokoko.dll “Virus”  has never been identified as a malicious program, as it can’t do anything wrong to your device or you personally. It cannot conduct any file encryption, data destruction or corruption, nor can it blackmail or harass you in any way. In fact, you have no reason to worry about it too much. However, you still have to be careful because Kokoko.dll “Virus” might show some suspicious traits while installed on your computer. These possible ones may include reviewing your browsing history regularly and promoting only the type of products you have recently been seeking. One more probably questionable aspect of such an infection may be the pop-ups and other online ads that may at times redirect you to potentially infected web locations.

How to avoid software like Kokoko.dll “Virus”:

While Adware contaminations might not be dangerous, they may in fact be incredibly disturbing and appear a little intrusive. It is understandable to want to stay away from them as often as possible. Below we have collected a set of prevention instructions to help you with this task:

• It is vital that you have an anti-virus program you can really rely on. It is always a good idea to pay a little more for a top-quality piece of software, then to get infected later.
• Perhaps you will need to turn on the pop-up blockers of all your browser apps. Nonetheless, you have to know they won’t save you from the Adware-inflicted ads. Such blockers could just prevent the web-page hosted ones.
• It is extremely important to have an efficient Firewall. This is a general piece of advice to help you stop all kinds of infections, even with extra dangerous Ransomware and Trojans-inflicted ones.
• Adware is mainly distributed via bundles. In spite of that, these bundles are not the real problem, the issue with them comes from the way you install such a mixture of free software. Normally, such program combos are spread for free and may contain ad-generating software, original games and programs. As a result, you may get very excited about downloading/using some of them, so that you may think about choosing the quickest or simplest way of installing such a bundle. Such undesirable options are the Default or the Automatic one. These are, in fact, the worst possibilities available to you, as thanks to them your computer may end up contaminated with all that has been included in this given bundle. If you want only some components of a bundle, not all of them, you have to choose the elaborate installation option : the Advanced or Custom/ized one. By making such a decision, you will be making sure that the good condition of your system is maintainedt. Perhaps this is the most essential tip in our list.

• Be particularly careful when it comes to your browsing activities. If you learn to stay away from anything suspicious on the Internet, you will definitely be 90% safe from all cyber threats.

How to remove Kokoko.dll “Virus”:

To our mutual delight, we have a good Removal Guide to help you achieve that.

Kokoko.dll “Virus” Removal

I – Safe mode and revealing hidden files

1. Boot your PC into Safe Mode /link/
2. Reveal hidden files and folders /link/

II – Uninstallation

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1. Use the Winkey+R keyboard combination, write Control Panel in the search field and hit enter.
   
2. Go to Uninstall a program under Programs.
   
3. Seek the unwanted software, select it and then click on Uninstall

If you are unable to spot Kokoko.dll “Virus”, search for any unrecognized programs that you do not remember installing on your PC – the unwanted software might disguise itself by going under a different name.

III – Cleaning all your browsers

1. Go to your browser’s icon, right-click on it and select Properties.
   
2. Go to the Shortcut tab and in the Target make sure to delete anything written after “.exe”.
   
3. Now, open your browser and follow the instructions below depending on whether you are using Chrome, Mozilla or IE.

• Chrome users:

1. Go to your browser’s main menu located in the top-right corner of the screen and select Settings.
   
2. Scroll down, click on Show Advanced Settings and then select Clear browsing data. Just to be sure, tick everything and clear the data.
   
3. Now, in the left pane, go to Extensions and look through all extensions that are integrated within your browser. If you notice any suspicious add-on, disable it and then remove it.
   

• Firefox users:

1. Similarly to Chrome, go to the main menu and select Add-ons and then Extensions.
2. Remove any suspicious browser extensions that you may have even if they do not have the name Kokoko.dll “Virus” on them.

• IE users:

1. Go to Tools and select Manage add-ons.
   
2. Click on all add-on types from the left pane and check if there is anything suspicious in the right panel. In case you find anything shade, make sure to remove it.

IV – Removing Shady processes

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1. Go to your start menu, type Task Manager in the search field and from the results open View running processes with Task Manager.
   
2. Thoroughly look through all processes. The name Kokoko.dll “Virus” might not be there, but if you notice any shady looking process that consumes high amounts of memory it might be ran by the unwanted program.
3. If you spot the process ran by Kokoko.dll “Virus”, right-click on it, open its file location and delete everything in there. Then go back to the Task Manager and end the process.
   

V – DNS check

1. In the start menu search box write View Network Connections and open the first result.
   
2. Right-click on the network connection you are using and go to Properties.
   
3. Select Internet Protocol Version (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties.
   
4. If Obtain DNS server addresses automatically is not checked, check it.
   
5. Go to Advanced and select the DNS If there is anything in the DNS server addresses field, remove it and click OK.
   
6. Click OK on the rest of the opened windows.