What is Terela? (Virus Removal)

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

The article below has been created with the purpose of assisting you in dealing with Terela Virus. Actually, this program is a legal browser hijacker, which in spite of representing a rather harmless product, may appear to be very annoying as its effects might include the alteration your browser apps in numerous ways. For example, it can redirect you to a lot of online locations whenever you try loading a certain website you would like to visit and, as a result, render your browsing experiences rather unpleasant. In addition, it could make these apps generate such a big number of pop-up and other ads that your computer might get slowed down and even freeze, and you may be incapable of using the affected browsers fully. Finally, a program like this can set a new homepage and/or search engine, which this exact hijacker is supposed to promote. Furthermore, any browser may fall victim to these ad-related programs: neither Explorer; nor Firefox, Chrome and Opera are immune to such infections. We will thoroughly discuss all about browser hijackers in the following paragraphs. Browser hijackers are one of the most common advertising software types. Along with Adware, they might be regarded as potentially unwanted. Nonetheless, they do not harm the PCs they infect in any known way. In fact, they might just alter all your browser apps in the aforementioned manner, and that’s all. 

What does ‘advertising software’ mean?

In general, this means Terela Virus and its sibling programs may simply have advertising purposes. Actually, they are created for the simple purpose of promoting services, products, homepages/search engines, websites, different software and other things. Many of the producers and service providers have cooperated very closely with some of the developers to achieve legal ways of advertising. Consequently, Adware and browser hijackers are very common programs nowadays. When it comes to these ad-producing programs, all the partners involved earn something from the advertising campaigns. The manufacturers get their products popularized, and programmers make great amounts of money, in accordance with the efficiency of their Adware and hijacker programs. The advertising efficiency is mainly measured according to the number of redirections and ads that are provoked. In fact, this may explain the often unbearably irritating nature of this software – they have just been set to broadcast more pop-ups and redirect you to many online locations.

Is Terela Virus the same as a virus?

As we have already let you know at the beginning of this text, browser hijackers are legitimate. On the other hand, no virus is legitimate. For example, Ransomware and Trojans are incredibly harmful and may result in many illegal activities. This is not the case when we talk about  Terela Virus – this program can’t cause any dangerous effects.

How you might end up catching a Terela Virus-inflicted infection:

Few experts think that the methods programmers usually use to distribute browser hijackers might be a little suspicious and intrusive, and we are going to discuss their reasons for that. Although this software is more or less harmless, no user wants to get irritated by advertisements and constant redirecting, and will never directly install a program like Terela Virus on their PCs. Nonetheless, this  is a legitimate product, and as such, it always has to receive your (direct or indirect) approval in order to become a part of your system.

That’s the reason why program bundles have emerged: in order to distribute hijackers and Adware in a legitimate way, mainly by tempting you to install their content along with the ad-generating software inside them. Bundles are just free sets of software, which you can access and download online. Typically, they contain different and usually interesting games and apps, which you might be interested in trying. However, there is always a trap. If you install such a free set of software  via the Quick, the Default or the Recommended installation option, you will allow the entire content of the bundle to get in your system. As a result, your PC will most probably get infected by Terela Virus. Nevertheless, if you might remain calm and conduct a safe installation process, you will stay ad-free. For a safe installation process, there are only two features of the wizard which you can use. One is called Advanced, the other – Custom. Learn to go with them only and you will be secure.

Removing and avoiding software like Terela Virus:

For the purpose of removing Terela Virus, follow the instructions in our Removal Guide below.

SUMMARY:

Name	Terela Virus
Type	Adware/Browser Hijacker
Danger Level	Medium (nowhere near threats like Ransomware, but still a security risk)
Symptoms	Your browser apps might behave strangely: redirecting you to various web sites; setting new search engines and/or producing too many ads.
Distribution Method	Via spam, contagious web pages, torrents and bundles.

Terela 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 Terela 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 Terela 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 Terela 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 Terela 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.