Dentesk extension virus - How to remove

Dentesk Chrome extension is available in the authentic Chrome Web store and the app has been classified as a part of a category of “News & Weather”. The application does just that: provides users with the latest and interesting news of show business, sports and politics.

However, it is not an extension that conforms to the rules of security and it often attempts to force itself upon Internet users. It has been noticed to be promoted in small banners. If you decide to add it, the alarming extension will obtain a permission to monitor users’ activity and make alterations to websites that users encounter.

Investigation of this rogue extension

The first thing that should be mentioned is nature of this infection: it is an adware. This categorization occurred thanks to the fact that the infection has negative habits of constantly displayer advertisements and other deceptive material from unknown vendors/advertisers. Since we have no idea about the people responsible for this extension, we presume that they won’t be interested in legal activities.

Teskden.pro is explained to be the provider of this tool, but this website does not exist and we did not find any evidence to suggest that it ever did. If it ever was functional, we do not think this was for long: the website was created on 21st of July of this year and the last update occurred at the same time. Its hosting country turned out to be the Netherlands.

The IP address of 5.149.249.236 helped us discover this information and we have been informed that malicious activities haven been reported to be derive from this address. Media-assitant.com is another suspicious website that is hosted from the same IP. After considering the fact that Dentesk is not distributed fairly, we mention another suspicious statement: the add-on does not introduce License Agreements to their clients.

We hope you won’t be tempted to utilize this extension while it is present in the list of your active toolbars. It mostly aims to catch the attention of Russian speaking users, but other users are not off the table as well. The tool will continuously introduce people to bizarre content that might be sponsored by parties that do not deserve your trust. Since this is a Russian tool, we could presume that many of the displayed ads will be written in this language. Russian ads very frequently incorporate offensive, misleading, vulgar and adult-oriented material which should be averted.

Take care of this infection and avoid new ones

While it might not happen for everyone, add-on could be modeled to foster a search engine that will be opened instead of the one that you might be interested in. If this occurs, we hope that people will report this feature to security researchers. Anyway, if you find Dentesk present in your list of add-ons (and notice its icon on your browsers), you should realize that your deice has been invaded. Your browsing activities will be secretively recorded and advertisements will flood your windows or overlay with them. We suggest to run a scan with an anti-malware tool to check the condition of your device. Spyhunter or Plumbytes will do an excellent job.

After becoming malware-free, we would suggest users to try to keep it that way. We presume you need some tips on how your online experience could be more protected. First of all, do not visit domains, do not react to suspicious and sudden advertisements, do not utilize unknown search engines and do not try to download tools that could be already classified as malware or potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). For installation processes, select advanced/custom modes and study License Agreements.

Manual removal of Dentesk extension virus

How to remove Dentesk extension virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Dentesk extension virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Dentesk extension virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Dentesk extension virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Dentesk extension virus from macOS

Delete Dentesk extension virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Dentesk extension virus app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Dentesk extension virus and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dentesk extension virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Dentesk extension virus from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Dentesk extension virus. Click on the trash bin icon next to Dentesk extension virus or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dentesk extension virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Dentesk extension virus from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Dentesk extension virus related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dentesk extension virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Dentesk extension virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Dentesk extension virus. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Dentesk extension virus or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Dentesk extension virus from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Dentesk extension virus. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Dentesk extension virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.