Netpatas Virus

Netpatas

Netpatas is a program that operates as a browser hijacker and affects the behavior of the system’s main web browser. Most commonly, Netpatas forces auto-redirects to unknown websites, makes changes to the homepage and the search engine, and fills the visited pages with unwanted pop-up ads.

Additionally, this software tends to make “improvements” to the browser’s search results and installs some additional buttons and shortcuts to the navigation bar. You will know that your browser has been hijacked by Netpatas if you enter a search term in the default search engine and get redirected to pages that don’t necessarily match your request but are actively promoted on the first page of the search results.

The Netpatas Virus

The purpose of such aggressive ads and unauthorized redirects originating from the Netpatas virus is to land you on particular pages that pay for raising their traffic and exposure. The ultimate goal is, of course, to make you purchase something. Clicking on the sponsored ads generated by the Netpatas virus can also be beneficial for the owners of the hijacker if they advertise on a pay-per-click or a pay-per-view basis.

In this case, every time you accidentally or intentionally click on something displayed by a program like Netpatas, this generates revenue for the hijacker owners. All in all, everything that applications like Netpatas do is related to their strive to promote various websites and the products and services they offer. Such apps are essentially not dangerous and are not interested in harming your system, stealing or corrupting data, or performing a cyber crime. Still, despite lacking the malicious abilities of popular online threats like Ransomware cryptoviruses, Trojans and spyware, browser hijackers can be considered potentially unwanted. They can create a lot of web browsing disturbance and, in the long run, it may become incredibly annoying to have such software attached to the main browser.

Netpatas.com

Another annoying symptom that reveals the presence of the Netpatas.com browser hijacker in your system is that the infected Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other browsers are always flooded with various pop-up commercials, banner ads, text messages, click-bait ads and similar advertising content that is not only very hard to remove but also very intrusive.

That’s why most people typically choose to use a browser that is not “hijacked” by an unwelcome program like Netpatas and set their own web browsing settings. Changing the hijacked browser to another one, however, is not a long-term solution but rather a quick fix because it is only a matter of time for the hijacker integrates with the newly installed browser and starts annoying you again. This is why, instead of trying to avoid the program by changing your browsers, we recommend that you uninstall Netpatas from the system and regain full control over your favorite browsing app.

Luckily, uninstalling such software does not require the skills that you may need when you have to remove a Trojan, a Ransomware or other dangerous virus. All you have to do is use a professional removal tool (such as the one on this page) and follow its instructions or set some time aside to carefully repeat the steps in the removal guide below.

SUMMARY:

Name	Netpatas
Type	Browser Hijacker
Detection Tool

Netpatas Virus Removal

You are dealing with a malware infection that can restore itself unless you remove its core files. We are sending you to another page with a removal guide that gets regularly updated. It covers in-depth instructions on how to:
1. Locate and scan malicious processes in your task manager.
2. Identify in your Control panel any programs installed with the malware, and how to remove them. Search Marquis is a high-profile hijacker that gets installed with a lot of malware.
3. How to clean up and reset your browser to its original settings without the malware returning.
You can find the removal guide here.
For mobile devices refer to these guides instead: Android, iPhone.