How to Delete Pishnotone.com Redirect (Browser Redirect/PUP)

What is Pishnotone.com Redirect? And how does it work?

Pishnotone.com Redirect is a dubious domain that floods browsers with a bunch of sponsored content such as banners, pop-ups, in-text links, and more. Most of the ads it displays are Russian content. If you find yourself getting redirected to this domain (hxxpx://pishtone.com) more often than not, this means that an ad-supported program or adware is most likely installed in your computer that’s been triggering the redirects to this questionable site.
Security experts classify Gameorplay.info as an adware program or PUP because of the potential threat it brings to users as it can redirect you to suspicious web pages like phishing websites or malware-laden ones that could inject malware into your system. This shady domain also have the ability to gather non-personally identifiable information including OS and browser version, browsing history, websites you frequently visit, and so on. The information gathered is used to generate more targeted ads to obtain more revenue via pay-per-click marketing.
How does Pishnotone.com Redirect circulate the web?
Pishnotone.com Redirect, like most browser redirects and ad-supported programs, spread via misleading advertisements and software bundles –methods that are commonly used by cyber crooks as it can install unwanted programs without users knowing. To prevent such occurrences, it would be best if you use the Custom or Advanced setup rather than the standard one as you can unhide and remove any extra programs in the bundle before you proceed with the installation.
Follow the removal guide laid out below to delete Pishnotone.com Redirect from your browser and computer as well as the ad-supported program that triggers it.
Step 1: Close all the browsers affected with Pishnotone.com Redirect. If you’re having a hard time closing them, you can close them using the Task Manager just tap on Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
Step 2: Next, go to Processes and look for the process of the browser you’re unable to close as well as other dubious processes that could be related to Pishnotone.com Redirect and then right click on each one of them and select End Process or End Task to kill their processes.
Step 3: Then open the Programs and Features section in Control Panel. To do so, tap the Windows key + R, then type in appwiz.cpl and then click OK or press Enter.
Step 4: From the list of programs installed, look for any suspicious program that could be related to Pishnotone.com Redirect and then Uninstall them.

Step 5: Edit your Hosts File

Tap the Win + R keys to open then type in %WinDir% and then click OK.
Go to System32/drivers/etc.
Open the hosts file using Notepad.
Delete all the entries containing Pishnotone.com.
After that, save the changes you’ve made and close the file.

Step 6: Reset all your browsers to default to their default state.
Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox and click the icon that looks like a three stacked lines located at the top-right section of the browser.
Next, select the question mark icon from the drop-down menu.
Then select “Troubleshooting information” from the slide-out menu.
After that, click on the “Reset Firefox” button located at the top-right section of the newly opened web page.
Now select “Reset Firefox” in the confirmation pop-up window that appears.

Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome, then tap the Alt + F keys.
After that, click on Settings.
Next, scroll down until you see the Advanced option, once you see it, click on it.
After clicking the Advanced option, go to the “Restore and clean up option and click on the “Restore settings to their original defaults” option to reset Google Chrome.
Now restart Google Chrome.

Internet Explorer

Launch Internet Explorer.
Next, click the wrench icon for Settings.
Then click Internet Options.
After that, go to the Advanced tab.
From there, click the Reset button. This will reset Internet Explorer’s settings to their default condition.
Now click OK to save the changes made.

Step 7: Hold down Windows + E keys simultaneously to open File Explorer.
Step 8: Navigate to the following directories and look for suspicious files associated to Pishnotone.com Redirect as well as the adware program that’s behind it and delete it/them.

%USERPROFILE%\Downloads
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
%TEMP%

Step 9: Close the File Explorer.
Step 10: Empty the Recycle Bin and afterwards, you have to flush the DNS cache. To do that, just, right click on the Start button and click on Command Prompt (administrator). From there, type the “ipconfig /flushdns” command and hit Enter to flush the DNS.
Follow the advanced instructions below to ensure the removal of Pishnotone.com Redirect using [product-name] as well as all the file residues it left behind.
Perform a full system scan using [product-code]. To do so, follow these steps:

Turn on your computer. If it’s already on, you have to reboot it.
After that, the BIOS screen will be displayed, but if Windows pops up instead, reboot your computer and try again. Once you’re on the BIOS screen, repeat pressing F8, by doing so the Advanced Option shows up.

To navigate the Advanced Option use the arrow keys and select Safe Mode with Networking then hit
Windows will now load the Safe Mode with Networking.
Press and hold both R key and Windows key.

If done correctly, the Windows Run Box will show up.
Type in the URL address, [product-url] in the Run dialog box and then tap Enter or click OK.
After that, it will download the program. Wait for the download to finish and then open the launcher to install the program.
Once the installation process is completed, run [product-code] to perform a full system scan.