I wrote this article to help you remove Diegocosta.stream Virus. This Diegocosta.stream Virus removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

The Diegocosta.stream is a malicious page. There is an adware parasite hiding behind it and it will try to scam you. Needless to say, you don’t need such an infection on board as it only brings trouble. The Diegocosta.stream site is trying to trick you into installing a brand new pesky plugin to all of your browsers. Don’t! Nothing good will come out of this. Agreeing to install this new add-on will cause you lots of headaches. The Diegocosta.stream adware was developed only to serve hackers` malicious purposes. It bombards you with ads and pop-up windows trying to dupe you into accepting its plugin. Keep in mind that if you do, you will regret it immediately.

Installing the new browser extension means that your browsers get hijacked. You no longer have control over them. Every time you go online, you suffer intrusions. For instance, you are constantly redirected to tons of shady pages starting with Diegocosta.stream. Also, you get buried with numerous annoying and highly questionable commercials. Your whole screen is covered with pop-ups, deals, banners, in texts, video ads, coupons, best prices, comparison, etc. and etc. All of your browsers are flooded with advertisements which sometimes pop up right under the cursor of your mouse. Do you know why these ads are so persistent? Crooks use them to gain effortless profits via the pay-per-click mechanism. Yes, every time you click on an ad, hackers earn money. This is the reason the adware was developed in the first place. And now it is making you a sponsor of crooks. But not only that. By clicking you are not only helping cybercriminals become richer. You are also risking compromising your machine further.

These ads are sponsored and, hence, very unreliable. A single click on the wrong one and you automatically download more parasites on your computer. Do your best to avoid the commercials unless you want to worsen your situation. What you must do is delete the adware which is forcing the ads on you. The pest also slows down your PC and causes it to underperform. Your system crashes often and your browsers freeze. But what is even worse if the security risk you are exposed to because of the adware. After installing its pesky plugin, the adware takes control over your browsers. It has access to your private information like usernames, passwords, browser history/results/queries, email addresses, IPs, etc. It may even get to your personally identifiable and financial credentials. Don’t let that happen. Use our removal guide at the end of this article and get rid of the infection immediately.

How to protect yourself in the future? Once you clean your PC you have to make sure you won`t get infected again. Do you know how the Diegocosta.stream adware got in this time? It used one of the many tricks all infections rely on. Like corrupted pages, fake program updates, third-party ads, spam email messages, freeware bundling. You have to be extra careful when online as the Web is brimming with infections. For example, when you are installing programs, always opt for the Advanced settings in the Setup Wizard instead of the Basic ones. This way you are able to see each additional program in the bundle as well as deselect it. If you go with the automatic installation, every malicious program gets installed on your PC together with the original program. Don’t give into carelessness as this is what crooks are praying for. None of their techniques would work unless you are negligent. Don’t be. Take matters into your own hands and protect your computer.

Diegocosta.stream Virus Removal

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Here are the steps you must follow to permanently remove from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still can not remove Diegocosta.stream Virus from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.