1/14/2014

How to Fix Volume Mixer “Name not available”, Guide to Get Rid of “Name Not Available" Playing Various Ad Audio


Your computer is playing ads from  “Name Not Available”  in the  Volume mixer?  Don't know how to fix  “Name Not Available” problem? Keep getting many pop-up ads from 
“Name Not Available”? Have Tried many ways to uninstall it? Read more here.

What is “Name Not Available”? Why My Volume Mixer: Name not available is playing various ad audio?


“Name Not Available” is a not a virus itself, but it can affect your computers’ in several way.
This program shows itself on the Volume mixer lists it as "Name Not Available” and you will start to hear some random ads running in the background. It is attractive your attention that a lots of ads continuously playing which you cannot find any way to close any of them. 





In most cases, you can be able to mute or lower the volume of the ads so that I don't hear the random ads running from “Name Not Available”. But there is no way to shut down any of them. As you can see that, most of the ads look like audio or radio which display on the list of volume mixer. If you start up your computer, you will see these ads play from time to time.

In other cases, when you do searches online or work on your computer, f you are forced restart your system and you can get a pop-up error "Windows must now restart because the DCOM Server Process Launcher service terminated unexpectedly".

How does a “Name Not Available” ad get on your computer? It usually comes out when your computer has been infected with a virus or malware or Trojan, for example, search donkey, BitMefender, Tube Dimmer, or mypcbacup, gorilla price. And this program can skip past the antivirus programs, so you need to uninstall “Name Not Available” manually from your computer quickly.


There are some cases who encounter the same problems with “Name Not Available”

“My computer at work has audio that is continuously playing in the background, mostly radio and ads it seems like. I cannot get it to stop and under the sound/volume mixer it says "name not available" In addition is looks like a svchost is hogging CPU and networking resources. Here are the DDS and Attach logs. I have been trying to get rid of this for days, Please help!”



“I have the name not available in the sound mixer and cannot get rid of it.

Have tried: Running Norton and Malware Bytes Running a clean boot with all non Microsoft processes disabled. There is a large amount of CPU and memory usage from svchost Netsvcs”


The image of “Name Not Available”






What will “Name Not Available” ads in volume mixer virus do on your PC?


1, it can show up many annoying ads randomly on the list of Volume mixer.
2, “Name Not Available” can bypass the antivirus programs.
3, it can take up a large amount of CPU and memory usage from svchost.
4, it is difficult to close any of “Name Not Available” radio and ads.
5, “Name Not Available” has connected with many malware, viruses, or adware like MyInfotopia plugin, scorpionsaver by adpeak.


Best way to remove “Name Not Available” ads


Advice 1: Get Rid of “Name Not Available"  Ads Manually

1. Stop all running “Name Not Available” processes by pressing Alt and Ctrl and Delete key together to open Task Manager.





2. Disable any suspicious startup items.
For Windows XP:
Step: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items including those of  “Name Not Available”



3. Remove add-ons on your infected browsers:

Internet Explorer:
1) Go to Tools -> ‘Manage Add-ons’;
2) Choose ‘Search Providers’ -> choose ‘Bing’ search engine or ‘Google’ search engine and make it default;
3) Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;
4) Go to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Internet Options’; select ‘General tab’ and click website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save changes.



Google Chrome
1) Click on ‘Customize and control’ Google Chrome icon, select ‘Settings’;
2) Choose ‘Basic Options’;
3) Change Google Chrome’s homepage to google.com or any other and click the ‘Manage Search Engines…’ button;
4) Select ‘Google’ from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select ‘Search Result’ from the list to remove it by clicking the ‘X’ mark. 

Mozilla Firefox
1) Click on the magnifier’s icon and select ‘Manage Search Engine…’;
2) Choose ‘Search Results’ from the list and click ‘Remove’ and OK to save changes;
3) Go to ‘Tools’ -> “Options”. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under ‘General tab; 

4. Show hidden files  
Step: a) open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options;
b) Under View tab to tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK;



5. Disable proxy

1).    Click on Tools on the menu bar
2).    Select Internet options
3).    Go to Connections tab
4).    Select LAN settings at the bottom of the dialog
5).    Under the Proxy sever, untick 'use a proxy server for your LAN (These settings will not apply to dial-up or VPN connections).'
6).    Click OK




Advice 2: Download SpyHunter to Fix Volume Mixer “Name not available”


1. Click Here to install  Removal Tool to automatically remove it quickly.

http://www.pcresolvers.com/spyhunter.php

2. Install SpyHunter by reading the installation details.





3. Scan out and remove the residing files of infection.
After you install the program, please open it, and switch to Scan tab, perform quick or full scan to eliminate possible virus infection file

Once the scan is over, you can click view button to check the detail information of the detection. Please make sure to click “Remove” button to completely remove the malicious files from your computer.





Tips: “Name Not Available” is an unwanted program that can show up many ads on the Volume mixer lists without closing. And it always has related with other malware such as scorpionsaver, MyInfotopia plugin, adpeak adware, and it can slow down your system performance by taking up much CPU usage, so you have to get rid of “Name Not Available” ads from your computer as soon as possible. If you don’t know how to remove “Name Not Available”, please download SpyHunter removal tool to scan your PC.

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