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How to Remove ASearch Online Redirect Virus Thoroughly (Helpful Removal Guide)
by Alice Bonnie fix computer problemsASearch Online is a risky redirect virus prowling on the Internet and it will take every chance to infect users’ computer and modify the browser settings, causing users’ default homepage to be changed to its own page. By this way, the stealthy redirect virus will sneak into user’s search engine without being conscious. This redirect virus has a seemingly legitimate interface which misleads most users into thinking that it is a useful website providing the search function as Google does, and some users really use the unsafe search engine to do a search, and as a result, they are constantly redirected to some suspicious websites.
ASearch Online is capable of blocking some common sites and redirecting victims to some undesirable websites which may contain a lot of advertisements and sponsored links. Besides, the redirect virus displays a sea of nonstop pop-up ads in user’s computer, especially when they launch some third-party programs like a media player, so that the users would click on them consciously. It is created to generate advertisement revenue by hijacking innocent computer users to certain websites and tricking them into clicking on commercial ads and sponsored links. Commodity sales promotion, activity coupons, discounts on goods and bargains are other sources that can be exploited to distribute ASearch Online redirect virus. If you click on a coupon or discounts tips on the site, you will be led to another webpage or give the approval to download some third-party programs without your notice.
Just because that ASearch Online redirect virus could meet some users’ requirements, so they do not consider this redirect virus as a threat that would bring much trouble to their computers and personal information. More and more problems arise on the infected computer with time passing by because the virus never stops making chaos and causing secret download tasks after it settles down. Moreover, the ASearch Online will provide random web links to ignorant users, which are likely to be corrupted by cyber criminals. Besides, this ASearch Online browser threat also shows suspicious links to get careless clicking from innocent users who are short of safety awareness. In this case, the access to those insecure sites or pages will lead to unexpected consequence that the infected computer will be totally destroyed by malicious computer threats as adware, Trojan, Worm and browser hijackers.
How to Remove ASearch Online Redirect Virus Effectively
1. Remove the browser hijacker from the infected computer.
Click on the
Start button and select Control Panel. Click on Uninstall a program under the
Programs category.
Find out and locate the programs related to the browser
hijacker. Click on the Uninstall button to remove them all.
2. Launch the
infected browser and remove the add-ons or extensions related to the browser
hijacker.
Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click on Tools and then select
Manage Add-ons. When it opens a window, click on Toolbars and Extensions. Find
out the extensions related to the browser hijacker and select them. Then,
right-click them and click on the Disable option. Restart IE to finish the
procedure.
Google Chrome:
Launch Google Chrome. Click on the Three-bar
icon on top-right of the browser, select tools and then Extensions from the
list. After that, click Extensions on the left side of the window. Locate the
extension related to the browser hijacker, select it and click on the trash
icon. Restart the browser to complete the procedure.
Mozilla
Firefox:
Start Firefox and click on the tool menu from the top menu. Click on
the Add-ons tab to open the configuration window. Then, click Extensions on the
left side of this window. Now find out the extensions of the redirect virus and
remove them from the browser. Restart the browser to complete the process.
3.
Show hidden files and folders.
Go to Control panel again and click on
Appearance and Personalization. Then double click on Folder Options. Hit the
View tab, tick “Show hidden files, folders and drives” and deselect “Hide
protected operating system files (Recommended)”. Click on the OK button to apply
the changes.
4. Delete the malicious files of ASearch Online from the local
disk.
The files listed below are reference only because the virus may has
the ability to changes the names and locations of its files.
%Program Files%\
random
%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\Inspector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\vsdsrv32.exe
5.
Open Registry Editor and delete the registry entries of the browser
hijacker..
Press Windows+ R keys simultaneously to open the Run window. Then
type “regedit” in the run box and press Enter key to open Registry
Editor.
After that, find out and delete all the registry entries of the
redirect virus. The below registry entries are also for reference
only.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\browser
hijacker name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
‘DisableRegistryTools’ = 0
6. Restart the infected computer to apply all
changes.
By making use of the untrue update of adobe player, ASearch Online browser virus is capable to get installed onto the target computer so quiet. Sometimes, it is also bundled with free downloads such as music album files or movies, then automatically gets installed into user’s system and started its evil plan. Majority PC users are short of security consciousness, when they find that their homepage is replaced or there are a lot of pup ups on the screen, that they do is just letting it stay there and do nothing and then miss the removal time.
In order to avoid this redirect infection, PC users need to be careful while surfing on the Internet, once finding homepage has been replaced without your permission, PC users should realize that their computer may be attacked by the redirect virus. If the browser has been under the control of ASearch Online redirect virus, the most effective solution is to enable a trusted anti-malware scanner on the computer. It’s not a good suggestion to let one who knows little about system to remove the virus all by himself. It is developed to help users to detect and delete the threat automatically from the computer without damage.
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