Guide to Remove Under-cover.info Virus

“Under-cover.info takes control of my IE now and I can’t use it smoothly, please help!! How come? Where does it come from? If it is a threat, how can I get rid of it? I have tried several different antivirus programs but none of them is working. How can I protect my PC from it? Is there any effective way to deal with this virus? How to remove it without crucial system file corruption? To learn how to solve the problelems, you may consider keeping on reading the article below.

Know More about Under-cover.info Virus

As a computer user, you may encounter various viruses, which come from some malicious websites like phishing websites or porn websites, in your daily life. Here we will illustrate more detail about Under-cover.info virus, which is a browser hijacker that is released recently. Doko-search.com is a malicious website designed to trick computer users into downloading malware programs and disclosing their personal information. This kind of virus is usually used by hackers to help increase traffic of their own websites. It forces more PC users to visit the websites, the more popular they will be. However, this browser hijacker is not only responsible for hijacking browsers. You should know that browser hijackers can make some changes to your system after it gets installed on your computer. Some strange problems occur when it controls your browsers, for instances, default homepage and search engine are modified to other ones and there are a lot of ads popping up on the web pages you are viewing.

Computer users feel confused that why their machines are still infected by Under-cover.info even if they have taken many effective measures to protect their PCs from cyber threats. They have no idea how the malware escapes from the legitimate scanner of antivirus program, or even how to prevent it from following their online surfing traces. In fact, the way it invades the PC is quite simple. Similar to the methods used by adware recently, it can enter the computer legitimately by using BHO techniques so that it bypasses the firewall. This technique makes it hard to be prevented from breaking into target computer by current Software behavior detection technology. The malware also combines with the power to forcibly break into the system even if there has been celebrated security protection tool installed on the computer. To protect your computer, security tools are far from enough. You need to learn some common signs of the infections and know how to deal with them.

The following instructions require certain levels of computer skills. If you are familiar with computer, follow the steps to delete it manually.

Common signs of the redirect virus:

1. Your computer performance becomes slower and slower. 2. Many virus spread over computer system, messing up important files and data. 3. You are always redirected to some unwanted websites. 4. Browsers crash occasionally and network is interrupted now and then. 5. A lot of advertisements pop up on your computer when you surfing the internet. 6.Your privacy related information will be intentionally followed.

Under-cover.info Manual Removal Guides :

Under-cover.info virus is a dangerous browser hijacker which will change the homepage and browser settings, and redirect your web search results to random sites containing lots of illegal advertisements, even Trojan, rootkit or other malware virus. You can terminate the related corrupt process, files, folders and registry keys that are no longer useful in system. Hence, sometimes manual removal is needed. You can follow the guide below to manually remove the virus if you have acquired sufficient computer skills.

Step 1: Terminate the related processes immediately
1) Right click on the task bar and select Task Manager or press the Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Shift+Esc composite keys to open Task Manage.
2) In the Windows Task Manager window, click on the Processes tab, find out all the related processes of Under-cover.info and disable them.
3) Exit the Task Manager window.

Step 2: Remove Under-cover.info related program from the Control Panel
1) Click on the Start button and click Control Panel in the menu.
2) Click on the Uninstall a program link below the Programs.
3) In the showing programs list, search for the unwanted program that is associated with the redirect virus and highlight it then click on the Uninstall.

4) Next, follow the prompt to complete the uninstallation.
5) Once finished, refresh the list and find out if the browser hijacker has been successfully removed.

Step 3: Clean Under-cover.info from the browsers
Internet Explorer
1) Start the Internet Explorer, click on Tools in the menu bar then choose the Internet Options in the drop-down list.
2) Click on the Advanced tab in the showing window, then click the Reset button.
3) Restart the Internet Explorer.

Mozilla Firefox
1) Open the Mozilla Firefox, click on the Firefox menu. Locate the Help then click on the Troubleshooting Information.
2) In the showing Troubleshooting Information page, click on the Reset Firefox button and confirm the reset request.

Google Chrome
1) Launch the Google Chrome and click on the Settings in the list.
2) In the Settings label page, click on Show advanced settings.
3) Click on Reset browser settings button.

Conclusion

Technically speaking, Under-cover.info is not like Trojans which are used by hackers to gain unauthorized access to the computers remotely for malicious purposes. But that doesn’t mean you can leave it alone and let it stay on your computer. A browser hijacker may be the most common phishing website. So users should run antivirus to check if the situation is safe. The creators of Under-cover.info has the ability to make undesirable changes on the browser settings and bombard the user with contents that are copied from othrt site owners. It lists loads of maglinant features on the screen with commercial purposes. Once your computer is infected, you will be disturbed by lots of pop-ups when browsing websites and your private information may be stolen. It is no doubt that this browser hijacker can pose a threat to your computer and privacy. Recently, there are more and more new type of adware on the Internet and you need to be more cautious when surfing the Internet.

Note: No matter you use manual or automatic removal to delete Under-cover.info, please back up your system data in case they are missing.