How to Remove Eridanus Completely - Adware Removal

Eridanus is a piece of software that belongs to the adware category. This potentially unwanted program mainly aims to appear legitimate and make profits for cyber criminals by delivering advertisements including banners, inline text and other types of ads. In order to attract web users, this adware will also gather some data on the computer that it may use to display ads.

Eridanus usually gets into a target computer via drive-by-downloads. It can also sneak into the targeted computers when users click on suspicious links or visit deceptive websites.

Upon its invasion, Eridanus is usually installed as browser add-on, extension, or plug-in. This adware will invade browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and others. One of the most obvious symptoms caused by this adware is the constant pop-up ads brought by it. It is capable of performing many spiteful actions to damage your computer if you don't get rid of it from your computer promptly.

Though the adware states that it can enhance users' browsing experience, it should not be kept on the PC. It can hardly improve your online experience and the infected computer will suffer countless pop-up ads which will make PC users annoyed. Can it not only display ads to you but also trace and track sensitive information for its malicious purpose. It is strongly suggested to take immediate action to remove Eridanus thoroughly from your computer upon detection to avoid further damage. Here is the removal guide to get rid of this adware.

Why Do You Need to Remove the Adware From the PC?

1. It interferes with your browsing activities by redirecting your web searches unknown but vicious web content pages which contains additional harmful computer threats and lures you into downloading free software, videos, games and files, etc.

2. It opens backdoor for cyber hackers to access to damage your computer by altering your PC system settings, registry settings and files to achieve its illegal purpose .

3. It increases risk of getting infected by other types of malware like virus, Trojan, worm and spyware, which may bring more harm to your computer.

4. It drags down the computer running speed and causes some system problems, like system crash, system freezing and blue screen of death.

How to Delete Eridanus From Your PC?

You can remove this virus manually or automatically. If you do not familiar with computer managements, it is advised to use the automatic tool to help you. It's much easier and safer to do it by means of a professional malware removal tool. Of course, if you don't want to install any additional software on your computer, you can erase the adware manually as well. Here is the manual removal tips.

Step 1: Remove the Eridanus related programs.

Windows XP
Go to Start, navigate to Settings and click on Control Panel, navigate to Add or Remove Programs, choose Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and hit Remove.

Windows 8
Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel. Select Uninstall a program and remove the adware related programs.
 
Windows 7/Vista
Go to Start, navigate to Control Panel, select Uninstall a program/Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and click on Uninstall.

Step 2:  Remove all Eridanus related files and registry entries.

Go to the Local Hard Disk C -> Programs Files and App data to find out and delete any adware related folders or files from your computer.
Click the "Start" button and choose the "Run" option. Type "regedit" in the "Open" field and click the "OK" button. Then the Registry Editor will open. Then, find out and delete the adware related registry entries.

Step 3. Remove all add-ons and extensions.

Internet Explorer
Click Tools > Manage add-ons.
Under "Toolbars and Extensions", search for Eridanus adware related add-ons. Highlight them, and disable them.

Google Chrome
Click the 3 bar options icon or wrench icon and navigate to Tools >Extensions.
Search for the adware related extensions and remove them all.

Mozilla Firefox
Click Tools > Add-ons (Ctrl+Shift+A).
Under "Plugins", search for the adware related add-ons. Disable or remove them. You may also search for other unwanted add-ons under "Extensions".

Tips for Preventing Installing Malware:

Online users should be more cautious when surfing online and be more cautious when download applications from the Internet. Any suspicious or malicious websites may lead to serious PC problems and even bring a lot of trouble. Also, when installing a program on your computer, you should choose the Advanced or Custom installation mode so that you can refuse to install any unneeded & additional programs.