How to Remove Free YouTube Downloader Redirect Virus

I didn’t realize my browser has been hijacked by Free YouTube Downloader virus until my antivirus told me so. I clear temp files to tune up the browser performance and avoid fishing websites. Hence, I cannot stop the attacks from Free YouTube Downloader even if I have reinstall the browser this time. How can I eliminate the virus? I need some help!

Free YouTube Downloader is responsible for promoting specific products created by cyber hackers through the way of attaching undesirable toolbars, malicious scripts as well as potentially harmful extensions on the browser for taking over it. It looks like a website as simple as google.com. But don’t be fooled and cheated by its look. If you click on its infected links, unpleasant things may happen. The links on the malicious website are often implanted with dangerous codes. Some of them are advertisement websites which utilize the website to display advertising. As a result, you may fail to find the expected helpful information directly. If you click on some unknown websites in the search results, many other computer infections may be downloaded. It can allow other unknown Trojan or backdoor programs to insert system. For instance, some browser settings and system settings are changed and the computer security levels become lower. In this case, users’ personal information will be at great risk as it may be monitored all the time and stolen at any time if the hackers take action. In this circumstances, malware outside the cyber world will infiltrate the system to harvest your personal information. Sometimes, your personal files could be encrypted by the malware and you couldn’t decrypt them with ease. If things get worse, you may not be able to access to those files no longer.

This virus is able to get into your system in many ways. When you are viewing entertainment website, browsing music webpage or playing mini games on websites, you may not notice the webpage is infected with virus or not. If you don’ need it, you can click No button. Once you modify homepage setting and replace the previous one by Free YouTube Downloader, the hijacker may get a chance to take over your browser. When you set Free YouTube Downloader as your homepage, you are giving the redirect virus an opportunity to infect and hijack your browser. You need to understand that not all websites are safe to view and not every file on the Internet is safe to open. Before you visit a website, please make sure that it is free of virus. They take up a lot of precious system resources and space, such cause a more and more slow and instable PC system. As ordinary anti-virus programs can’t remove this browser hijack virus, manual removal is an effective solution. The instructions below will tell you how to remove the virus manually. Don’t underestimate the power of this tinny virus, it can mess up your system!

How to Manually Remove Free YouTube Downloader in Several Steps

Note: The manual way is to complete change some old system settings to a totally new one, including deleting unnecessary files, resetting browser configurations and adding essential missing parts. If you don’t want your data be missing or lost, back up it to a safe place except disk C. You may face the risk of errors or data loss caused by wrong removal of the files. Therefore, it requires you to have sufficient computer expertise to perform the manual removal. If you are not sure about it, using a specialized tool to deal with it is the best choice.

1. Disable running processes on Windows Task Manager.
1) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys to activate Windows Task Manager.
2) From Processes tab, find out the associated processes of Free YouTube Downloader and then right click on the End Process button to totally terminate them.

2. Uninstall associated programs of Free YouTube Downloader from the computer.
1) Click on Start button, click Control Panel.
2) Click Program, click on Uninstall a Program.
3) From Programs and Features, locate the associated programs of Free YouTube Downloader from the applications list, locate the associated programs and then click Uninstall button to remove them.
4) Confirm the uninstall request then follow the wizard to complete the removal.

3. Modify browser settings to stay away from the cyber attacks triggered by Free YouTube Downloader.
1) Enable the browser.
2) Revert browser settings and fully remove the associated Internet temp files.

For Internet Explorer
Click Tools-> Go to Internet Options-> Click Advanced tab-> Click on Reset button

For Mozilla Firefox
Click Firefox-> locate Help option-> Go to Troubleshooting Information-> Click Reset Firefox button

For Google Chrome
Click the wrench icon-> Click Settings-> Click Show Advanced Settings link-> Click Reset Browser Settings

3) Reset the browser homepage manually.

For Internet Explorer
Click General from the Internet Options -> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the modification

For Mozilla Firefox
Click Options from the Firefox menu-> Click General tab-> type a secure and new web address -> confirm the changes.

For Google Chrome
Go to Advance section in the Settings-> Click Show Home Button-> Click the displayed Change link-> type a secure and new web address

4) Restart the browser to confirm the modification.