How to Remove Yardood.com Redirect Virus Thoroughly

Posted by Alice Bonnie
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Dec 14, 2016
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Yardood.com redirect virus is created by the cyber criminals to take over the browsers on the targeted computer. It is closely related to browser hijackers that can intercept almost popular browser hijackers, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. After the changes take effect, users will notice that the default homepage has been changed to another one without any permission. When users start to run their infected browsers or do a search, the threat may force them to visit certain specified websites and use it as their search engine. As a result, you are not able to access its favorite web pages and you are forced to visit the websites that you don’t want.

The redirect virus will show you specific advertising sites which are not well-known and this is the way it generates traffic of the website. Since many computer users might pay no attention to this website, some cyber criminals make use of this website to make profits. As most of the ads webpages offered by the redirect virus are always so tempting for generic PC users, they may click the unsafe links, and the victims would fall for the trap set up by cyber criminals. It is important to know that all information provided by Yardood.com is not trustworthy, and users should use extreme caution when being shown something that sounds tempting so as to avoid being deceived and encountering unnecessary losses.

Furthermore, Yardood.com should be fully removed from the system once it appears on the system security scan results. Some users may consider it is not a big problem to use the new search engine and just don’t take any action to get rid of it. However, it’s not as simple as that. After being allowed to work on the computer, this malware starts to ruin it completely. Any vital modification on system settings may lead to unimaginable consequences, take an example, the system security level may lower and many other unwanted programs, including malware, can break into the compromised PC. In this case, the infected computer performance will become slower and slower for its system resources are consumed by more and more cyber threats. If users just ignore the redirect virus, they may put their system at risk and end up being victims of identity theft. Thus, users should delete the redirect virus as soon as possible before everything goes wrong.

How to Remove Yardood.com redirect virus completely?

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 Yardood.com 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.

Conclusion

Most users may not know how and when Yardood.com redirect virus enter their computers. The computers will be in danger for the users usually have no idea about computer infection. Cyber criminals always utilize redirect virus to attack computers with security holes so as to achieve the goal of making money. Thus, users should pay more attention to their computer performance and run their advanced antivirus programs to scan the PCs once some weird symptoms show up in order to prevent more damages caused by hidden viruses. Since the redirect virus often comes bundled with free third-party applications, users need for careful when they free download some programs because some freeware may be malware or embedded in suspicious applications and do harm to the computer systems once installed. Moreover, users should scan the system to detect the whole system in a professional way to protect the computer from infections. Get it and run it to protect your computer right now! 

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