How to Remove Youndoo.com Redirect Virus Thoroughly

Posted by Miranda D.
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Jul 22, 2016
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Youndoo.com redirect virus is created by the cyber criminals to take over the browsers on the targeted computer. Once the redirect virus breaks into the target computer, it alters s the browser settings without permission and never allows users to change them back. The result of the modification made by this virus is that the start page and the browser search are redirected to some suspicious sites and many PC users may be misled by it. When users run the browser to do a search, they will be provided a lot of ads and sponsored links in the search results and clicking on those ads and sponsored links may take them to the websites that contain specific products. 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.

Youndoo.com usually boosts commercial gains through rerouting users’ browser searches and tabs to its affiliated commercial websites which are typically used to trick innocent computer users into purchasing its affiliated applications. It puts many attractive promoting ads and coupons under the search box to make it look real. The advertisements appear tempting so that numerous computer users are attracted by them and cannot help clicking on pop-up ads or sponsored links. It is important to know that the information provided by Youndoo.com is not trustworthy, users would be better be away from this site to prevent monetary and other loss.

Moreover, this Youndoo.com redirect virus should be removed as soon as possible. Some PC users will ignore the virus infection because they think that it is safe to continue to use the infected PC as long as they don’t click the links or pop-up ads. This won’t be easy. Since the redirect virus can makes some changes in the system, various problems would occur on the computer. The browser hijacker may lower the security settings of the system as well as the browsers, allowing more and more other cyber threats to break into the compromised machines without scruples. 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 this redirect virus can not be removed completely, it will be in a very complicated status which makes PC users annoyed. So, it is considered to eliminate Youndoo.com immediately.

How to Remove Youndoo.com Redirect Completely?

Step 1: Set the default homepage back

For Internet Explorer:
Click on Browser Tools
Select Manage Add-ons on the tools window
Click Search Provider
Here you can see many kinds of search engine option as Bing and Google, select your favorite one to be a default homepage.
Choose Search Results and click on Remove icon to eliminate it
Click Tools, select Internet Options and then the General tab. Here you can option a website you like and save it.
c. Select ‘Search Results’ and click ‘Remove’ to remove it;

For Google Chrome:
Open Customize and control
Click on Settings
Select on Basic Options icon
Here you can reset your homepage (e.g.Google.com)
Once you choose a default homepage, click on Manage Search Engines and then click Google to be your default search engine.
Remove it from the browser by clicking Search Result and then the X’ mark

For Mozilla Firefox:
Click Manage Search Engine
Select Search Results and then click Remove option, click OK
Open Tools, under the General tab, set Google.com as default homepage

Step 2: Locate related files of Youndoo.com and remove them from the computer
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll

Step 3: Remove cookies on all browsers
Internet Explorer:
Click options on the browser and then choose Internet Options
Open General tab, click Delete Browsing History to remove all related cookies
Select cookies and click Delete

Firefox:
Click option
Select Privacy and then click on Remove Individual Cookies icon
Delete relevant cookies list on the box

Google Chrome:
Click option
Open Under the Bonnet tab
Select Privacy and then click Clear browsing data
Delete all cookies

Step 4: Remove malicious registry entries
Open Registry Editor on the start menu
Type in Regedit and click OK
Remove all the following registry entries
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ‘1’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ‘0’

 

Conclusion

It is not easy for most computer users to notice that their computers are infected with Youndoo.com. Some users pay no attention to the weird symptoms of their browsers so they start to realize the redirect virus when things become serious. Hackers can get benefits from victims via making good use of their weakness. 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. Youndoo.com often comes bundled with free software and junk email attachments, and once users download such freeware or open the malicious attachments, they are likely to download the redirect virus onto their computers. It is really necessary to scan the entire system once a day or twice a day to fully protect the computer. A reliable professional removal should be the best choice for the PC users to clean all the threats from Internet. 

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