How to Remove Only-news.org Redirect Virus

Basic information about Only-news.org

 

Only-news.org is classified as a malicious redirect virus that can cause serious redirect problems on the affected computer. This redirect virus often disguises itself as a legitimate website which provides a search engine for users to search for web, images or videos. However, Only-news.org is not a reliable website and it is actually used by cyber hackers to make money, mainly through the pay-per-click ads. Generally, this redirect virus can get into a computer when a user visits phishing websites, clicks on compromised advertisements or downloads pirated software. This stealthy redirect virus also spreads its components on the attachments or links in Email. Those websites who cooperate with this kind of hijackers are not reliable either since they use such tactics to have a good rank in the search result and cheat innocent computer users to visit them.

 

 

Once installed, Only-news.org creates new files and registry entries on the PC and makes modifications on the browser settings. The most obvious symptoms may be the weird performance of the web browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. To be more understandable, this nasty computer virus will first change the default homepage or start page into its associated domain, the default search engine and DNS will be completely modified by this infection just as other browser viruses do. People may see their browsers are redirected to unwanted website when they start the browsers or find a strange website always loads automatically in a new tab or window without any consent. As the result, net users will repeatedly see this redirect page instead of their former ones whenever they open a new tab or new window with the browsers.

 

The redirect virus should be removed from the infected computers without any delay. Putting off removing this redirect virus, many noxious add-ons, toolbars or extensions on browsers would be installed onto the browsers to monitor user’s online activities. In other words, cyber criminals have the ability to trace the track the sensitive information without PC users’ permission. Besides, the affected computer will take a long time to load because the system resources are almost used up by this virus or third party processes installed by it. The worse thing is that, Only-news.org virus brings additional computer virus to the infected computer which will makes affected computer vulnerable. With a backdoor inside your computer, the hackers would be able to visit your computer with ease.

 

Can not Detect Only-news.org?

 

Only-news.org threat is very dangerous and stubborn which can protect itself from being detected by using advanced technology. Many computer users primitively choose their installed antivirus programs to kill the redirect virus. However, most of them find that this way does not help them completely get rid of this threat from their PCs. That’s because the security removal tools are not intellective enough to catch all viruses, especially those are endowed with changeable characteristics. With the help of advanced hiding techniques, the Only-news.org virus can always be able to escape the detection and auto removal by anti-malware tools. Under this circumstance, it is recommended to take quick action to get rid of this virus as soon as possible.

Please note that it is not easy to delete all components of the browser hijacker because some of its files may be invisible sometimes. You need to have expert skills dealing with registry editor, program files, dll. files, processes. Lack of related experience may hinder you from successfully removing the redirect virus, or even make things worse if you make any mistakes during the process.

 

Step by Step to Remove Only-news.org Redirect Virus Manually

 

Windows XP

• Click Start
• In the menu choose Control Panel
• Choose Add / Remove Programs.
• Find Only-news.org related files.
• Click Remove button.

 

Windows 7 / Vista

• Click Start and choose Control Panel.
• Choose Programs and Features and Uninstall a program.
• In the list of installed programs find files and programs associated to Only-news.org
• Click Uninstall button.

 

Windows 8 /8.1

• Right click on the bottom left corner of the desktop screen
• From the left menu choose Control Panel
• Click Uninstall a program under Programs and Features.
• Locate the files and programs associated with Only-news.org or other suspicious program.
• Click Uninstall button.

Step:- 3 Remove all Registry Entries added by Only-news.org

Only-news.org creates a folder under:

• %ProgramFiles%\Only-news.org

It then creates the following files:

• %ProgramFiles%\Only-news.org\icon.ico
• %ProgramFiles%\Only-news.org\Only-news.org.crx
• %ProgramFiles%\Only-news.org\Only-news.org.dll
• %ProgramFiles%\Only-news.org\Only-news.org.xpi
• %ProgramFiles%\Only-news.org\ Personal-browser.com64.dll
• %ProgramFiles%\Only-news.org\Uninst.exe
• %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\RAC\StateData\RacWmiDataBookmarks.dat
• %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\RAC\StateData\RacWmiEventData.dat
• %AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\RAC\StateData\RacWmiDataBookmarks.dat
• %AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\RAC\StateData\RacWmiEventData.dat

Next, Only-news.org creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{814664b0-d93b-4da6-9216-722c56179397}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{814664b0-d93b-4da6-9216-722c56179397}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Activation Technologies\AdminObject\Store\55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{814664b0-d93b-4da6-9216-722c56179397}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Only-news.org
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{814664b0-d93b-4da6-9216-722c56179397}

Perform the following steps to delete the associated Registry entries by Only-news.org

1. While in the desktop view, Press window’s icon and R.
2. It will open the Run window and type “regedit”.
3. It will open the Registry Editor window, Now you need to locate and delete all registry items associated to Only-news.org.
4. Go to File<Click Export
5. Save the file in c:\ as regbackup. Click save.
6. Go to Edit< find< Type Only-news.org
7. Press F3 to search.
8. Once an item is found, read to make sure it is a link to that program.
9. Press delete to remove it.
10. Continue pressing F3 and deleting items pertaining to the program, until all the links are gone.

 

 

 

Conclusion: Remove the browser hijack virus from affected computer. If this redirect infection is not removed from the system in time, it will record your private data secretly. Many users prefer to remove SafeSearch.net hijack virus with the help of their installed antivirus programs, but this may not work because some antivirus software are not able to pick up any traces of the threat. The browser hijacker can hide deeply and escape from the detection and auto removal by antivirus programs due to its changeable features. In this case, victims cannot rely on the antivirus but turn to the manual removal method.

 

If you attempt to manually remove Only-news.org but can’t find any suspicious programs on Control Panel, it is difficult to locate to the accurate folders and registry entries to delete the leftovers of the threat. If you lack sufficient computer skills, it is highly suggested to remove Only-news.org Redirect virus automatically by downloading a powerful and reputable removal tool on your computer which can help you detect and delete the infection promptly and safely.