Friday, March 29, 2013

How to Remove/Uninstall VisualBee Toolbar

VisualBee Toolbar itself is not a virus and is not related to malware, however many people complain about difficulties in getting rid of VisualBee Toolbar while they have zero recollection of installing it.




VisualBee Toolbar often comes via free downloads and settles down without your attention. VisualBee Toolbar brings lots of potentially unwanted program (browser add-on) and may redirect your search result to sites that are full of ads or fake security popup. In fact, bundling with freeware is a common trick used on Internet marketing. You should pay close attention to toolbars or other programs when installing. Like Babylon Toolbar, VisualBee Toolbar is able to change default browser settings and nicely conceal its existence. VisualBee Toolbar would still remain and keep making chaos to Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer even you have removed it from Control Panel. VisualBee Toolbar would lead to slow performance and other PC issues, such as malware, adware, or rogue application installed. In the view of security consideration, you should remove VisualBee Toolbar for good. To completely get rid of VisualBee Toolbar and end redirection, find the following manual removal guide for your reference.



Step 1, Go to Start menu →Control Panel →Add/Remove Programs→ Remove any programs related.

Step2, Delete adds-on
IE browser:
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2)
Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4)  Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.


Google Chrome browser:
1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';
2) Choose 'Basic Options'.
3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;
4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark. 


Mozilla Firefox browser:
1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';
2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;
3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab'; 


Step 3- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections.
click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items.

Step 4- open your Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys and then stop the viruses and Trojans processes

Step 5 - remove any suspicious files.
%CommonAppData%\[random]
%LocalAppData%\[random]
%LocalAppData%\[random].exe
%Temp%\[random]

Step 6- Detect and remove related registries:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\[random]
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current\Winlogon\”Shell” = “[random].exe”

Note: If you have any problem during the removal process, please feel free to contact us for further instruction. Start a live chat with us and get immediate help from Tee Support tech agent to get rid of VisualBee Toolbar now!


Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A Virus Removal Guide

I have tried several anti-virus tools but still have no luck to get rid of Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A? Am I hopeless? How can I remove Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A virus without ruining everything? It is a hp laptop, running Windows 7, 64 bit.

Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A is a nasty trojan that poses a serious security risk to an infected system. Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A runs in the background without users' notice and compromises your computer by exploiting system security leaks. Remote attackers will control your system and steal your personal or financial information. Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A has the ability to damage system files, corrupt processes and inject codes. As a result, you cannot load regular pages or some programs normally and may suffer from system crash or automatic reboot. Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A always come with rootkit malware to hide its traces and escape from being removed by security tools. What is worse, if MBR is modified, you will lose access to the system normally. Hence, you should remove Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A as soon as possible.


Why I Couldn’t Delete Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A by Using Anti-virus Programs?

 


You need to know the fact that there are no perfect anti-virus programs to handle all viruses. Since there are hundreds and thousands of viruses are created every day, and most of them have the ability to keep mutating all the time, changing codes and locations to be well-hidden as to avoid being detected. What is more, it takes time for antivirus to update to the latest version. Of course, an antivirus program is always needed to safeguard your computer with basic protection. However, when it comes to some stubborn virus, only manual removal can ensure complete deletion.


Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A Manual Removal Guide:

 


1. Delete virus process from Task Manager:

Random.exe

2. Delete virus files.
The related files can be looked for through the Internet; you just then search for these files on your pc and delete them manually.

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
C:\Users\Vishruth\AppData\Local\Temp\random.xml
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random)

3. Remove malicious registry entries.

Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A adds corrupt entries in the compromised computer's registry so it can hide deeply without your knowing. Again search for and delete the related registry entries listed below:
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer "NoDesktop" = '1'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random].exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\[random numbers]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = [random]


Have Difficulties in Removing Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A?

 


Note: if you have no sufficient expertise in dealing with Trojan:DOS/Alureon.A 's files, processes, .dll files and registry entries, it may lead to mistakes damaging your system, so please be careful during the manual removal operation.



How to Remove Qvo6.com Hijacker Virus

Qvo6.com hijacker virus is indeed a PC risk that you should not overlook or live with. Qvo6.com hijacker virus would affect all your browsers and bother your Internet search severely. Most people pick up Qvo6.com hijacker virus after downloading free programs from unreliable sites. Qvo6.com hijacker virus would make changes to Host files, default browser settings and thus, keep redirect your Internet traffic to sites that you have no expectation to visit. Besides, additional add-on, plug-in, or other potentially unwanted programs and browser helper objects will be installed to your computer, leading to system sluggish or crash. Apart from the random redirections, tons of advertisements and fake security notifications will be flooded to your screen whenever you surf the Internet.

The removal of Qvo6.com hijacker virus could be a tedious and frustrated process due to the fact that it cannot be deleted by anti-virus programs. And Qvo6.com hijacker virus is able to add startup items and well concealed its existence, which explains why uninstalling affected browsers and re-installing won’t help get rid of Qvo6.com hijacker virus at all. To remove Qvo6.com hijacker virus once and for all, you need to manually locate and delete all infections.

Manual Removal Guide to Remove Qvo6.com Hijacker Virus


Step one- Boot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking

To perform this, please restart your computer. -> As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap “F8″ key constantly. -> Use the arrow keys to highlight the “Safe Mode with Networking” option and then press ENTER. -> If you don’t get the Safe Mode with Networking option, please restart the computer again and keep tapping “F8″ key immediately.

Step two- Reset your Internet Explorer Open your Internet Explorer -> click Tools -> choose Internet Options -> click Advanced -> choose Reset option -> click Yes to save the change.

Step three- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections. For Windows Xp: Click Start menu -> click Run -> type: msconfig in the Run box -> click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated. For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items generated.

Step four- open your Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys and then stop the viruses and Trojans processes The infections will use random names or fake system processes name so you need to check each process on Task Manager carefully and see which one does not belong to Windows system or which one uses a system process name but in the wrong system location.

Step five - remove any suspicious system files in your Local disk C hard drive

C:\Program Files\random name].exe

C:\Users\User name\AppData\[random name]. exe

C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\[random name].sys

Step six- open your Registry Editor program by navigating to Start Menu, type in Regedit, and then click OK. When you have been in Registry Editor, please check the following registry location and see whether there are any malicious registry entries:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\_VOIDd.sys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\4DW4R3 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce (Note:

If you haven’t sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries, it may lead to mistakes damaging your system permanently. If you are not very good at computer, you are recommended to ask help from an online professional expert here to avoid false operation of crashing your computer or from some friends who are very familiar with manual virus removal.


Monday, March 25, 2013

How to Remove Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department Virus?

Computer has been blocked by Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus? How to get rid of Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department scam safely? Do I really need to pay for the fine? I don’t do anything wrong and I really need this virus removed and have my system fixed!


Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus is a severely ransomware variant that mainly attacks computer users in Canada. The trick of ransomware is almost the same, which would be locking up your system with fake alert in guise of local authorities and threatening you to pay with jail time. The truth is that none of the authorities use screen lockers to collect fine. Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus is created by cybercriminals and only wants to rip off your money. Therefore, under no circumstances should you pay for the virus scam. Otherwise, you won’t be able to dispute your payment and get it back. Also, your financial balance will be at the risk of being stolen.

How to get rid of Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus and related infections once and for all? Usually anti-virus programs are ranked as top option when people get infected with viruses. However, Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus is stubborn enough to escape from or even disable security tools. Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus pretends to be system files but only in wrong locations. You need to remove its infections manually one by one. Due to the fact that the infections could be vary and released randomly, we would recommend you to get someone to help or just contact Tee Support agents 2/7 online to ensure safe and complete removal.



1) Backup Reminder: Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

2) Log in safe mode with networking or command prompt.

3) Stop the associated processes: Random.exe

4) Delete the associated files dropped by Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus:

%SYSTEMDRIVE%\*.*

%systemroot%\System32\config\*.sav

%systemroot%\*. /mp /s %systemroot

%\system32\*.dll /lockedfiles

5) Get rid of the related registry entries added by Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\[random numbers]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\”Shell”=”[SET OF RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MsConfig\startupfolder\[random names]

6) Remove malicious startup items. Open Start Menu and click Run.Type "msconfig" and click OK. Click the Startup tab on System Configuration Utility. Select Disable All and click OK. Exit the menu. Restart your computer in Normal Mode.

7) Restart the PC back to normal mode to take effect.

Attention: Please note that the manual removal of Canadian Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus is effective but yet risky process. To avoid any unnecessary to damage your computer, you are recommended to get help from computer experts.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

search.fantastigames.com virus removal guide

search.fantastigames shows up every time you open a new browser window? How to completely get rid of search.fantastigames.com?
search.fantastigames.com looks like a reputable search engine that can help you better browse the Internet. However, search.fantastigames.com brings nothing good to your system. search.fantastigames.com displays advertisements and sponsored links in your search results, and may track your privacy and change bookmark lists.

search.fantastigames.com is installed to your computer usually when you download free software or add-on that have bundled into installer of search.fantastigames.com. Soon you will find out affected browsers, Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer won’t work normally anymore. Instead of leading you to expected pages, you will be sent to advertisements-based or pay-per-click sites. You may check the Control Panel or restore affected browsers but still have no luck to remove search.fantastigames.com virus for good. That’s mainly because the infections of search.fantastigames.com are cunningly hidden. And search.fantastigames.com may lead to privacy invasion and more malware installation. To get rid of search.fantastigames.com and get back your homepage, please follow the manual removal guide below. 

Manual Removal Guide to Remove search.fantastigames.com

 

Step 1- Go to Start menu →Control Panel →Add/Remove Programs→ Remove any other suspicious programs.
Step2- Delete adds-on
IE browser:
1) Go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons';
2) Choose 'Search Providers' → choose 'Bing' search engine or 'Google' search engine and make it default;
3) Select 'Search Results' and click 'Remove' to remove it;
4)  Go to 'Tools' → 'Internet Options', select 'General tab' and click 'Use default' button or enter your own website, e.g. Google.com. Click OK to save the changes.
Google Chrome browser:
1) Click on 'Customize and control' Google Chrome icon, select 'Settings';
2) Choose 'Basic Options'.
3) Change Google Chrome's homepage to google.com or any other and click the 'Manage search engines...' button;
4) Select 'Google' from the list and make it your default search engine;
5) Select 'Search Results' from the list remove it by clicking the "X" mark.
Mozilla Firefox browser:
1) Click on the magnifier's icon and select 'Manage Search Engines....';
2) Choose 'Search Results' from the list and click 'Remove' and OK to save changes;
3) Go to 'Tools' → 'Options'. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com under the 'General tab';
Step 3- Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by infections.
click start menu->type msconfig in the search bar -> open System Configuration Utility -> Disable all possible startup items.
Step 4- open your Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys and then stop the viruses and Trojans processes
Step 5 - remove any suspicious files dropped by search.fantastigames.com virus.
%AppData%\[random].exe
%ProgramFiles%\LP\[random].tmp
%ProgramFiles%\LP\[random].exe
%Windows%\system32\[random].exe
%System%\drivers\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys
Step 6- Detect and remove related registries added by search.fantastigames.com virus:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[RANDOM]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[RANDOM].exe"
Note: If you have any problem during the removal process, please feel free to contact us for further instruction. Start a live chat with us and get immediate help from Tee Support tech agent to get rid of search.fantastigames.com now!

How to Get Rid of Start.sweetpacks.com Redirect

Start.sweetpacks.com is an annoying browser malware that would bring lots of ads and fake security notifications constantly to your computer. Start.sweetpacks.com Redirect is not a safe site that can offer you best answers match your search requires but reroutes your Internet traffic to sites you don’t know. Start.sweetpacks.com Redirect makes changes to Registries and takes away your homepage. And many other toolbars and adware applications will be installed to your system without your consent. As a consequence, computer performance is seriously degraded and sluggish. Redirections brought by Start.sweetpacks.com virus may lead to malwares and other PC threats. In a word Start.sweetpacks.com redirect virus is a security risk and you should not live with. How to remove Start.sweetpacks.com redirect for good? It is not an easy job to get rid of Start.sweetpacks.com virus, for it could be wrapped in random code and mingled in system files. Luckily, we can remove Start.sweetpacks.com virus via manual removal help by locating its infections and removing completely.



Start.sweetpacks.com Redirect Is A Big Threat


a. Unfamiliar and questionable advertisements and fake alerts keep popping up on your screen.

b. Your PC system performance is too poor and your system works extremely slowly like a snail.

c. Once compromised, your PC makes for frequent freezing and system crash.

d. Unwanted malicious applications run in your PC.

e. All your search results specified by Google Chrome are redirected to unwanted and irritating ones.

Start.sweetpacks.com Removal Guide


Step1. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Task Manager.

Step2. Click on the Processes tab, search for random.exe then right-click it and select End Process key.

Step3. Click Start button and select Run. Type regedit into the box and click OK to proceed. Once the Registry Editor is open, search for the registry keys and Delete them.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = %SystemRoot%\system32\blank.htm

HKCU\..\URLSearchHook: {CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497} - I:\WINDOWS\system32\shdocvw.dll (Microsoft Corporation)

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings: "ProxyServer" = :0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Win32\

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName = C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

Step4. Search for infected files and delete manually.

%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll

%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe

%AppData%\result.db

Please kindly be noted that manual removal of Start.sweetpacks.com Redirect is a risky and tedious process, if you do not possess good computer knowledge, invocatable damage to the system may cause. Any questions, you are welcome to contact Tee Support agents 24/7 online.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Completely Remove Smithfraud-c.generic Trojan

Where does Smithfraud-c.generic come from?

Smithfraud-c.generic is a big threat to an infected system and requires instant removal. Smithfraud-c.generic gets into computers by taking advantage of system vulnerabilities.
Also, unknown downloads, spam email attachments, malicious or hacked Web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks etc., are possible sources where computer users get infected.

How dangerous is Smithfraud-c.generic?

 

Once executed, Smithfraud-c.generic changes registries to allow its automatic running. To make it worse, remote attackers will get access to your system and do whatever they want to make profit. Email address or Facebook account may be hacked to spread malware or bonus message. Some system components will be damaged and lead to performance difficulties. To remove Smithfraud-c.generic and enhance computer protection, please follow the manual removal guide below.

How to Remove Smithfraud-c.generic?


1) Backup Reminder: Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

2) Stop the associated processes:

Random.exe

3) Delete the associated files: 

%AppData%\[random].exe
%ProgramFiles%\LP\[random].tmp
%ProgramFiles%\LP\[random].exe
%Windows%\system32\[random].exe

4) Get rid of the related registry entries:

KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe "(Default)" = "[random]"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%LocalAppData%\[random].exe" -a "%1" %*"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random]\DefaultIcon "(Default)" = "%1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random]\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""%LocalAppData%\[random].exe" -a "%1" %*"

Attention: Please note that the manual removal of Smithfraud-c.generic is effective but yet risky process. To avoid any unnecessary to damage your computer, you are recommended to get help from computer experts.