virus is a special kind of virus. It becomes active whenever you do
a search on Google and alters the search results. Instead of displaying
real search results you are fooled by displaying solely advertisement
and affiliate links. Your computer gets infected
by visiting an infected site. A trojan downloads in the background
secretly. It usually executes whenever you open your browser. The other damage it can cause is
to redirect the pages of the websites to spam and ad websites or bring
up ad pop ups on the screen. If your
computer got infected with the Google redirect virus, do not panic.
There are ways to fix Google redirect virus in some simple steps and
also protect your PC from future attacks.
Once you
have calmed down, open the System32 folder. This is the first step to
You can find it in the Windows folder. If you cannot find the Windows
folder look for it either on your local drive or drive C In the
folder, the users are required to find the “regedit.exe” file and right
click on it. The next step is to rename "regedit.exe" to something you
can remember easily. After that disable it.
Why? Because this is the place where the Google redirect virus executes
from.Once you
have completed this step, download anti-mailware and run it. Please note
that it is really important to download the most up to date version of
anti malware to make sure that the software will actually find the
virus. It will also help to get rid of other trojans, worms, and
viruses your PC is infected with. When it comes to downloading them
from internet sites, you should ensure that you have selected sites
that are reputable and secure. This is
important because there are many unscrupulous vendors who offer spyware
as software and the user will be exposing their systems to more harm. It is important to scan all files and folders on your
harddrive. This is to make sure that the software finds all threats and
infections on your PC and can fix them.
After the scan has been completed - this may take a
while - and all threats have been fixed, go back to the System32
folder. Look for the file you renamed before and change the name back
to "regedit.exe" Ok, after you have completed the step above go to the start
menu, click on run. Now you will have to type in "regedit". This will
open the registry editor window. Look for
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Once you found it, choose "software". Inside the
"software" folder select "Microsoft". In the "Windows" tab select
"Current Version" and "run"
Now look for
RegSVR32=%system%msmsgs.exe which you can find on the right window.
Once you found it right click and select "delete".
You should note that this
folder contains extremely important files. If you delete the wrong
file, Windows might stop working completely and you will have to
re-install the whole operating system. So better double check that you
are deletign the correct file. To complete the process you are
required to restart the computer.
Well... that's it.
should be gone. Try it! Go to Google and search for
something. You should now get real search results
and not fake affiliate links or ads. The last step is to update your antivirus software
to make sure that your computer does not get infected again.
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