virus is a type of virus that operates by altering the Google
search engine results so that it displays affiliate and advertisement
links instead of the real search results. 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 Once you are inside the System 32 folder, look for
"regedit.exe". Click on it. Rename "regedit.exe" to something you
can remember. After that disable it.
Why? Because this is the place where the Google redirect virus executes
from.The next step is to
download the anti-malware software and run it in their system. 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. Another
important note: make sure the website you are downloading anti
malware from is secure and reputable. You do not want to end up
infecting your computer with even more viruses, do you? It
is hard to believe, but the number if scam sites offering anti malware
which will infect your PC with even more malicious code, viruses and
trojans is growing every day. 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.
You should then head back to the “System32” folder and change the name
of the folder back to the original (regedit). Once this is done, on the start menu, click on
run and then type in regedit so as to be taken to the Registry Editor
window. Look for
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Once you found it, choose "software". Then select “Microsoft” and on
the “Windows” tab pick “CurrentVersion” and then “run”.
On the right hand window that appears you should select the executable
file “RegSVR32=%system%msmsgs.exe” and delete it by right clicking on
it and selecting delete.
It is extremely important to double or even triple
check that you are deleting the right file. If you delete another file
you might delete an important registry file which may result in having
to install the whole operating system again. In oder to complete the
process, you will have to reboot your PC.
If you have done everything correctly,
should be gone. Try it! Go to Google and search for
something. If the virus is indeed gone, you
should now see real search results and not fake links. One last
thing: to prevent another infection, make sure to update your
anti-virus software.
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder