6/17/2013

How to Remove updatevideos.com Browser Hijacker? - updatevideos.com Virus Removal Guide


updatevideos.com is a browser hijacker which will mess up your computer. All the browsers in the targeted computer are normally diverted into this website which seeks to promote user to download fake video player that is a recommended download claimed by this site. In general, updatevideos.com refers to this download will enhance flow on the browser. When you visit updatevideos.com first time, you will get a popup from this site that recommends you download a player. But this popup will not be closed while clicking the close button of it. Normally, when you click INSTALL LATER button, application installation will be canceled. On the contrary, this website will show you an alert that you have chosen to open Setup.exe file. It must be not a way that legitimate website will do, but similar to hackers. Once get into computer successfully, it will carry various useless programs to lure users to download, one of the programs is proved to be a malicious application named Mixi.Djtoolbar which attacks all your browsers(Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome etc.) and drops other threats into PC. To keep computer safe, user are highly to remove it as fast as you can. If you meet with any difficulties, welcome to contact  Tee Support agents 24/7 online for more instructions.

 

The Symptoms Carried by Updatevideos.com

  • Updatevideos.com penetrates into computer without any recognition;
  • Updatevideos.com may bring in other terrible threats to your PC;
  • Updatevideos.com drives your personal data into high risk of exposure to the open;
  • Updatevideos.com may redirect the browser to unwanted websites that contain more viruses or spywares;
  • Updatevideos.com will degrade the computer performance significantly and crash down the system randomly.

 

Step-by-step instructions to remove Updatevideos.com manually

You are suggested to backup system files before any modification has been made for the prevention of mistaken operations. Please be careful!

1: Stop Updatevideos.com running processes in the task manager first.

2: Go to the Registry Editor, remove all Updatevideos.com registry entries listed here:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\{random characers}.exe
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]


3: All Updatevideos.com associated files listed below need to be removed:

%Application Data%\{random characers}.exe
%appdata%\Inspector-[rnd].exe
%desktopdir%\Updatevideos.com.lnk


4: Clear your internet history records, internet temp files and cookies.

Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Sites: type in Updatevideos.com > Block.

Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Options > Privacy > Use custom settings for history > Exceptions > Address of web sites: type in Updatevideos.com > Block.

Warming Tips: if you are not expert in dealing with Updatevideos.com 's files, processes, .dll files and registry entries, it may lead to mistakes damaging your system. Once you are meeting with confusion to the process, don't be hesitated to get an instant help here Tee Support 24/7 online computer experts.

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