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Jumat, 05 April 2013

Remove Mixi Dj Claro Search – mixidj.claro-search.com Removal Instructions

Mixi Dj Claro Search is a rather common type of online attack in which scammers change the configuration of your web browser to go to mixidj.claro-search.com and also add Mixi DJ search toolbar. A browser hijacker, by itself, is harmless. One thing is certain, however, recovering from mixidj.claro-search.com can be one of the most difficult problems to solve. Why? Because it comes bundled with other software, changes way too many web browser settings, makes Internet access difficult and all this constitute a genuine threat to protection against invasion of privacy. In other words, it changes what and how is displayed when you're surfing the web. It even changes the way you interactive with your web browser, Google Chrome, Firefox or any other web browser. It doesn't matter. It can't be easily uninstalled through Control Panel either.



So, all these nuisances and possible privacy threats encouraged me to write this removal guide. Personally, I don't think that authors of this search engine and toolbar can't make a proper uninstaller. It's not so difficult after all. They do this on purpose. At the moment, their uninstall removes MixiDJ Toolbar only and leaves Mix Dj Claro Search unaffected. Users have to remove the remnants themselves but since not everyone is computer savvy enough to deal with web browser preferences and Windows registry, modifications can remain for months if not years. Needles to say, this is the main goal of scammers. They have plenty of time to promote other products that are sometimes misleading or even harmful. OK, so you may ask, how do I remove mixidj.claro-search.com once I've determined I have it? Simply follow the removal instructions below. I've made this removal guide as detailed as possible but if you still have problems removing Mixi Dj Claro Search from your computer, please leave a comment below. I will gladly help you. Good luck and be safe online!

Written by Michael Kaur, http://deletemalware.blogspot.com


mixidj.claro-search.com removal instructions:

1. First of all, download recommended anti-malware software and run a full system scan. It will detect and remove this infection from your computer. You may then follow the manual removal instructions below to remove the leftover traces of this browser hijacker. Hopefully you won't have to do that.





2. Remove MixiDJ Toolbar from your computer using the Add/Remove Programs control panel (Windows XP) or Uninstall a program control panel (Windows 7 and Windows 8).

Go to the Start Menu. Select Control Panel → Add/Remove Programs.
If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, select Control Panel → Uninstall a Program.



If you are using Windows 8, simply drag your mouse pointer to the right edge of the screen, select Search from the list and search for "control panel".



Or you can right-click on a bottom left hot corner (formerly known as the Start button) and select Control panel from there.



3. When the Add/Remove Programs or the Uninstall a Program screen is displayed, scroll through the list of currently installed programs and remove the following entries:
  • MixiDj
  • MixiDJ Toolbar
  • MixiDJ Toolbar for Chrome
  • BrowserProtect


Simply select each application and click Remove. If you are using Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, click Uninstall up near the top of that window. When you're done, please close the Control Panel screen.

Remove mixidj.claro-search.com from Google Chrome:

1. Click on Customize and control Google Chrome icon. Go to Tools → Settings.



2. Click Set pages under the On startup.


Remove mixidj.claro-search.com by clicking the "X" mark as shown in the image below. Click OK.



3. Click Show Home button under Appearance. Then click Change.



Select Use the New Tab page and click OK to save changes.



4. Click Manager search engines button under Search.



Select Google or any other search engine you like from the list and make it your default search engine provider.



Select Mixi.DJ Search from the list and remove it by clicking the "X" mark as shown in the image below.



Remove mixidj.claro-search.com from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Click on the Mixi.DJ Search search icon as shown in the image below and select Manage Search Engines....



2. Choose Mixi.DJ Search from the list and click Remove to remove it. Click OK to save changes.



3. Go to Tools → Options. Under the General tab reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com, etc.

4. In the URL address bar, type about:config and hit Enter.



Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue.



In the search filter at the top, type: mixi



Now, you should see all the preferences that were changed by Mixi.DJ Search. Right-click on the preference and select Reset to restore default value. Reset all found preferences!




Remove mixidj.claro-search.com from in Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons.



2. Select Search Providers. First of all, choose Live Search search engine and make it your default web search provider (Set as default).



3. Select Mixi.DJ Search and click Remove to remove it. Close the window.



4. Go to Tools → Internet Options. Select General tab and click Use default button or enter your own website, e.g. google.com instead of mixidj.claro-search.com. Click OK to save the changes.

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Jumat, 22 Maret 2013

This website has been blocked for you! removal instructions

This website has been blocked for you! - if your web browser is driving your crazy with this fake warning then your computer is certainly infected with a Windows Hosts file hijacker. After installing a few Trojan horses on my test machine I noticed this fake notification of possible spam bot activity. So, at least in my case, this infections was dropped by a Trojan horse. However, it could be that you got infected in completely different, though, very unlikely.

The fake notification says:

This website has been blocked because of your recent activity. Your actions have been marked as spam bot like, to visit this website again follow instructions on the left. This is made for security reasons. Please take your time to go through the verification process to restore you access to blocked websites, thank you for your time!

Click here to unblock



Once installed, a Trojan horse modifies Windows Hosts file by adding at least 300 new lines. All pointing to scammers' web server instead of Youtube, Google, Facebook, Paypal, Wikipedia and many others. It may even lock the file, so that you couldn't easily change these modifications. The modified Hosts file with newly added values may look like this:



As you can see, whenever you try to access some popular websites you will get this fake error message because your web browser loads content from scammers' web server instead of Google's, Amazon's, etc. Basically, it will block each website that were added to Windows Hosts file. The list may be slightly different of course.

This website has been blocked for you! scam message will ask you to verify that you are a human and not a computer by filling in the survey. DON'T! It will show you a survey where you have to enter your phone number and by completing the survey you automatically agree that you will pay $5 a week for a service you definitely do not need. I'm sure that there are even more expensive surveys, so please DO NOT fill any surveys!

Here's the bottom line, if you want to get rid of this annoying "This website has been blocked for you!" scam message, you must to recreate Windows Hosts file using Microsoft' Fix it tool (download link is given below) or edit it manually. Basically, you need to remove all these lines created by a Trojan. Finally, you MUST scan your computer with recommended anti-malware software to remove the culprit of this infection. If you won't the fake message may appear on your computer screen once again. To remove this malware from your computer, please follow the removal instructions below.

Do you have something to say about removing the This website has been blocked for you! scam message? Post your comment or question below. Good luck and be safe online!

Written by Michael Kaur, http://deletemalware.blogspot.com


This website has been blocked for you! removal instructions:

1. Download recommended anti-malware software and run a full system scan to remove this virus from your computer.





2. Reset Windows HOSTS file.

Go to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc.
Double-click "hosts" file to open it. Choose to open with Notepad or any other text editor.



The Windows hosts file should look the same as in the image below (Windows XP). There should be only one line:

127.0.0.1 localhost (Windows XP)

127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 (Windows Vista/7/8).

If there are more lines, then remove them and save changes. Read more about Windows Hosts file here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034



Alternate method: to reset the Hosts file back to the default automatically, download and run Microsoft Fix it tool and follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.

3. Remove malicious extensions from your web browser.

Google Chrome:
1. Click on Chrome menu button. Go to Tools → Extensions.
2. Click on the trashcan icon and remove the extensions that might be causing the fake warning to show up. Basically, remove all extensions that you didn't install. It's perfectly OK to remove all extensions since by default Google Chrome comes without any extensions.

Mozilla Firefox:
1. Go to Tools → Add-ons.
2. Select Extensions. Remove all extensions that you didn't install. Please note, by default Firefox comes without any extensions.

Internet Explorer:
1. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons. If you have the latest version, simply click on the Settings button.
2. Select Toolbars and Extensions. Remove all add-ons that you didn't install or you believe may cause those annoying pop-ups to show up.

4. Download CCleaner and tidy up your computer, remove temp files, etc.

5. If the problem persists, please read this web document and follow the steps carefully: http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/02/remove-google-redirect-virus.html

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Kamis, 21 Maret 2013

Remove Why do I see this page? virus - Attention Required survey scam

Why do I see this page? - Attention Required warning is a clear indicator that your computer is infected with malware which hijacks Windows Hosts file. Most of the time, this virus modifies Hosts files and denies or restricts access to the following websites:
  • Facebook
  • eBay
  • MySpace
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Youtube
  • IMDB
  • and many other sites


The fake waning says:

We have noticed some unusual activity from you recently

To get Access to all of these pages again please verify that you are human

After completing a survey you will receive instructions how to access these pages again.

If you are unable to access one of the sites listed below or for example your favorite forum and you get this "Why do I see this page?" notification instead then you should either recreate or clean a Windows Hosts file. Please note that this virus is not the same for everyone. I've found a few samples that did more than just Hosts file hijacking. Virus also installed a potentially unwanted web browser extension and in one particular case, I even found Trojan.Droppper installed on my PC. Hosts file hijacking can hardly be introduced as something new. It's pretty much like a Trojan ransom infection, except that in this case you have to verify that you are a human first by doing a quick survey. Well, I actually did the survey but still could't access any of these sites, so it's not just another infection, it's even worse -- a non-working scam.

You may ask how do they block such popular sites? The answer is pretty simply. Each website has it's own IP address, so for example if you type facebook.com your web browser takes you to Facebook's main web server. What scammers did here, they basically instructed your web browser to use modified Hosts file and as a result all these sites are redirected through scammmers' web server where they inject the Why do I see this page? - Attention Required warning. Please note that your web browser still displays the correct URL but the content is completely different.

If your computer is infected, do not follow the on screen instructions and do not fill in any surveys, especially those which ask for personal information, for instance your email address or phone number.

To remove Why do I see this page? virus from your computer, please follow the removal instructions below. I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or maybe you would like to share the removal method that worked for you, please leave a comment below. Good luck and be safe online!

Written by Michael Kaur, http://deletemalware.blogspot.com


Why do I see this page? removal instructions:

1. Download recommended anti-malware software and run a full system scan to remove this virus from your computer.





2. Reset Windows HOSTS file.

Go to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc.
Double-click "hosts" file to open it. Choose to open with Notepad or any other text editor.



The Windows hosts file should look the same as in the image below (Windows XP). There should be only one line:

127.0.0.1 localhost (Windows XP)

127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 (Windows Vista/7/8).

If there are more lines, then remove them and save changes. Read more about Windows Hosts file here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034



Alternate method: to reset the Hosts file back to the default automatically, download and run Microsoft Fix it tool and follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.

3. Remove malicious extensions from your web browser.

Google Chrome:
1. Click on Chrome menu button. Go to Tools → Extensions.
2. Click on the trashcan icon and remove the extensions that might be causing the fake warning to show up. Basically, remove all extensions that you didn't install. It's perfectly OK to remove all extensions since by default Google Chrome comes without any extensions.

Mozilla Firefox:
1. Go to Tools → Add-ons.
2. Select Extensions. Remove all extensions that you didn't install. Please note, by default Firefox comes without any extensions.

Internet Explorer:
1. Go to Tools → Manage Add-ons. If you have the latest version, simply click on the Settings button.
2. Select Toolbars and Extensions. Remove all add-ons that you didn't install or you believe may cause those annoying pop-ups to show up.

4. Download CCleaner and tidy up your computer, remove temp files, etc.

5. If the problem persists, please read this web document and follow the steps carefully: http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/02/remove-google-redirect-virus.html

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Selasa, 20 April 2010

How to remove Windows Performance Center (Uninstall guide)

Windows Performance Center is a fake pop-up/warning that impersonates Microsoft Windows XP Security Center and reports false system security threats to make you think that your sensitive information is not secure or that your computer is infected with malware. It's a part of rogueware attack. Usually, clicking on a malicious search result yields this fake Windows Performance Center warning. If you click on the "Fix all" button then another pop up will show up and will prompt you to install the rogue anti-virus program called Security Tool (could be any other rogue program actually) to remove the infections which don't even exist.

If you find that your computer is infected with Security Tool or any other rogue antivirus program, please use a reputable anti-malware program to remove malware form your computer as soon as possible. You may choose from several legitimate and free anti-spyware or anti-malware programs to remove Windows Performance Center malware.
In case of Security Tool malware infection, please read this article: How to remove Security Tool.
If you have any questions or additional information about this infection please leave a comment. Good luck and be safe!



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Kamis, 25 Februari 2010

Total-scan.com browser hijacker description and removal

Total-scan.com is a typical browser hijacker that displays fake infections and reports false threats to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected with malicious software. It impersonates Windows "My Computer" view to make the whole scam look more realistic as if it's actually scanning your PC but in reality it's just a script that displays Windows OS system icons and infections near each icon. Besides, it displays the same infections for all users. Total-scan.com was made to promote the widely spread fake antivirus program called Security Tool. This rogue program displays fake warnings and prompts owners of the compromised PCs to pay for a full version of the program to remove the supposed infections. If you were somehow redirected to Total-scan.com and installed the rogue program, then please follow Security Tool removal instructions to remove this virus for free using legitimate anti-malware programs. Good luck!




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