Monday, 17 June 2013

How to remove Vgrabber.exe virus. Uninstall toolbar

Vgrabber.exe virus is a corrupt extension designed for Firefox, Chrome or Internet explorer type browsers. The software seems to be a useful video grabber program which can add video downloading feature to your browser. The Vgrabber toolbar claims that it will help you find to see or download videos from online websites like Youtube, DailyMotion etc but when this Vgrabber.exe has been installed, it will cause numerous problems and harms to your computer. The most common problems are unwanted ads popping up on infected system and slowed down system performance. This piece of software displays alerts like “Vgrabber.exe has stopped working” and then it crashes the web browser. According to researchers, this kind of softwares are fake and tricky, they are designed to offer unique services so people would install Vgrabber toolbar and use it, but when you use it, it will perform malicious activities in the background to benefit its developers. Such malwares are used by cyber criminals to steal sensitive information from victim computer and to display spam content on targeted PC. It is good to uninstall Vgrabber.exe virus and its associated components to secure your system. Common Symptoms of vgrabber toolbar virus infection:
This kind of malwares usually change your Homepage, Search provider, Desktop Background.
They can display bunch of unstoppable pop-ups advertisements.
Computer performs slower then usual, browser may crash over and over.
Strange websites are automatically opened on the computer after a frequent interval.
Disabled Folder options, Task manager, Registry editing tools.
Advertisements from stranger companies start to appear out of nowhere.
Unexpected browser behaviors such as URL/link redirects.
Unwanted and unknown Plugin/extension or add-ons attached with browser.
Useless shortcuts on desktop or creepy websites added to favorites/bookmarks without your knowledge.

How to uninstall vgrabber toolbar virus
Remove toolbars, plugins, extensions, add-ons
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox users:
Go to TOOLS and then click MANAGE ADD-ON, From there, select Extensions, Toolbars and remove the vgrabber toolbar virus if found. Make sure Google is set as default search Provider.

















Google Chrome Users:
Click SETTINGS icon and select SETTINGS, then open Extensions, toolbar, search provider options, remove the vgrabber toolbar virus if listed there. Make sure Google is set as default search Provider.
Uninstall from Control Panel
Open CONTROL PANEL, then ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS or “Programs and Features”, now lookup for vgrabber toolbar virus and uninstall if it is listed.
How to delete vgrabber toolbar virus manually:
If the malware did not go away after uninstall procedure, try these steps. Please note, the manual removal method is a bit complex and it can go wrong if you perform its tasks incorrectly. It is advised to run an automatic virus removal software for safe and easy solutions. However, if you are good with Manual removal, do the steps below.
Possibly corrupt registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “DisableTaskMgr” = 1
Delete files:
Open then following folders or search for vgrabber toolbar virus in My Computer and delete if found files associated with this bug.
C:\program files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\
vgrabber toolbar virus removal tool
It is always good and safe to use an automatic software to detect and eliminate viruses and malwares. The programs below are best for removing malwares.

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