Saturday, 6 July 2013

How to remove Revenuehits.com virus redirect

Revenuehits.com virus is a malicious application that interferes browser setup and hijacks Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Internet explorer etc. To Revenuehits malware, it is not important to seek your permission to get installed, this virus will automatically get installed when you download some corrupt software from Internet (Usually the free version software downloaded from suspicious websites contain viruses). After it has reached your computer, the http://Revenuehits.com search would become your homepage and default websearch engine. These are very first signs of being hijacked by Revenuehits.com virus, it will redirect your Google searches and other web links to http://www.Revenuehits.com. Although this thing dose not see very dangerous and many users do ignore it, but what is more, the Revenuehits.com redirect virus performs some harmful tasks on infected computer that are usually unseen and unnoticed by victim. Most likely it will steal your personal information stored in the system. Besides this your computer will become slow, starnge popup ads by Revenuehits.com may appear.
Common Symptoms of Revenuehits.com 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 Revenuehits.com
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 Revenuehits.com 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 Revenuehits.com 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 Revenuehits.com and uninstall if it is listed.
How to delete Revenuehits.com 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 Revenuehits.com in My Computer and delete if found files associated with this bug.
C:\program files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\

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