How to remove Vacation Xplorer toolbar virus

Vacation Xplorer virus or VacationXplorer toolbar is an infected application which malicious accesses your computer and then gets installed as a toolbar on Firefox, Chrome, IE or any browser found on your PC. The Vacation Xplorer malware has several disadvantages and causes serious harms to the infected computer, usually it is used to display unwanted advertisements (spam) on victim computer, secondly it will hijack your browser. You wont be able to notice but the Vacation Xplorer virus would have changed your homepage and DNS settings which will cause your web links to be redirected to wrong websites. This virus also replaces default search provider (which is usually Google) and then every time you try to perform a search, you,ll be taken to Vacation Xplorer search engine. Apart form these annoying habits, the VacationXplorer toolbar virus will violate your privacy, it tracks web activities and steals private user information. To secure your private data nd system, you must uninstall Vacation Xplorer virus.
Common Symptoms of Vacation Xplorer 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 Vacation Xplorer
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 Vacation Xplorer 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 Vacation Xplorer 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 Vacation Xplorer and uninstall if it is listed.
How to delete Vacation Xplorer 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 VacationXplorer toolbar in My Computer and delete if found files associated with this bug.
C:\program files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\