Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Remove home.tb.ask.com virus. How to get rid

home.tb.ask.com virus is a malicious browser hijacking infection that will be applied to ones computer without his consent. The home.tb.ask.com malware will usually invade silently and then it will alter default settings of popular browsers like Chrome, Internet explorer, Firefox, Opera, etc. The modifications made by home.tb.ask.com virus will cause strange and harmful activities on victim PC. Most commonly, it replaces your default search settings which makes you unable to find accurate information using Google because searching on Google will be replaced with home.tb.ask.com search engine automatically. Additionally, it may display unwanted pop-up ads, hijack your homepage, redirect your Facebook, Youtube, twiiter and other social accounts to http://home.tb.ask.com or similar websites. What is more, if you have this infection in your PC, it means all your private data and personal information is on the risk of being stolen by home.tb.ask.com spyware. We recommend you to uninstall home.tb.ask.com toolbar, plugin or any of its component lurking in your computer.
Common Symptoms of home.tb.ask.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 home.tb.ask.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 home.tb.ask.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 home.tb.ask.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 home.tb.ask.com and uninstall if it is listed.
How to delete home.tb.ask.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 home.tb.ask.com in My Computer and delete if found files associated with this bug.
C:\program files
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\

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