Hey, There. Porncheckorg.com is infecting my computer now. Can you help? Have you ever encountered this kind of problem too? It is really a big stuff for me. It keeps directing me to some unwanted websites when I start to browse or open a new tab. It is so annoying, isn’t it? I don’t want to keep this thing on my computer any more. But how to get rid of it completely from my system is a big problem for me. Who can help me get rid of this virus? Millions of thanks!
Porncheckorg.com is categorized to be the family of browser hijacker which may infects all popular web browser around the world, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, etc.. This browser is not a good website but it will pretend to be a legitimate search engine which may hoax you to download and add it into your bookmark. Once this hijacker sneaks into your system, it has the ability to make modification in the browser and used to run its own on the every web page. You may find that your default homepage and browser settings are changed without your permission and knowledge. Thus, you may be redirected to visit some malicious websites or ads web pages. It may stop interrupting you from do anything normally on your computer. You may feel so mad due to this virus. So, it is suggested to remove this browser hijacker once you find it on your computer.
Porncheckorg.com is a kind of virus which may keep directing you to visit the web site that you don’t want to visit. However, you can’t stop this virus from doing so. You can’t remove this browser from your registry or bookmark with your antivirus program. Once this browser gets into your computer, lots of harms will be done by this virus on your system. It may take control of your online activities and then add itself to your bookmarks. As soon as you run your computer and begin to browse, this browser may pop up on your screen and then redirect you. Otherwise, this virus may track your online habit and steal your confidential information like your credit card number, bank account information etc.. What’s more, this virus may distribute lots of pop-up ads on your computer which may chock up your system. As a result, your computer performance may be decreased so severely. Hence, before this infection damages your system badly, you should remove this virus immediately once you detects on your computer.
1. It can be added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers without your notification.
2. You are rerouted to some unknown sponsored websites that you have never seen before when you surfing online.
3. You can get a bunch of popup ads show on the webpage which you are browsing.
4. It can be installed on your computer slightly.
5. This browser hijacker can introduce various infections and unwanted programs onto your system,
6. It can investigate your browsing behavior and gather your input information online.
7. It is also responsible for collecting computer user’s private information like IP address and online traces for unethical using of online marketing.
Note: If one of symptoms mentioned above is found in your computer, then you must know that your computer is being attacked by the browser hijacker. Since the browser hijacker is so dangerous, once your computer is infected, you should take actions to delete the hijacker. If you are not a computer expert, in case you lose your important data or damage your system, please welcome to contact Yoocare/Yoosecurity Online Expert for help now!
Porncheckorg.com hijacks your default browser to redirect your web search results and modifies your default homepage and browser settings. Manual removal is the most effective way to completely uninstall it from an infected computer’s operating system, for the season that this hijacker is so cunning and dangerous, antivirus programs cannot get rid of it permanently. Here are the manual guides for users to remove the annoying hijacker.
1. Clean Add-ons and Extensions
* Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Internet Options
(2). Click Programs tab, click Manage add-ons and disable the dubious add-ons
* Firefox:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Add-ons
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-ons and click Disable
* Google Chrome:
(1). Click Customize and control Google Chrome button → Tools → Extensions
(2). Disable the extensions of this virus
2. End Relevant Processes
(1). Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to pop up Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab
*For Win 8 Users:
Click More details when you see the Task Manager box
And then click Details tab
(2). Find out and end this hijacker’s processes
3. Show Hidden Files
(1). Click on Start button and then on Control Panel
(2). Click on Appearance and Personalization
(3). Click on Folder Options
(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window
(5). Choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window
*For Win 8 Users:
Press Win+E together to open Computer window, click View and then click Options
Click View tab in the Folder Options window, choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
4. Delete Relevant Registry Entries and Files
(1). Delete the registry entries related to this browser hijacker through Registry Editor Press Win+R to bring up the Run window, type “regedit” and click “OK”
While the Registry Editor is open, search and delete its registry entries
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” =Random
(2). Find out and remove the associated files
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”
Conclusion
Porncheckorg.com is a risky and dangerous virus. Once it installs on your computer, it displays abundances of ads display on your browser irritating you. Main target is to increase visitors and just make money. This browser hijacker is programmed with the only goal to examine your browsing activities using some domains to generate money. It display unwanted and commercial pop-up ads irritates you when you browse internet. Those annoying ads uninterrupted flow will occupy large part of system resource that leads to crash. This infection even adds more useless extensions will added to your web browser or useless shortcuts are created on your desktop. It can operate on your computer backdoor to invite other similar malware to come to compromise your computer. Antivirus tool can’t remove this virus completely. Only manual removal can get rid of this virus completely. If you don’t know how to start, please open a live chat on this page to get help from Yoocare online Expert.
Suggestion: The above manual removal is quite dangerous and complicated, which needs sufficient professional skills. Therefore, only computer users with rich computer knowledge are recommended to implement the process because any errors including deleting important system files and registry entries will crash your computer system. If you have no idea of how to process the manual removal, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further assistance.
Published by & last updated on December 31, 2014 4:46 am
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