Have you ever come across this situation– No matter what webpages you are trying to open, you will always be redirected to Secure.bidvertiser.com. And no antivirus programs can stop the numerous advertisements from popping up of your screen. It is certain that your computer has been infected by a browser hijacker virus.
Secure.bidvertiser.com or Bidvertiser.com is a very threatened browser hijacker and always comes along with another nasty hijacker get-answers-fast.com. A browser hijacker is a malicious rogue that changes your web browsers and even redirects your searching results to hacked webpages and links. Its nice pretty appearance makes it a “genuine” search engine in order to fool with PC users.
There are chances to be infected with Secure.bidvertiser.com browser hijacker. For instance, visiting websites that contain porno or gambling contents, receiving spam emails or downloading fake nasty applications will all lead to the system infection. Once being infected with Secure.bidvertiser.com Google redirect virus, you wouldn’t notice in the beginning but soon you will be annoyed by lots of pop-up advertisements. And no matter what search engines you normally use or what search results you are supposed to get when you open a web browser, it will just appear as a blank page and state that it is unable to connect to any proxy server and will redirect anything to its malicious webpages. Even though they look quite normal as others, they do contain numerous viruses and malware to damage your computer system. So it is without any doubt that you should get the Secure.bidvertiser.com browser hijacker removed out of your computer as soon as possible.
a. There will be tremendous ads popping up your computer screen;
b. Other spywares will be installed without your approval;
c. This rogue can escape from the detection of legitimate antivirus applications and hide its files deep in your computer system;
d. It will also violate your privacy and let your personal information like bank accounts and passwords stay in high risk of exposure to the open;
e. System stability and data store will also be threatened.
As mentioned before that this Secure.bidvertiser.com browser hijacker cannot be 100% removed by antivirus programs, you need to manually remove it out of the computer. And in case that any mistake might occur and cause unpredictable damages, please spend some time on making a backup beforehand. Then follow these steps given below:
1. Reboot the infected computer and get into safe mode with networking. When you have pressed the restart button, please keep pressing F8 on your keyboard until a black screen with several commands appears. Then use the arrow keys to select “Safe Mode with Networking” and press E/ENTER;
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys on the keyboard to open the Windows Task Manager;
3. End these process: [Random name] .exe of TR/rowindal. D. 1
4. Delete all the following files associating with secure.bidvertiser.com in your hard disks:
C:\system volume information\_restore\[random]
C:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles\uhzckglo.default\extensions\[random]
C:\documents and settings\lgagne\Application data\sun\Java\deployment\cache\[random]
5. Open the Registry Editor. Please click Start menu and type Regidit in the search programs and files blank and then click search. When you have come to the Registry Editor, remove all these following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ’0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = ’1?
6. Reboot the computer again to get into the normal mode and check if browsers work properly.
Note: If you don’t have much computer background knowledge and are not able to remove Secure.bidvertiser.com by following the steps mentioned above, please contact YooCare Expert for a fast and full removal.
Published by on May 6, 2012 3:56 pm, last updated on November 13, 2012 6:07 pm