Instructions on How to Completely Get Rid of Blekko.com Redirect Virus

Has your browser been acting wired lately? Is there a website named Blekko.com always showing up forcibly? You may have realized that this is a browser hijacker virus but how do you delete it? Have a look at this passage and find the solution to remove this virus.

Description of Blekko.com Redirect Virus

Blekko.com is one of the nasty browser hijackers that will redirect all the searching results without your approval. Same as Asktofriends.com or Searchnu.com/406, this pretty webpage pretends itself as a smart search engine but in fact it’s connecting to thousands of hacked links and websites with numerous viruses waiting for the infections. Instead of providing the real queries of computer users, it leads us to a miserable situation.

Once you click on one of the links when you believe Blekko.com is a normal search engine, the open websites will bring lots of Trojans, bugs, spywares and other troubles which have been taken advantages of by cyber criminals. You will be annoyed by constant pop up alerts and ads. You may have tried to change your previous homepage back or install a new browser and reboot the computer, but unfortunately it does not get off your computer easily as it’s already done with the resetting of your browser and computer system so that it can appear again and again until you have completed the manual removal. Besides, it is not a wise decision to seek for free tools to remove this browser hijacker. As a matter of fact, most antivirus programs even the purchased ones cannot deal with Blekko.com virus successfully. What’s worse, some free programs are in fact aggressive malware or spyware. If you don’t watch out, you may install another trouble maker by yourself. Therefore, start to do the removal immediately and manually before more unexpected consequences happen.

Screenshot of Blekko.com Browser Hijacker

Dangerous Threats of Blekko.com:

It is believed that any kind of virus including Blekko.com browser redirect virus will continue and expand the damages to threat you in every possible way and trick you into lots of traps.

1. It can redirect you to malicious websites with numerous pop up ads to interrupt and stop you from doing anything on your computer;
2. It can turn your computer to run slowly and pose sudden death;
3. It can introduce more unwanted viruses and ransomware to do further harms;
4. It can hide the icons and your files and leave you with an empty computer;
5. It can help cyber criminals track your online activities and capture significant personal data to cause you a loss of value.

Guide to Remove Blekko.com Virus Step by Step:

Before you make any changes to your computer, it is suggested that you’d better spend some time on making a backup first in case any critical errors occur. Then follow the steps given below to stop the suffering:

Step 1. Reboot the computer and keep pressing F8 to enter with Safe mode with networking;

Step 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del on your keyboard to open the Windows Task Manager;

Step 3. End the process Blekko.com;

Step 4. Find out and delete all these associating files and registry entries:
%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\result.db
%AllUsersProfile%\{Blekko com}\
%AllUsersProfile%\{Blekko com}\*.lnk
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\{Blekko_com}
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Regedit32
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current\Winlogon\”Shell” = “{Blekko_com}.exe”

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NOTE: If you don’t have much computer background knowledge and not sure how to do it, please contact YooCare for a fast and overall virus removal.

Published by on June 1, 2012 12:15 am, last updated on November 13, 2012 6:31 pm

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