Hey. My computer is hacked by virus? I am so scared. It is called Volumedl.com. It keeps popping up again and again no matter I go to visit which site. I have cleaned my registry and all my add-ons. But it is no use as the hijacker is still doing the same thing on my computer. It is so annoying. How can I get rid of this virus? Who can help me remove this infection from my computer? It will be so appreciated. Thank you!
Volumedl.com is a vicious browser hijacker which is designed by cyber hackers to hack computer users’ system. This virus is created to share the identical interface and produced as the most popular research engine, such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. However, this program is not doing the thing as a real and good program does. What it does is at the opposite side, which only makes troubles for users. It is a malicious application which should not be installed and used on one’s computer. This virus can readdress you to visit dangerous domains or web pages when it gets into your computer. It will stop your work or browsing the Internet frequently. It is high recommended to remove this virus as soon as you can.
After the installation of Volumedl.com, you will find that your default home page and browser settings are changed automatically without your knowledge and permission. You may be redirected to go into some unwanted website. If you use this browser to search something, you may find results it provided are not the one you need. You may find this research engine is not worthy at all as it may generate lots of computer accidents for you. How does this virus get into your computer? You may not find clue. Usually, this infection dives into your computer through peer-to-peer freeware download, removal device, vicious links and spam email attachment, and so on. The primary objective of this virus is to make profit by creating computer traffic to its affiliated websites. This pesky virus has the ability to modify your entire computer settings including desktop background, web browser home page and others. Otherwise, it may decrease your computer performance day by day if you don’t remove it immediately when you find it on your computer. For the sake of protecting your computer from being ruining badly, you should get rid of this virus without any hesitation.
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!
Volumedl.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
Volumedl.com is developed in such a sophisticated manner with complicated multi-layered coding. This virus becomes impossible for a normal antivirus program to detect its existence on the system. It is said manual removal is the only and the most effective way remove this virus completely. And due to this malicious browser hijacker, other viruses can easily get into your system to do malicious activities on your computer. Additionally, this virus is capable of using cookies or other tactics to collect sensitive your information which may include financial details such as credit cards details, banking accounts, email user-name, password and etc.. This virus may set your computer in a high risk situation. Therefore, you should take measures to remove it as quickly as you can.
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 January 11, 2015 3:10 pm
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