Hey, there. Computer is infected by ZoomIt app now. What is next? How to remove this virus completely? What? Can’t remove it by antivirus? Oh, my god! What should I do now? I see so many unwanted ads pop-ups which display on my screen everywhere. I keep readdressing to some malicious websites. I want to remove this virus out off my computer as soon as possible. Can anyone help you me remove this virus? Thank you very much!
ZoomIt app is categorized as the family of browser hijacker which is a potentially unwanted adware infection. This virus is designed by malicious cyber criminals who want to make illegal profit by hoaxing computer users to buy its products or leading them to visit commercial websites with links or ads. This virus can get into your computer without your consent or permission. As commonly, this virus can be bundled itself with some freeware downloads, spam emails attachments, suspicious websites like which are unauthorized webs, porn webs, etc.. You may get the virus by accident while you are surfing the Internet. This virus is so tricky and dangerous hijacker which can be removed only by manual removal. So once you detect this virus on your computer, please contact manual removal expert for help as soon as possible if you don’t how to do it yourself.
What will ZoomIt app really do after its installation? Once this virus installed on your system, it may take control of your online action immediately and then redirect you to visit it domain. Later, this virus may have the ability to change your homepage and default browser settings. As a result, you may be redirected to its domain when you start your computer and open a new tab. What’s more, this virus may spread lots of unwanted ads and pop-ups to fill up your computer. These may occupy a huge of your computer CPU, so your computer may work more and more slowly day by day if you ignore this virus and leave it on your computer with the passage of time. Additionally, these ads and pop-ups may include Trojan, spyware, malware as well as other kinds of infections. If you click on one of them, you may get another infection into your computer at the same time. Such malicious virus should be removed once you find it 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!
ZoomIt app 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
ZoomIt app is a cunning and risky adware virus. This virus may create lots of trouble on your computer after its installation. It not only can modify your computer windows settings but also can redirect your to some unwanted and unsafe web pages which contain other infections. You may be redirected to some suspicious web sites while you are surfing the Internet. It may be a platform for remote hackers to get into your computer and then pilfer your data like your credit card information, online trade record information, log in information and so on. So, in order to protect your financial security and computer security, it is highly recommended to get rid of this virus as quickly as you find it on your system.
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 on January 18, 2015 7:05 am, last updated on January 19, 2015 12:11 am
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