How to Remove TheTubeKit Adware

I am surprised to see TheTubeKit occupy my browser and set as a default search engine without my permission. I tried to use the anti-virus program to remove the annoying hijacker but failed. Whenever I try to run a program, visit a website or open a file as usual, the computer pops up something annoying that I don’t want at all. How to remove the adware? Now there is an effective way to get rid of it eternally.

TheTubeKit Description:

TheTubeKit is characterized as adware which can cause many troubles to the target computer. It claims that it offers a suite of tools that improve your YourTube viewing experience and elevate it to a whole new level. When users are watching a video on YouTube, it provides a way for them to turn off the lights. Many users may be tricked by it as it looks friendly and interesting. Actually its aim is to lure you to download its useless products and point you to some unwanted websites which prompt commercial messages. Once the adware enters target computer successfully, it begins to modify your browser settings and system settings which lead to the generation of fake pop-ups. Every time you run the victim browser, you won’t get the desired pages. Instead, the first page you can see is its domain which provides false result. And you will keep receiving some not so well-known websites full of unreliable advertisements.

TheTubeKit would like to take this opportunity to penetrate into the computer if you download some unwanted freeware,shareware or visit a malicious web site. Once executed on targeted computer, it is able to make the computer encounter a slow performance and modify registry, firewall settings and etc. The adware can bypass antivirus program to escape detection and removal. That is because it has the capacity to root deeply in the computer system and antivirus programs cannot find all its components. What is worse, TheTubeKit are able to steal useful information by tracking your online record, the contents of the files you are reading and credit card details, and then report them to cyber criminals sitting remotely. Thus, if you want to protect your computer, you should remove it as soon as possible.

TheTubeKit Adware Screenshot:

TheTubeKit May Initiate the Following Symptoms:

1. It can not only change your web pages, but also alter other settings to add toolbars, pop-up advertisements, and bookmarks that you did not create.
2. It can modify the homepage settings of your web browser, more commonly by reducing your internet security options. And the worse thing is it prevents you from changing them back.
3. New toolbars or Favorites are installed that give you icons and links to web pages that you don’t want.
4. It may block you from visiting certain website you’d like to visit and show an error page instead.
5. It will display constant pop-up ads, sometimes in such large amounts that you are not able to close neither the ads nor the browser.

Malicious Browser Hijacker Manual Removal Guides:

TheTubeKit hijacks your browser to redirect your web search results and changes the homepage and browser settings. To completely uninstall it from an infected system, manual removal is the first choice because sometimes antivirus software cannot pick up the exact computer threat timely or remove it permanently. Now most browser hijackers are quite similar to spyware and adware threats and therefore cannot be removed with the help of popular antivirus products. Users can follow the manual guide here to get rid of this browser hijacker completely.

1. Clear all the cookies of your affected browsers.

Since this tricky hijacker virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Google Chrome:

Click on the “Tools” menu and click the “Clear browsing data” button.
Select “Delete cookies and other site data” to delete all cookies from the list.

Internet Explorer:
Open Internet explorer window
Click the “Tools” button
Point to “safety” and then click “delete browsing history”
Tick the “cookies” box, then click “delete”

Mozilla Firefox:

Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy
Click “Remove individual cookies”
In the Cookies panel, click on “Show Cookies”
To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the “Remove Cookie”
To remove all cookies click on the “Remove All Cookies” button

2. End the malicious process from Task Manager.

Once TheTubeKit redirect is installed, computer user may notice that CPU usage randomly jumps to 100 percent. At any time Windows always has many running processes. A process is an individual task that the computer runs. In general, the more processes, the more work the computer has to do and the slower it will run. If your system’s CPU spike is constant and remain at a constant 90-95%, users should check from Task Manager and see if there is a suspicious process occupying the system resources and then end it immediately.

(The name of the virus process can be random.)

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to quickly bring up Task Manager Window：

3. Show hidden files and folders.

Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.

Click the View tab.

Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

4. Remove all the malicious files related to TheTubeKit hijacker manually.

%AppData%Local[random].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main StartPage
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

TheTubeKit is an annoying adware that can sneak into the computer secretly and is capable to perform some malicious activities. The victim browser will have its domain as the default homepage and you cannot change it back. You won’t get the good search results since some unwanted malicious advertisements which may contain viruses pop up crazily. Furthermore, you computer will suffer from many potential threats as it can help other malware or spyware to invade your computer. As a result, the computer performance will be very slow and your work efficiency will be affected seriously on the computer. And it is hard for anti-virus program to delete the adware. Therefore, you should take manual measure get rid of it as quickly as possible.

Note: If you are not a computer expert and have no idea how to perform the removal, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further help.

Published by on October 11, 2014 7:02 pm, last updated on October 11, 2014 7:11 pm