Sunday, August 4, 2013

Uninstall Filefire.org Popup Virus


What is Filefire.org Virus?

Filefire.org can be regarded as a malicious browser hijacker or redirect virus which will cause much damage to the affected operating system. Many people report that they have no ideas about when and how this annoying virus gets into their machines but they keep receiving redirections to Filefire.org. Usually, this dangerous redirect virus is distributed through some spam emails, porn websites, or free programs on unknown resources. Hence, if you do not pay much attention surfing online, your Windows may be caught by Filefire.org virus. After intrusion, this vicious virus will root deep in the system to escape from the detection and removal of your security programs. Meanwhile, it could embed a start-up file to the registry. Then it is activated every time you launch the system. After then, Filefire.org virus could make some changes to the browser settings. It might change your default homepage and search engine. The severest thing it that this parasite reroutes your visits including social web pages like Twitter and Facebook to its domain. Filefire.org malware asks you to do the online survey. Or your sites will be kept locked. Furthermore, your keystrokes could be traced while your private date would be stolen. On the other hand, your machine performance will be made much poor. So it is urgent and necessary to remove Filefire.org redirect virus to prevent further damage.

Filefire.org virus will do much harm to the infected computer:

1. Filefire.org virus is a dangerous browser hijacker virus.
2. Filefire.org virus modifies your browser settings.
3. Filefire.org virus redirects your visits and pops up various surveys.
4. Filefire.org virus collects your online habits.
5. Filefire.org virus may introduce other computer viruses.
6. Filefire.org virus slows down your PC performance.


How to Remove Filefire.org Virus from your PC?

 

Option two- you can finish the removal job of Filefire.org virus manually.

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.




2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time to open Windows Task Manager and end Filefire.org process.




3. Go to Computer Control Panel from Start menu and open Folder Options. Click View and then tick “Show hidden files and folders” and uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”. Press OK.




4. Press Windows+R together to start your registry. Delete the following registry files.

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Regedit32
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

5. Delete the following and related system files.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}\
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\ random
%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe


6. Restart your machine

Note: Filefire.org virus is rather stubborn and malicious. It requests certain computer skills when you dealing with it in manual way. Any incident action could lead your machine to a more terrible situation.

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