How to Remove Vinedale.com Virus from IE/Firefox/Chrome

Vinedale.com Virus has hijacked my web browser, and makes it run much slower than usual and sometimes even freeze. Numerous pop-ups continue to come out for no reason. And it constantly redirect me to some strange websites and makes me unable to visit my favorite websites. I don’t know what to do. How can I get my browser back to normal?

What is Vinedale.com Virus?

Vinedale.com Virus falls into the browser hijacker family which attacks random computers and corrupts computer users’ web browsers to make their online activities chaos. It is very different from other computer threats like Trojans. This browser hijacker cannot be removed by antivirus software for these security programs don’t classify it as a dangerous virus. Just like other browser hijackers including Isearch.safefinder.net Virus and Static.Infoaxe.com Virus, this Vinedale.com virus is able to escape from the security detection of antivirus and intrude into the targeted computers with ease. As soon as this Vinedale.com virus hijacks your web browser, some important settings of your browser will be maliciously modified without letting you know. Most commonly used web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are all attacked by this irritating virus. To your surprise, your current homepage will be replaced with Vinedale.com without your permission. Besides, your computer screen will be flooded by a bunch of annoying pop-up ads, and you will constantly redirected to many different websites which have nothing to your search queries. This pesky Vinedale.com virus will also mess up your online session by adding a large number of unwanted plugins and extensions to your browser. All in all, this Vinedale.com virus is a risky computer threat which should be deleted from your machine as quickly as you can.

Vinedale.com Virus Screenshot:

Vinedale.com Virus will do much harm to the infected computer:

1) Vinedale.com Virus replaces your homepage as well as search engine with its own domain.
2) Vinedale.com Virus displays tons of annoying commercial ads during your online session.
3) Vinedale.com Virus makes you suffer from constant URL redirects to unwanted websites.
4) Vinedale.com Virus degrades your computer performance gravely and causes system crashes.
5) Vinedale.com Virus monitors your online activities and extracts your sensitive data.
6) Vinedale.com Virus downloads numerous harmful viruses and malware into your computer.
7) Vinedale.com Virus evades the detection of antivirus software and avoids being removed.

How to Remove Vinedale.com Virus from your PC?

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  Vinedale.com 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 Winkey+R together then enter “regedit” to start your registry editor. Delete the following registry keys.

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.

C:\Users\user account\Appdata\Local\Temp
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\serial.sys
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random)

Note:  Vinedale.com 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.