Sunday, March 23, 2014

Get Rid of Search.Snap.do Virus Completely and Stop Annoying Pop-ups


My web browser gets attacked by Search.Snap.do, and each time I open my Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, the start page is opened as Search.Snap.do. I reset my browser settings again and again but Search.Snap.do keeps showing up soon after I reopen my browser. I do a full system scan with my AVG and nothing has been found yet. I need help!

What is Search.Snap.do Virus?

Search.Snap.do Virus is a horrible computer threat which belongs to the family of browser hijackers. This Search.Snap.do virus is usually distributed though multiple online resources which includes free applications, music, videos, games files and so on. This Search.Snap.do virus is capable of affecting all versions of Windows operating systems. After intruding into your computer, this Search.Snap.do virus will keep displaying all sorts of commercial ads and sponsored links to disturb all your activities on the Internet. This makes you unable to surf online freely. And this Search.Snap.do virus will enable itself to start automatically at system startup by injecting malicious codes into the registry entries. When activated, this Search.Snap.do virus is the same as the Feed.helperbar.com Virus which will take control of your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox by making modifications to your browser settings without asking for permissions. Consequently, your current homepage will be forcibly changed into Search.Snap.do. Meanwhile, you cannot get any reliable search results. That is because all the search result pages have been corrupted by this Search.Snap.do virus and filled up with tons of dazzling commercial ads. And the degradation of your computer performance and the slow network speed are also associated with this Search.Snap.do virus. So if you are encountering such problems on your computer, you should take immediate action to remove this Search.Snap.do virus entirely to avoid further damage.

Search.Snap.do Virus Screenshot: 



Search.Snap.do Virus will do much harm to the infected computer:

1) Search.Snap.do Virus escapes from antivirus software' s detection and avoids being removed.
2) Search.Snap.do Virus changes your default homepage and search engine without your permission.
3) Search.Snap.do Virus displays tons of annoying pop-ups whenever you are browsing the web.
4) Search.Snap.do Virus makes you sick and tired of a series of unwanted redirection problems.
5) Search.Snap.do Virus severely slows down your computer performance and causes a system crash.
6) Search.Snap.do Virus introduces a mass of risky viruses and malware into your computer.
7) Search.Snap.do Virus tracks your browsing history and pilfers your personal information.

How to Remove Search.Snap.do 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 Search.Snap.do 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.


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings “UID” = “tovvhgxtud”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableRegedit" = 0

5. Delete the following and related system files.

%CommonPrograms%\Startup\Launch\[random].lnk
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random)

Note: Search.Snap.do 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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