Remove/Get Rid of FixPcNow.net Virus from IE/Firefox/Chrome

FixPcNow.net 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 FixPcNow.net Virus?

FixPcNow.net Virus is a newly found adware virus which seriously disturbs the normal working of your web browser and puts your personal information security at risk of being leaked to remote hackers. Most popular web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are all corrupted by this FixPcNow.net virus to display a large number of commercial ads. This FixPcNow.net virus is mainly responsible for popping up a variety of product ads, coupons, discounts, banners and other spam. As unstoppable pop-up ads constantly appear on your desktop, you fail to concentrate on your work and study online. Besides, this FixPcNow.net virus can block you from running some common applications. Some system functions of your victimized computer will be affected as well. Similar to Static.webimpresion.com Virus and Watchnow.vpsdomain3.eu Virus, this FixPcNow.net virus will eat up lots of the memory at run time and slow down your computer gravely. Worst of all, with the help of this FixPcNow.net virus, cyber criminals can easily break into your compromised computer and collect your private data to do something bad. And then you may probably experience identify theft and property damage. So we strongly recommend you to delete this FixPcNow.net virus without any delay once it is found on your machine. And the following manual removal guide will be helpful to you.

FixPcNow.net Virus Screenshot: 

FixPcNow.net Virus will do much harm to the infected computer:

1) FixPcNow.net Virus makes changes to the default settings of your web browser unknowingly.
2) FixPcNow.net Virus modifies your favourite homepage as well as the default search engine.
3) FixPcNow.net Virus invades your computer along with many other risky viruses and malware.
4) FixPcNow.net Virus gathers your search quaries and records your private information online.
5) FixPcNow.net Virus generates a large number of pop-ups when you are surfing the Internet.
6) FixPcNow.net Virus continues to redirect you to a variety of unfamiliar and pesky websites.
7) FixPcNow.net Virus makes the system crash frequently and causes the slow network speed.

How to Remove FixPcNow.net 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 FixPcNow.net 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\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin” = 0

5. Delete the following and related system files.

C:\Users\user account\Appdata\Roaming
C:\Users\Vishruth\AppData\Local\Temp\random.xml
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random)

Note: FixPcNow.net 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.