Friday, April 11, 2014

Remove Gio.mappingdone.net Pop-up Virus Completely from IE/Firefox/Chrom


My web browser gets attacked by Gio.mappingdone.net, and each time I open my Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, the start page is opened as Gio.mappingdone.net. I reset my browser settings again and again but Gio.mappingdone.net 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 Gio.mappingdone.net Virus?

Gio.mappingdone.net Virus is a nasty adware virus which takes control of your web browser to boost the website traffic of the sponsored websites. Once this Gio.mappingdone.net virus targets your computer, it will modify some important browser settings like your homepage settings and DNS settings. This Gio.mappingdone.net virus can affect most popular web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Similar to Dpx.js i.simpli.fi Virus and “Ads by Media View” Virus, this Gio.mappingdone.net virus is very nasty as it can generate countless commercial ads to pop up on your desktop continuously and distract you severely. Besides, you will keep being redirected to a variety of unwanted websites which have been previously set by the virus makers, which will block you from accessing your desired websites. Additionally, this Gio.mappingdone.net virus will do harm to your antivirus software to protect itself from being removed from your system. By executing malicious code, this Gio.mappingdone.net virus can alter the registry entries in order to make itself start automatically at system startup. Lots of system resources will be eaten up by this Gio.mappingdone.net virus, and your computer will run rather slower than normal. As this Gio.mappingdone.net virus is able to do great harm to your antivirus program, the manual removal is the best way to eliminate this stubborn Gio.mappingdone.net virus completely from your infected computer.

Gio.mappingdone.net Virus Screenshot: 



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

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

How to Remove Gio.mappingdone.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 Gio.mappingdone.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\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: Gio.mappingdone.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.

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