Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Remove Search.gophoto.it Virus Completely from IE/Firefox/Chrome


My homepage has been replaced with Search.gophoto.it without my permission. This annoying Search.gophoto.it happened about 2 days ago. I thought it was associated with the plug-in I installed by accident, so I uninstalled it immediately. But this nasty page still appears. How to fix this browser problem? And my computer is running slow. Can anyone help me get rid of it completely?


What is Search.gophoto.it Virus?

Search.gophoto.it Virus is classified as a nettlesome browser hijacker which will disguise itself as a seemingly useful plug-in and get itself installed into your machine without your knowledge. This Search.gophoto.it virus has been complained by many computer users recently. Generally, the virus makers bundle this Search.gophoto.it virus with all kinds of freeware which are available on various file-sharing websites for computer users to download freely. When this Search.gophoto.it virus sneaks into your computer, like Key-Find.com Virus and Tracking.teebik Virus, it will immediately attack your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox by modifying your current homepage, default search engine and other browser settings. Apart from that, this Search.gophoto.it virus will deliberately display numerous annoying ads and sponsored links on your screen, which try to sell you deceptive products and services. When you are tempted to click on these pop-up ads and links, they will immediately redirect you to their promoted websites where other risky viruses and malware may lurk. In addition, this browse1 virus will hijack your search results to other irrelevant webpages and corrupt some vital data files saved on the hard disk. To protect your computer, it is important that you should remove this Search.gophoto.it virus from your computer once it is found.

Search.gophoto.it Virus Screenshot:


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

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

How to Remove Search.gophoto.it 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.gophoto.it 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\vir-help.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

5. Delete the following and related system files.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}\
C:\windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys(random)
C:\Users\user account\Appdata\Roaming

Note: Search.gophoto.it 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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