Thursday, August 1, 2013

Remove Travelocity Toolbar Virus

Travelocity Toolbar Description 
If Travelocity Toolbar appears in your browser without your permission, your PC may unfortunately infected with Travelocity Toolbar virus. This toolbar has been labeled as a creepy browser hijacker virus that mainly targets IE, Firefox, Chrome and other web browsers. After finishing the installation, Travelocity Toolbar will try its best to mess up your system.

First of all, Travelocity Toolbar modifies browser and DNS settings, so as to take control of your web browser and prepare for its further actions. As a result, your homepage is changed to Search.conduit.com and you can’t restore the previous settings until you get rid of Travelocity Toolbar virus. Secondly, when you do online searches, because of this nuisance, all search results will be rerouted to ads-related websites. So you have to try many times to get the expected information. Additionally, you need to be cautious about those redirected websites, because they usually contain potential threats which are big threats to your PC. Thirdly, Travelocity Toolbar also plays the role as an adware, which means it generates numerous annoying pop-up advertisements and allures you to buy some inferior products.

What’s more, Travelocity Toolbar has the ability to collect data from the infected machine. As a result, your privacy is seriously threatened by this malware. When its creators get the stolen data, they will do more evil things to harm your benefit. By then, your losses will be unexpected and irreparable. All in all, in order to prevent greater damage and protect your PC, you need to remove Travelocity Toolbar and its components as soon as possible.
Travelocity.com&Toolbar Screenshot 
Travelocity Toolbar Harmful Properties
1. Travelocity Toolbar virus enters your system without your knowledge.
2. Travelocity Toolbar virus maliciously modifies browser settings and the registry entries.
3. Travelocity Toolbar virus displays annoying pop-up advertisements.
4. Travelocity Toolbar virus causes frequent redirection to unexpected websites.
5. Travelocity Toolbar virus keeps recording your browsing activities and interest.
6. Travelocity Toolbar virus collects victims’ personal information(e.g accounts, credit card details, identities, logins, etc.)
7. Travelocity Toolbar virus decelerates computer running speed and degrades system performance.
How to Delete Travelocity Toolbar 
Before the removal, please first back up your system! You should be extremely careful when deleting any file,because any mistake may lead to system crashes and other severe consequences.
MEHTOD 1. Manual Removal
Step One:
Reboot the computer and before Windows interface loads, hit F8 key repeatedly. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key. System will load files and then get to the desktop in needed option.
Step Two:
Open Windows Task Manager and end virus processes. There are three ways to launch the Task Manager
① Press keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
② Press keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
③ Press the Start button→click on the Run option→Type in taskmgr→press OK.
Step Three:
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK.
 
Step Four:
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete Travelocity Toolbar virus files:
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all Travelocity Toolbar virus registry entries and keys.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\5ATIUYW62OUOMNBX256 “(Default)”=”1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\“UninstallString” = “‘%AppData%\[RANDOM]\[RANDOM].exe” -u
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\“ShortcutPath” = “‘C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\5ATIUYW62OUOMNBX256.exe” -u’”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “5ATIUYW62OUOMNBX256” = “‘C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\RANDOM.exe’
METHOD 2.Automatic Removal
To completely delete Travelocity Toolbar virus, you need to know that the manual removal above may not be able to remove virus  completely, because the creators of virus are always updating the virus version.Besides,any tiny mistake during the manual removal process may lead to severe consequences. Therefore,to ensure a complete and safe virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic Travelocity Toolbar Virus Removal Tool.







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