Updatelearn.com is a useless and disturbing adware virus and is similar with UpdateQuick.com which has already been introduced in this blog before. If you go to updatelearn.com by mistake, you will consider that Updatelearn.com is just a normal websites and you maybe also feel that it seems like a quite useful websites because it provides all kinds of help and claims to make computer users browse more conveniently. If you click any links in this pages to download something, this adware virus can get inside your computer officially without asking your permission.
Actually, expect Updatelearn.com adware, other bad stuffs will catch the chance to sneak in your computer. With all these useless programs in your computer, they will degrade your computer performance and it takes a long time for you to run a process or open a website. More than that, when you open your browsers, you will receive bunch of unwanted pop-up advertisements which makes your browsing experience very irritating. Even if you reset or reinstall your browsers, Updatelearn.com will come back again.
In addition, Updatelearn.com follows and records your internet activities like browsing histories and habbits. Later it will send the information to remote server for future marketing so that next time you will see the pop-up ads which is quite related to your search queries. Under such circumstance, it's more possibly that you will be cheated to click these popups. Therefore, once you have noticed the performance of Updatelearn.com, you should remove it without any delay.
Updatelearn.com Screenshot
1. It requires you to download programs so that you can use its services.
2. It bundles itself with other bad stuffs sneaking in your computer.
3. It inserts annoying plug-ins and add-ons on your browsers.
4. It shows lots of pop-up ads which are supported by itself.
5. It slows down the system running speed terribly.
6. It can't be removed successfully by antivirus programs.
How to Delete Updatelearn.com
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 consequence.
METHOD 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 Updatelearn.com files:
%AppData%\.exe
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 Updatelearn.com files:
%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
Step Five:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main "Defaul_Search_URL" =
"http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={search terms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Search Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={search terms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={search terms}"
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all Updatelearn.com registry entries and keys.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Search Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={search terms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid="
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=&from=tugs&uid=&q={search terms}"
To
completely delete Updatelearn.com, 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 Updatelearn.com Removal Tool.
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