Wednesday, March 26, 2014

How to Remove SaferSurf Adware Virus Effectively

Introduction about SaferSurf
SaferSurf is a vicious adware program which can mess up targeted computer badly. Once it breaks inside your computer successfully, it changes browser settings and inserts many useless add-ons for providing itself a better environment to perform its malicious activities. Every time you open a new tab or a website, you will receive tons of pop-up ads which are displayed by SaferSurf. These pop-up ads will cover almost the whole computer screen and interrupt your internet surfing terribly, especially they still jump out after you have closed them.

Longer SaferSurf stays in your computer, you will have to deal with more problems. This adware may open backdoor to invite other malicious programs such as browser hijackers, ransomwares, Trojans and so on in your computer without asking your permission. Moreover, it is capable of recording your internet activities information and use the information for future marketing. Meanwhile, it will send your personal information to cyber criminals for making illegal money.

Since SaferSurf can be installed in your computer together with free programs which you can download from internet, you should pay more attention when you download something. You should remember not to download strange programs or visit suspicious links and you also should choose customer installation to make sure no extra unwanted programs will sneak in your computer. Anyway, you should remove SaferSurf form your computer immediately once you have detected it.
SaferSurf Screenshot
Harmfulness of Having SaferSurf 
1. It has the ability to changes browser settings automatically.
2. It puts many unwanted stubborn add-ons on your browsers.
3. It allows more malicious programs get inside your computer.
4. It displays numerous pop-up ads to interrupt your browsing activties.
5. It records your online information and send the information to hackers.
6. It can't be removed successfully by antivirus programs. 
How to Uninstall SaferSurf Effectively
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:
Click "Start" to open "Control Panel", then click "Uninstall a program". Then uninstall SaferSurf programs and other unknown programs.
Step Two: 
Remove Add-ons from browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome).
1. Internet Explorer:
Click "Tools" and then click "Manage add-ons". Find SaferSurf related extensions and other unknown add-ons in "Toolbars and Extensions" and "Disabled" them.

2. Firefox:
Click "Firefox(Tools)" and then click "Add-ons". Find SaferSurf related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
3. Chrome:
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find SaferSurf related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" them.
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 SaferSurf files: 
%AppData%\SaferSurf.exe
%AppData%\random.dat
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all SaferSurf registry entries and keys.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\"Shell" = "random.exe"
 
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal 
To completely delete SaferSurf, 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 SaferSurf Removal Tool.                                                                                   


    

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