Thursday, March 27, 2014

How to Remove TasticSurf Adware Successfully

More Information about TasticSurf
TasticSurf is considered as a nasty adware program which can be installed in your computer together with free program such as music players, download managers, flash updates and so on which you have donwloaded from internet. By bundling itself with these free programs, it can avoid to be detected by antivirus so that it can get inside your computer easily and stay in system safely. You won't notice anything about the invasion of TasticSurf until you find that your browsing activities start to be interrupted badly.

Once TasticSurf comes into your computer, it changes browser settings automatically and inserts lots of useless stubborn add-ons on your browsers for providing itself a better environment to carry out its malicious activities. Every time you open a new tab,overwhelming pop-up ads will be shown on your computer screen. Your browsing experience will become very irritating. Actually, TasticSurf aims at promoting certain commercial websites and it can get profits by generating traffic. If you click one of these pop-up ads, you will be led to some strange websites which can be very infectious sometimes.

Moreover, as long as TasticSurf stays in your computer, it can record your internet activities information like traces, cookies, bookmarks and searching key words. It will apply your personal information to future marketing so you will receive more pop-up ads which are closer to what you have looked for. Besides, it will expose your privacy to third parties to perform more malicious activities. Under such circumstance, you really should remove TasticSurf from your computer as soon as possible.
TasticSurf Screenshot
Dangers of Having TasticSurf 
1. It can affect all browsers and changes original settings.
2. It inserts many useless stubborn add-ons on your browsers.
3. It introduces more malicious programs in your computer.
4. It shows numerous pop-up ads to interrupt your terribly.
5. It has the ability to record your online information secretly.
6. It can bypass the antivirus and stay in computer safely. 
How to Uninstall TasticSurf 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 TasticSurf 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 TasticSurf 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 TasticSurf related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
3. Chrome:
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find TasticSurf 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 TasticSurf files: 
%AppData%\Local\random.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\random.exe
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all TasticSurf registry entries and keys.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main StartPage
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
 
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal 
To completely delete TasticSurf, 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 TasticSurf Removal Tool.                                                                                   


    

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