Saturday, May 3, 2014

How to Get Rid of Torcho.com Redirect Virus Successfully

Hijacked by Torcho.com? 
Torcho.com is considered as a tricky browser hijacker which can be installed in your computer together with free programs. Once installed, it automatically makes some adjustments about your browser settings in order to perform its vicious activities better. It replaced your original homepage and search engine with Torcho.com without asking your permission and this hijacker won’t let you reset the browser settings. If you use Torcho.com as your search engine, every time when you search something, you will be redirected to other unwanted advertisement websites because Torcho.com has added many irrelevant sponsored links to your search results. Besides, Torcho.com will display various pop-up ads on your computer screen to interrupt your browsing experience awfully. As long as Torcho.com stays in your computer, it can record your online information like browsing histories and searching key words and apply your information to future marketing.

Actually, you can protect your computer away from infections like Torcho.com. The only important thing for you to do is paying more attention when you install a new program. You should always choose customer installation so that you can make sure that no additional programs which you are not familiar with can sneak in your computer. But if your computer is infected by Torcho.com, you should take immediate actions to remove Torcho.com. Meanwhile, you are advised to remove Torcho.com completely via manual way which can be more effective.
Torcho.com Screenshot 
Harmful Properties of Torcho.com
1. It changes default browser settings without letting you know.
2. It replaces your homepage and search providers automatically.
3. It redirects your search results to unwanted commercial websites.
4. It displays countless pop-up ads on your computer screen.
5. It records your internet activities traces for future marketing.
6. It can't be removed successfully by antivirus programs.
Torcho.com Removal Instructions
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 Torcho.com 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 Torcho.com 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 Torcho.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
3. Chrome:
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find Torcho.com 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 Torcho.com files: 
%UserProfile%\Programs\AppData\random.exe 
%UserProfile%\Programs\Temp\random.dll 
%UserProfile%\Programs\AppData\Roaming\random.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 Torcho.com registry entries and keys. 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “” = “%AppData%\.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = “.zip; .rar; .nfo; .txt; .exe; .bat; .com; .cmd; .reg; .msi; .htm; .html; .gif; .bmp; .jpg; .avi; .mpg; .mpeg; .mov; .mp3; .m3u; .wav;”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “” = “%AppData%\.exe”
 
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal
To completely delete Torcho.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 Torcho.com Removal Tool. 
                                                                                   


    

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