Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Get Rid of Counter.Yadro.ru Redirect Virus Completely

Hijacked by Counter.Yadro.ru? 
Counter.Yadro.ru is a foxy browser hijacker which can be installed in your computer together with free softwares such as flash updates, music players, PDF readers and so on. Once installed, Counter.Yadro.ru makes some adjustments about your original browser settings without asking your permission. It will replace your homepage and search engine with Counter.Yadro.ru. So when you open your browsers, Counter.Yadro.ru jumps out as your homepage instead of your original favorite homepage. Besides, this hijacker won’t let you set your homepage back. Counter.Yadro.ru looks like regular search websites, but it will automatically add many irrelevant sponsored links to your search results. Thus, every time when you search for something, you will be redirected to other unwanted websites forcibly which are supported by Counter.Yadro.ru. Morever, using Counter.Yadro.ru as your search engine, this program can have a good chance to record your online traces for achieving its vicious purposes more easily.

As long as Counter.Yadro.ru stays in your computer, you can’t have normal browsing experience. Expect hijacking your homepage and search engine and redirecting your search results, Counter.Yadro.ru will allow countless pop-up ads shown on your computer screen all the time. Therefore, you should not keep Counter.Yadro.ru longer in your computer. Since your antivirus may fail to remove Counter.Yadro.ru successfully, you are recommended to take manual method to remove Counter.Yadro.ru from your computer more effectively.
Counter.Yadro.ru Screenshot
Harmfulness of Counter.Yadro.ru
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.
Counter.Yadro.ru Removal Guide
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 Counter.Yadro.ru 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 Counter.Yadro.ru 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 Counter.Yadro.ru related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
3. Chrome:
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find Counter.Yadro.ru 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 Counter.Yadro.ru 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 Counter.Yadro.ru registry entries and keys. 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “” = “%AppData%\.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “” = “%AppData%\.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileType” = “random”
 
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal
To completely delete Counter.Yadro.ru, 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 Counter.Yadro.ru Removal Tool. 
                                                                                   


    

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