Hijacked by Surfvox.com?
Surfvox.com is a nasty browser hijacker which can come into
your computer sneakily along with free softwares which you can download from
internet. Once installed, Surfvox.com is able to change your default browser
settings without asking your permission. Meanwhile, it replaces your original
homepage and search engine. When you open your browsers, Surfvox.com jumps out
instead of your favorite homepage. Even though you have restored your browser
settings, you can’t get your homepage back. Once you search for something, you
will be automatically redirected to other unwanted websites which are full of
advertisements. Actually, Surfvox.com was designed to promote certain
commercial websites. Thus, it will add lots of irrelevant sponsored links to
your search results. Moreover, Surfvox.com can follow your online trace and
record your internet activities information. It will use your information to
achieve its vicious purposes.
Since Surfvox.com can be installed in your computer by adding itself
with free softwares, it’s so important for you to pay more attention when you
download or install a new program. You should always keep closer to every step
during installation so that you can make sure no additional strange
applications can get inside your computer without letting you know. But if your
computer has been already infected, you should take immediate actions to remove
Surfvox.com completely from your computer.
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.
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levels of computer skills. If you’re not sure and are afraid of making any
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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 Surfvox.com programs and other unknown programs.
Remove Add-ons from browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome).
1. Internet Explorer:
Click "Tools" and then click "Manage add-ons". Find Surfvox.com related extensions and other unknown add-ons in "Toolbars and Extensions" and "Disabled" them.
Click "Firefox(Tools)" and then click "Add-ons". Find Surfvox.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find Surfvox.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" them.
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.
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete Surfvox.com files:
%Program Data%\random.exe
%CommonProgramFiles%\random.exe
%Windir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\Temp\Surfvox.tlb
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all Surfvox.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” = “random”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “” =
“%AppData%\.exe”
To completely delete Surfvox.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 Surfvox.com Removal Tool.
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