Reclaiming Control: A Comprehensive Guide to Removing the Boyu.com.tr Browser Hijacker

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What is Boyu.com.tr?

Boyu.com.tr belongs to the software application class of browser hijackers. As such, Boyu.com.tr is a tool for generating and displaying online ads directly in your Chrome, Firefox, Edge or other popular web browser.Boyu.com.tr can do this by means of integrating special ad-generating components in the browsing program. And as a result, your browser will begin to spew immense quantities of popup windows, banners, box messages, links and various other colorful and obnoxious advertising messages. Another means of advertising also has to do with forcibly rerouting your page while you’re browsing the web and sending you to a specific, predetermined web location, which is known as a page redirect. This is browser hijacker trait is almost as common as it is annoying and can be quite frustrating for users.

Screenshot of the Boyu.com.tr browser hijacker

Hijackers like Boyu.com.tr, Webvalid.co.in or Qltuh also have a tendency to meddle with other settings of the infected browser, which becomes apparent in its interface. For instance, Boyu.com.tr may change the browser homepage and may even replace the default search engine with a new one. Furthermore, you may notice new elements in the browser’s interface, most commonly a new toolbar.

Is Boyu.com.tr a virus?

What’s remarkable about this type of software is that once it embeds itself in your system, it will be dominating in your browser and you will have little say in the way it looks or behaves. You can see for yourself if you try and alter the settings changed by Boyu.com.tr. As soon as you restart your web browsing program, any changes you made will be overrun by the hijacker and you will once again be faced with its search engine, its homepage, etc. Therefore, the only possible way you will be able to reclaim your favorite Chrome, Firefox or other browser from the clutches of Boyu.com.tr is if you remove the hijacker in question from your system.

This may prove to be a little trickier than simply locating the ‘Uninstall’ button, because in most cases with these types of applications – there isn’t one. The developers have little interest in you deleting their software from your computer, so they try and make this as difficult for you as possible.

But we have figured out how to quickly, easily and, most importantly, completely uninstall Boyu.com.tr from your computer. And we will share with you how to do this in the free removal guide you’ll find just below this article.

Keep in mind that removing this browser hijacker isn’t only a matter of preserving your nervous system and saving yourself the time you’d be wasting on closing various banners and other ads. It just so happens that programs of this kind may potentially expose your system to external threats such as rootkits, Trojans, spyware and ransomware viruses due to the many web locations they can send you to. You could at some point land on a site or page that’s been compromised by hackers and may have been turned into a distribution hub for viruses. Hence, removing Boyu.com.tr from your system will also be beneficial for its overall security.

 

SUMMARY:

NameBoyu.com.tr
Type Adware/Browser Hijacker
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Remove Boyu.com.tr

To try and remove Boyu.com.tr quickly you can try this:

  1. Go to your browser’s settings and select More Tools (or Add-ons, depending on your browser).
  2. Then click on the Extensions tab.
  3. Look for the Boyu.com.tr extension (as well as any other unfamiliar ones).
  4. Remove Boyu.com.tr by clicking on the Trash Bin icon next to its name.
  5. Confirm and get rid of Boyu.com.tr and any other suspicious items.

If this does not work as described please follow our more detailed Boyu.com.tr removal guide below.

If you have a Windows virus, continue with the guide below.

If you have a Mac virus, please use our How to remove Ads on Mac guide.

If you have an Android virus, please use our Android Malware Removal guide.

If you have an iPhone virus, please use our iPhone Virus Removal guide.


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Next, Reboot in Safe Mode (use this guide if you don’t know how to do it).

Step1 Uninstall the Boyu.com.tr app and kill its processes

The first thing you must try to do is look for any sketchy installs on your computer and uninstall anything you think may come from Boyu.com.tr. After that, you’ll also need to get rid of any processes that may be related to the unwanted app by searching for them in the Task Manager.

Note that sometimes an app, especially a rogue one, may ask you to install something else or keep some of its data (such as settings files) on your PC – never agree to that when trying to delete a potentially rogue software. You need to make sure that everything is removed from your PC to get rid of the malware. Also, if you aren’t allowed to go through with the uninstallation, proceed with the guide, and try again after you’ve completed everything else.

  • Uninstalling the rogue app
  • Killing any rogue processes

Type Apps & Features in the Start Menu, open the first result, sort the list of apps by date, and look for suspicious recently installed entries.

Click on anything you think could be linked to Boyu.com.tr, then select uninstall, and follow the prompts to delete the app.

delete suspicious Boyu.com.tr apps

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, click More Details (if it’s not already clicked), and look for suspicious entries that may be linked to Boyu.com.tr.

If you come across a questionable process, right-click it, click Open File Location, scan the files with the free online malware scanner shown below, and then delete anything that gets flagged as a threat.

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    Delete Boyu.com.tr files and quit its processes.

    After that, if the rogue process is still visible in the Task Manager, right-click it again and select End Process.

    Step2 Undo Boyu.com.tr changes made to different system settings

    It’s possible that Boyu.com.tr has affected various parts of your system, making changes to their settings. This can enable the malware to stay on the computer or automatically reinstall itself after you’ve seemingly deleted it. Therefore, you need to check the following elements by going to the Start Menu, searching for them, and pressing Enter to open them and to see if anything has been changed there without your approval. Then you must undo any unwanted changes made to these settings in the way shown below:

    • DNS
    • Hosts
    • Startup
    • Task
      Scheduler
    • Services
    • Registry

    Type in Start Menu: View network connections

    Right-click on your primary network, go to Properties, and do this:

    Undo DNS changes made by Boyu.com.tr

    Type in Start Menu: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

    Delete Boyu.com.tr IPs from Hosts

    Type in the Start Menu: Startup apps

    Disable Boyu.com.tr startup apps

    Type in the Start Menu: Task Scheduler

    Delete Boyu.com.tr scheduled tasks

    Type in the Start Menu: Services

    Disable Boyu.com.tr services

    Type in the Start Menu: Registry Editor

    Press Ctrl + F to open the search window

    Clear the Registry from Boyu.com.tr items

    Step3 Remove Boyu.com.tr from your browsers

    • Delete Boyu.com.tr from Chrome
    • Delete Boyu.com.tr from Firefox
    • Delete Boyu.com.tr from Edge
    1. Go to the Chrome menu > More tools > Extensions, and toggle off and Remove any unwanted extensions.
    2. Next, in the Chrome Menu, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data > Advanced. Tick everything except Passwords and click OK.
    3. Go to Privacy & Security > Site Settings > Notifications and delete any suspicious sites that are allowed to send you notifications. Do the same in Site Settings > Pop-ups and redirects.
    4. Go to Appearance and if there’s a suspicious URL in the Custom web address field, delete it.
    1. Firefox menu, go to Add-ons and themes > Extensions, toggle off any questionable extensions, click their three-dots menu, and click Remove.
    2. Open Settings from the Firefox menu, go to Privacy & Security > Clear Data, and click Clear.
    3. Scroll down to Permissions, click Settings on each permission, and delete from it any questionable sites.
    4. Go to the Home tab, see if there’s a suspicious URL in the Homepage and new windows field, and delete it.
    1. Open the browser menu, go to Extensions, click Manage Extensions, and Disable and Remove any rogue items.
    2. From the browser menu, click Settings > Privacy, searches, and services > Choose what to clear, check all boxes except Passwords, and click Clear now.
    3. Go to the Cookies and site permissions tab, check each type of permission for permitted rogue sites, and delete them.
    4. Open the Start, home, and new tabs section, and if there’s a rogue URL under Home button, delete it.
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    About the author

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    Violet George

    Violet is an active writer with a passion for all things cyber security. She enjoys helping victims of computer virus infections remove them and successfully deal with the aftermath of the attacks. But most importantly, Violet makes it her priority to spend time educating people on privacy issues and maintaining the safety of their computers. It is her firm belief that by spreading this information, she can empower web users to effectively protect their personal data and their devices from hackers and cybercriminals.

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