Rilide Malware

Browser Hijacker
by Brandon Skies
April 10, 2023

Rilide

Rilide is a browser-redirecting software that is considered to be unwanted because some of the sites it promotes may not be safe for one’s computer. Rilide takes over different settings of the browser and manipulates the starting page and the search engine to reroute your traffic while browsing.

Rilide
The Rilide Malware Extension

The Rilide Malware

A browser hijacker such as, for example, the recently reported the Rilide malware is not a software piece to be afraid of – it doesn’t have any malicious or crime-intended abilities and unlike Trojans, Spyware, Ransomware and other similar threats, the likelihood of it actually causing any serious issues to your computer is rather low. Still, most researchers regard the Rilide malware as potentially unwanted and categorize it as a browser hijacker due to its ability to “infiltrate” popular browsing programs the likes of Edge, Chrome or Firefox and to spam the with page-redirects and ads as well as tinker with their settings and with some of their components (such as the addresses for the homepage and the search engine, the toolbar buttons, the search engine tool that is set as default and so on).

Since our job is to help our readers deal with different kind of software issues and since the presence of Rilide Extension or Index for Captchas inside a given computer is normally considered such an issue, we’ve made sure to provide you with an article inside of which we give some important info on the abilities of Rilide Extension as well as a reliable way of uninstalling this app and keeping it away from your system in the days to come.

SUMMARY:

NameRilide
TypeBrowser Hijacker
Danger LevelMedium (nowhere near threats like Ransomware, but still a security risk)
Detection Tool

Please follow all the steps below in order to remove Rilide Extension!

How to remove Rilide Extension

  1. First, click the Start Menu on your Windows PC.
  2. Type Programs and Settings in the Start Menu, click the first item, and find Rilide Extension in the programs list that would show up.
  3. Select Rilide Extension from the list and click on Uninstall.
  4. Follow the steps in the removal wizard.

What we suggest you do first is, check the list of programs that are presently installed on the infected device and uninstall any rogue software that you find there:

  • From the Start Menu, navigate to Control Panel ->>> Programs and Features ->>> Uninstall a Program.
  • Next, carefully search for unfamiliar programs or programs that have been installed recently and could be related to Rilide Extension.
  • If you find any of the programs suspicious then uninstall them if they turn out to be linked to Rilide Extension.
  • If a notification appears on your screen when you try to uninstall a specific questionable program prompting you to just alter it or repair it, make sure you choose NO and complete the steps from the removal wizard.

Remove Rilide Extension from Chrome

  1. Click on the three dots in the right upper corner
  2. Go to more tools
  3. Now select extensions
  4. Remove the Rilide Extension extension
  • Once you open Chrome, click on the three-dots icon to open the browser’s menu, go to More Tools/ More Options, and then to Extensions.
  • Again, find the items on that page that could be linked to Rilide Extension and/or that might be causing problems in the browser and delete them.
  • Afterwards, go to this folder: Computer > C: > Users > *Your User Account* > App Data > Local > Google > Chrome > User Data. In there, you will find a folder named Default – you should change its name to Backup Default and restart the PC.
  • Note that the App Data folder is normally hidden so you’d have to first make the hidden files and folders on your PC visible before you can access it.

How to get rid of Rilide Extension on FF/Edge/etc.

  1. Open the browser and select the menu icon.
  2. From the menu, click on the Add-ons button.
  3. Look for the Rilide Extension extension
  4. Get rid of Rilide Extension by removing it from extensions

If using Firefox:

  • Open Firefox
  • Select the three parallel lines menu and go to Add-ons.
  • Find the unwanted add-on and delete it from the browser – if there is more than one unwanted extension, remove all of them.
  • Go to the browser menu again, select Options, and then click on Home from the sidebar to the left.
  • Check the current addresses for the browser’s homepage and new-tab page and change them if they are currently set to address(es) you don’t know or trust.

If using MS Edge/IE:

  • Start Edge
  • Select the browser menu and go to Extensions.
  • Find and uninstall any Edge extensions that look undesirable and unwanted.
  • Select Settings from the browser menu and click on Appearance.
  • Check the new-tab page address of the browser and if it has been modified by “Rilide Extension” or another unwanted app, change it to an address that you’d want to be the browser’s new-tab page.

How to Delete Rilide Extension

  1. Open task manager
  2. Look for the Rilide Extension process
  3. Select it and click on End task
  4. Open the file location to delete Rilide Extension
  • Access the Task Manager by pressing together the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys and then selecting Task Manager.
  • Open Processes and there try to find a process with the name of the unwanted software. If you find it, select it with the right button of the mouse and click on the Open File Location option.
  • If you don’t see a “Rilide Extension” process in the Task Manager, look for another suspicious process with an unusual name. It is likely that the unwanted process would be using lots of RAM and CPU so pay attention to the number of resources each process is using.
  • Tip: If you think you have singled out the unwanted process but are not sure, it’s always a good idea to search for information about it on the Internet – this should give you a general idea if the process is a legitimate one from a regular program or from your OS or if it is indeed likely linked to the adware.
  • If you find another suspicious process, open its File Location too.
  • Once in the File Location folder for the suspicious process, start testing all of the files that are stored there by dragging them to our free online scanner available below.
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    • If the scanner finds malware in any of the files, return to the Processes tab in the Task Manager, select the suspected process, and then select the End Process option to quit it.
    • Go back to the folder where the files of that process are located and delete all of the files that you are allowed to delete. If all files get deleted normally, exit the folder and delete that folder too. If one or more of the files showed an error message when you tried to delete them, leave them for now and return to try to delete them again once you’ve completed the rest of the guide.

    How to Uninstall Rilide Extension

    1. Click on the home button
    2. Search for Startup Apps
    3. Look for Rilide Extension in there
    4. Uninstall Rilide Extension from Startup Apps by turning it off
    • Now you need to carefully search for and uninstall any Rilide Extension-related entries from the Registry. The easiest way to do this is to open the Registry Editor app (type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter) and then open a Find dialog (CTRL+F key combination) where you have to type the name of the threat. 
    • Perform a search by clicking on the Find Next button and delete any detected results. Do this as many times as needed until no more results are found. 
    • After that, to ensure that there are no remaining entries lined to Rilide Extension in the Registry, go manually to the following directories and delete them:
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Random Directory. 
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/Random
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/Random

    What is Rilide Chrome Extension?

    First and foremost, what we need to tell you about Rilide Extension and Apps extension is what it’s “mission” actually is. Some users think of it as an useful app (since this is how many hijackers are initially promoted) while others may mistake it for some nasty virus program or some malicious Trojan or Ransomware infection. The truth, however, is that Rilide Extension is neither of those things. It is instead an advertising tool that tries to spam you with ads in every way it can and in that way make more money for its creators. Understandably, you likely want to get rid of this annoyance and the next instructions will help you remove and uninstall everything related to the hijacker.


    Is Rilide Extension dangerous?

    Users should know just how dangerous some of the less-reliable ads and commercial messages on the Internet could be. They could be a source of all kinds of hazards – misleading offers that try to trick you into purchasing overpriced products or products with questionable quality, phishing pages linked to the ads you see in your browser and even some sites that may be illegal and used to infect users with malware. All in all, you really need to be careful with the intrusive online content that may get spammed on your screen. Obviously, the fact that a hijacker app is in your PC greatly increases the risk of clicking on some sketchy and unsafe advert or banner which is why you should be twice as careful while the unwanted software is still operational. Also, this is why it’s such an important thing that you ensure to quickly remove the hijacker without allowing you to further spam you with its obstructive and invasive ads, page-redirects, pop-ups, pop-unders and so the browser.on.


    About the author

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    Brandon Skies

    Brandon is a researcher and content creator in the fields of cyber-security and virtual privacy. Years of experience enable him to provide readers with important information and adequate solutions for the latest software and malware problems.

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