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To successfully remove XXX manually: 1: Go and search for rogue programs in your control panel. 2: Look for infected files on your PC (we provide a free online scanner to check) 3: Cleanup your browser settings and executables. 4: Clean your registries to make sure the ytmp3.cc redirect doesn’t return. | |
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Hold the Start Key and R - copy + paste the following and click OK:
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
A new file will open. Look at the image below - if you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you. Remove them from the list. Important: if anything has changed your search engine or you are experiencing redirects to websites, add them in the hosts file and save it. This should prevent them from opening in your browser.
After you are done with the hosts file, go to your desktop and hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl --> OK.
You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries installed without your knowledge around the time you realized you have a malware. If you find any - uninstall them.
After you are done, proceed to Step 2 - it is the most important step in removing your problem.
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We get asked this a lot, so we are putting it here: Removing parasite manually may take hours and damage your system in the process. We recommend downloading SpyHunter to see if it can detect parasite's files for you. Click to Download Spyhunter's Anti-Malware Scanner.
Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC at the same time and go to the Processes Tab (the "Details" Tab on Win 8 and 10). Try to determine which processes are dangerous. Right click on each of them and select Open File Location. Then scan the files with our free online virus scanner. If you find infected processes, end them in the task manager, then delete the files that the processes lead to.
You need to complete Step 2 or the malware may reinstall itself in Step 3 - cleaning up your browsers.
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To remove parasite on your own, you may have to meddle with system files and registries. If you were to do this, you need to be extremely careful, because you may damage your system.
If you want to avoid the risk, we recommend downloading SpyHunter - a professional malware removal tool - to see whether it will find malicious programs on your PC.
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Right click on the browser’s shortcut ---> Properties.
NOTE: We are showing Google Chrome, but you can do this for Firefox and IE (or Edge).
Properties —–> Shortcut. In Target, remove everything after .exe.
Removal for Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click —–> Manage Add-ons.
Find the threat ---> Disable. Go to —–> Internet Options ---> change the URL t if it's not what you normally use ---> Apply.
Removal for Firefox:
Open Firefox, click ——-> Add-ons ----> Extensions.
Find the adware/malware ---> Remove.
Removal for Chrome:
Close Chrome. Navigate to:
C:/Users/!!!!USER NAME!!!!/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data. There is a Folder called "Default" inside:
Rename it to Backup Default. Restart Chrome. If the issue wasn't fixed, bring back the "old" default, by renaming "Backup default" to "Default."
Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.
Inside, press CTRL and F together and type the threat's Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don't show up this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER----Software-----Random Directory. It could be any one of them - ask us if you can't discern which ones are malicious.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER----Software---Microsoft----Windows---CurrentVersion---Run-- Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER----Software---Microsoft---Internet Explorer----Main---- Random
After you are done with Regedit, open the start menu and search for Network Connections (On Windows 10 you just write it after clicking the Windows button), press enter.
- Right-click on the Network Adapter you are using ---> Properties ---> Internet Protocol Version 4 (ICP/IP), click Properties.
- The DNS line should be set to Obtain DNS server automatically. If it is not, set it yourself.
- Click on Advanced ---> the DNS tab. Remove everything here (if there is something) ---> OK.
This is the end of the guide. If none of the steps worked, download the anti-virus program we recommended or try our free online virus scanner. Also, you can always ask us in the comments for help!