Track Special Domain Virus

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Track Special Domain

Track Special Domain is an application for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other web browsers that is famous for altering their settings and using them to advertise sponsored websites. In order to generate advertising revenue, Track Special Domain automatically re-routes user searches to specific URLs and spams the screen with advertisements.

The TrackSpecialDomain Virus

Normally, the TrackSpecialDomain virus can display pop-up advertisements, banners and other commercial messages that aggressively prompt you to click on them. In addition to that, the TrackSpecialDomain virus can make changes to the main browser and redirect your searches through a new homepage or a sponsored search engine that generates sponsored search results.

In general, these types of applications (Captcha Source Center, iStart Search Bar) look like normal browser extensions and are very popular. That’s why many users may have a similar application within their browsers without even knowing it. What separates the standard browser extensions from pieces like Track Special Domain, however, is that the latter operate much more aggressively and employ online advertising techniques that can irritate the web users and alter the way their browser operates. That’s why these programs are typically called browser hijackers and tend to be uninstalled from the system as soon as possible.

It is typical for browser hijackers to take control of the system’s main web browser, change the existing homepage, add new buttons to the toolbar without asking the user for permission and even install new components such as a sponsored search engine or an add-on that promotes specific links. At first glance, these new elements and browser improvements seem to be there to improve the users’ web browsing experience by offering new features or a useful online resource. However, it does not take long for people to realize that the introduced improvements cannot be removed and their only goal is to ensure the smooth and constant generation of aggressive online advertisements.

Instead of making it easier for you to find the information you are really searching for, the new search engine is likely to redirect your searches to pages that pay for promotion and traffic. The homepage address placed in your browser automatically loads a specific website which could be either the official website of the browser hijacker or some other sponsored page. In conclusion, an app like Track Special Domain is more of a browsing intruder rather than a helpful component that can benefit you, and that’s why uninstalling it is the safest course of action.

Besides, there are some risks of keeping such software in your system which should not be ignored. Of course, a browser hijacker is far from the malicious capabilities of harmful viruses and malware such as Ransomware, Trojans and Spyware. Yet, it is still not a good idea to trust every pop-up, banner message and redirect links that an app like Track Special Domain can display on your screen. The thing is, the web locations that get promoted may sometimes be misleading, have a bad reputation, or even be dangerous. That is why we suggest you remove the browser hijacker with the help of the steps in the removal guide below before you get tricked into clicking on something questionable or malicious and infect your computer with a nasty virus, a ransomware variant or other unwanted piece of software.

SUMMARY:

Remove Track Special Domain Virus

To try and remove Track Special Domain 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 Track Special Domain extension (as well as any other unfamiliar ones).
4. Remove Track Special Domain by clicking on the Thrash Bin icon next to its name.
5. Confirm and get rid of Track Special Domain and any other suspicious items.

If this does not work as described please follow our more detailed Track Special Domain 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

Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.

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

WARNING! READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING!

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:

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After you open their folder, end the processes that are infected, then delete their folders.

Note: If you are sure something is part of the infection – delete it, even if the scanner doesn’t flag it. No anti-virus program can detect all infections.

Hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl –> OK.

You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries. Uninstall it/them.

Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter. A window will pop-up:

Startup —> Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer or otherwise look suspicious.

Hold the Start Key and R – copy + paste the following and click OK:

notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts

A new file will open. If you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. Look at the image below:

If there are suspicious IPs below “Localhost” – write to us in the comments.

Open the start menu and search for Network Connections (On Windows 10 you just write it after clicking the Windows button), press enter.

1. Right-click on the Network Adapter you are using —> Properties —> Internet Protocol Version 4 (ICP/IP), click Properties.
2. The DNS line should be set to Obtain DNS server automatically. If it is not, set it yourself.
3. Click on Advanced —> the DNS tab. Remove everything here (if there is something) —> OK.

• After you complete this step, the threat will be gone from your browsers. Finish the next step as well or it may reappear on a system reboot.

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.

Remove Track Special Domain from Internet Explorer:

Open IE, click —–> Manage Add-ons.

Find the threat —> Disable. Go to —–> Internet Options —> change the URL to whatever you use (if hijacked) —> Apply.

Remove Track Special Domain from Firefox:

Open Firefox, click ——-> Add-ons —-> Extensions.

Find the adware/malware —> Remove.
Remove Track Special Domain from 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.

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

If the guide doesn’t help, 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!