Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus

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“Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus”

“Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” is a browser hijacker that integrates with popular browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Programs like “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” are known for redirecting web searches to sponsored websites and spamming the screen with various ads, banners, and pop-ups.

If you’ve recently noticed some troubling changes that have taken place inside your web browser, then stay with us to learn about their most likely source. Whether you are using Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, or another popular web browser, you’ve probably detected a new homepage or some unfamiliar search engine. You’ve probably also experienced some strange redirects to websites filled with aggressive pop-ups, banners, box messages, and colorful ads. Fortunately, these are not symptoms of an infection with some mysterious virus or malware like a Ransomware or a Trojan. The source of these browser modifications is a browser hijacker called “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus”. In the next lines, we will give you more information about the nature of this software and we will provide you with a removal guide to help you remove the unwanted program and uninstall its changes from any browser that might have been affected.

What is a browser hijacker?

The browser hijackers are programs designed to integrate with popular web browsers in order to promote certain websites, products, and services. In other words, the browser hijackers advertise specific items on the users’ screen during their web browsing sessions. In order to do that, these programs typically install some helper components (such as a new homepage, a sponsored search engine, a custom toolbar, etc.) that “hijack” the browser’s activity and automatically redirect the users’ searches to the pages that need promoting. Since you are on this page, you’ve probably already noticed how invasive and strategically positioned the commercials on your screen are. This is done to ensure that you eventually click on as many ads as possible and land on the pre-defined pages.

But that’s not the only tactic, programs like “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” and Humisnee employ to advertise more effectively. Such pieces of software may often keep track of your web browsing history, your search queries and the pages you frequently visit in order to match its ads with your interests. Based on the collected information, the hijacker tries to “guess” what kind of ads could potentially draw your attention and then it fills your screen with them.

Some people may find this activity as helpful as they may land on an ad that is promoting the exact product or service they have been looking for. Others, however, may land on ads promoting some low-quality products or questionable offers which may trick them into downloading virus-infected content.

This is the reason why, in general, many people don’t trust browser hijackers and seek ways to quickly uninstall them from their computers. As a matter of fact, your device is unlikely to get harmed by a program like “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” because, apart from spamming you with advertisements, this software can’t hack into your web camera or microphone like a Trojan infection or encrypt your data like a Ransomware virus. However, if you just don’t want to see pay-per-click adverts every single time you open your web browser, we’ve prepared a step-by-step removal guide below to help you remove the unwanted program.

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Type	Browser Hijacker
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Remove Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus

If you want to remove “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” from your browser as soon as possible, we suggest you first check the affected browser for extensions/add-ons that might have been installed by the browser hijacker there without your knowledge and block/uninstall those extensions:

1. In your hijacked browser’s settings, find More Tools (or Add-ons) and open it.
2. Next, search for an option called Extensions and click it to see all the extensions that are presently installed in the problematic browser.
3. If you find an extension named “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” or some other extensions that you believe are hijacking your browser and disturbing your web surfing, click on the Remove/Trash bin button next to each of them to uninstall them.
4. If a given extension doesn’t want to get uninstalled when you click on the uninstall button, try first to disable it by clicking on the Disable button if it is available and then try to uninstall it again.
5. Once you are done, use the browser for some time to see if your browsing will be disturbed again or not.

If you keep seeing nagging “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” ads, banners and pop-ups during your web browsing sessions, or you get redirected to random sites again and again, please follow the advanced “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” removal guide below to find and remove any other components that the hijacker might have added to your system.

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Several system restarts may be needed during the completion of the next instructions. Therefore, before you start, make sure you save this page with the “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” removal guide in your browser by bookmarking it.

Next, we recommend that you enter in Safe Mode (please follow the instructions from the link) in order to easily deal with “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” without confusion.

A browser hijacker like “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” may consume a significant portion of your system’s resources by secretly running a number of processes in the background. That’s why, your first job is to find these processes and end them in order to stop the ad-generating and page-redirecting activity that is happening on your computer.

To do that, use CTRL, SHIFT and ESC keyboard key combination to open the Task Manager and navigate to the Processes Tab.

If you spot a process named after “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus”, just right-click on it and select End Process. However, sometimes, there might be processes related to the hijacker that may be named differently and the best way to check if they are really linked to “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” is to right-click on them and open their File Location folder.

If you can determine the legitimacy of the files found there just by looking at them, use the powerful free online virus scanner below to check them:

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If danger is found in any of them, end the process and delete its folders. 

Next, click the Start Menu button, open the Control Panel and select Uninstall a Program.

Then filter the list of installed programs by date and look for recently installed apps that might have introduced “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” to your system through software bundling. If you find such an app, make sure that you uninstall it along with all the components that it has added to your system by carefully following the uninstallation process and reading all the prompts and checkmarks.

When you are done, close the Control Panel, go back to the Start menu and type msconfig in the search bar.

Select the result and go to the Startup tab:

If you find anything that might be related to “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” and starts when your system reboots, remove its checkmark and click OK to save your settings.

More often than not, the browser hijacker may make some unauthorized changes in the Hosts file of your system. Therefore, if you want to deal with “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” successfully, you need to check that file:

Copy and paste the following in the Start Menu search bar:

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

Open the result and search if any unusual IPs have been added under Localhost:

If the hijacker has made changes there, and you don’t like what you see, copy the suspicious-looking IPs and leave us a comment below this guide. We will check them for you and will tell you what to do.

Next, in the Start menu search bar type Network Connections and open the result. Then repeat the next instructions:

1. Open the Properties of the Network Adapter you are using by right-clicking on it.
2. Find Internet Protocol Version 4 (ICP/IP), highlight it with the cursor and click on Properties at the bottom right corner.
3. Check if Obtain DNS server address automatically is selected and click on Advanced.
4. In the new window click the DNS tab and delete any rogue DNS in the field.
5. When you are done, click OK.

After you complete the steps above, it is time to check the settings of your browsers for unauthorized changes and revoke any alternations that “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” might have made without your approval.

Start with opening your browser’s Properties by right-clicking on its shortcut icon.

NOTE: We are using Google Chrome for demonstration, but you can do the same in Firefox and IE (or Edge).

In the Properties window select Shortcut.

Next, in the Target section, delete everything that is written after .exe and click OK.

  Remove “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” from Internet Explorer:

To remove any potentially unwanted extensions from IE, open it, click   and open Manage Add-ons.

Disable the extension you believe are problematic or related to “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus”.

After that, go to  , select Internet Options and if you find a change in the homepage URL, replace it with an address of your choice and Apply the new changes.

 Remove “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” from Firefox:

To remove hijacker-related extensions from Firefox, start it, click    and navigate to Add-ons > Extensions.

Then remove anything unwanted from the list.

Remove “Your computer is infected with a dangerous virus” from Google Chrome:

Quit Chrome, open My Computer and navigate to this location:

 C:/Users/!!!!USER NAME!!!!/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data. 

You should see a folder named “Default” inside:

Make sure that you rename that folder to Backup Default and once you save it with the new name restart Chrome.

Click on the Start menu button and type Regedit in the search bar.

Open the Registry Editor, press CTRL and F together and write the name of the browser hijacker in the Find window.

Start a search in the Registry and delete the results with that name.

Next, use the left panel to manually navigate to the following directories:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER—–Software——Random Directory. HKEY_CURRENT_USER—–Software—–Microsoft—–Windows—CurrentVersion—Run—- Random. HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—-Microsoft—-Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random.

In each of them search for entries that are named oddly or look suspicious.

Attention! Delete only entries that you are 100% sure that belong to the browser hijacker. In case of doubt, please use a professional removal tool to avoid system corruption due to wrong deletions in the Registry. If you need help, feel free to drop us a message in the comments below.